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| Judges Find Redistricting Unfairly Favored Republicans | |
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| A panel of three federal judges said Monday that the Wisconsin Legislature’s 2011 redrawing of State Assembly districts to favor Republicans was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, the first such ruling in three decades of pitched legal battles over the issue. | A panel of three federal judges said Monday that the Wisconsin Legislature’s 2011 redrawing of State Assembly districts to favor Republicans was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander, the first such ruling in three decades of pitched legal battles over the issue. |
| Federal courts have struck down gerrymanders on racial grounds, but not on the grounds that they unfairly advantage a political party — the more common form of gerrymandering. The case could now go directly to the Supreme Court, where its fate may rest with a single justice, Anthony Kennedy, who has expressed a willingness to strike down partisan gerrymanders, but has yet to accept a rationale for it. | Federal courts have struck down gerrymanders on racial grounds, but not on the grounds that they unfairly advantage a political party — the more common form of gerrymandering. The case could now go directly to the Supreme Court, where its fate may rest with a single justice, Anthony Kennedy, who has expressed a willingness to strike down partisan gerrymanders, but has yet to accept a rationale for it. |
| Should the court affirm the ruling, it could upend the next round of state redistricting, in 2021, for congressional and state elections nationwide, which is likely to be conducted by Republican-controlled legislatures that have swept into power in recent years. | Should the court affirm the ruling, it could upend the next round of state redistricting, in 2021, for congressional and state elections nationwide, which is likely to be conducted by Republican-controlled legislatures that have swept into power in recent years. |