Wisconsin Republicans seek to subpoena Supreme Court redistricting consultants

I have my doubts that we will get new maps in time for the election!




Wisconsin Republicans seek to subpoena Supreme Court redistricting consultants

Last week, the court's experts said GOP maps submitted as part of a redistricting lawsuit were gerrymanders

https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-republicans-seek-to-subpoena-supreme-court-redistricting-consultants


By Rich Kremer
February 8, 2024

The Wisconsin Supreme Court listens to arguments from Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Anthony D. Russomanno, who is representing Gov. Tony Evers, in a redistricting hearing at the Wisconsin state Capitol Building in Madison, Wis., on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Ruthie Hauge/The Capital Times via AP

Wisconsin Republicans want to subpoena two redistricting consultants who last week told the state Supreme Court that GOP legislative maps submitted as part of an ongoing redistricting case are partisan gerrymanders.

If the court doesn’t allow that step, attorneys representing GOP lawmakers and voters told justices that their expert report should be tossed out.

University of California, Irvine political scientist Bernard Grofman and Carnegie Mellon University political scientist Jonathan Cervas were hired by the court to review six voting map proposals submitted by parties to the redistricting lawsuit, including the GOP-controlled state Legislature.
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On Feb. 1, they published a report that called map two map proposals — one from the Legislature and another from the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, or WILL — “partisan gerrymanders.” Grofman and Cervas said that from a social science perspective, the Legislature’s maps do “not deserve further consideration.” ................