Editorial: Scott Walker is lying to Wisconsinites about gerrymandering

I just hope these legal minds can come up with a winning argument.



Editorial: Scott Walker is lying to Wisconsinites about gerrymandering

https://host.madison.com/ct/opinion/editorial/editorial-scott-walker-is-lying-to-wisconsinites-about-gerrymandering/article_44f79a27-e05c-508a-ba7d-03530ebcdc81.html



Cap Times editorial Jun 27, 2018




................Walker said: “I think the lines are fair when we signed them, and the bottom line in this is that the United States Supreme Court, on a unanimous decision, decided the state of Wisconsin was right in its case.”

In fact, the justices have sent the case back for further consideration by the lower court that has already determined the lines are unfair. Because members of the high court had doubts about whether the specific plaintiffs in this case had standing to challenge the lines, new rounds of legal wrangling will now begin.

To be sure, the delay is frustrating for reformers. The decision, explained The New York Times, was “a setback for critics of partisan gerrymandering, who had hoped that the Supreme Court would decide the cases on their merits and rule in their favor, transforming American democracy by subjecting to close judicial scrutiny oddly shaped districts that amplify one party’s political power.”

That does not mean, as Walker seemed to suggest, that the fight against partisan gerrymandering is finished. The court invited additional litigation. Bill Whitford, the retired University of Wisconsin law professor who was the named plaintiff in the Wisconsin case, said, “We are confident we can prove the real harms to real citizens caused by lawmakers who choose their voters instead of the voters choosing their representatives.”



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https://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/this-week-s-top-read-digs-into-fellow-democrats-call/article_efda5cea-e1c2-5845-a435-cfd693dac6ed.html

..............Another top read this week was a Cap Times editorial arguing that Gov. Scott Walker lied about the recent Supreme Court decision on a Wisconsin gerrymandering case.

“Walker’s power extends from gerrymandering, which has given his Republican allies control of the state Assembly and state Senate. The governor is so committed to keeping the corrupted lines that he lied,” the editorial reads.

While Walker said the Supreme Court, “decided the state of Wisconsin was right in its case,” the editorial argued “that does not mean, as Walker seemed to suggest, that the fight against partisan gerrymandering is finished. The court invited additional litigation.”.