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ARTICLE · 15 JANUARY 2024

Wisconsin Supreme Court Update: January 2024

Redistricting again took center stage at the Wisconsin Supreme Court this past month, with the court declaring Wisconsin's state legislative maps unlawful under the Wisconsin Constitution.

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Redistricting again took center stage at the Wisconsin Supreme Court this past month, with the court declaring Wisconsin's state legislative maps unlawful under the Wisconsin Constitution. Let's dive right in.

Cases Decided

Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, No. 2023AP1399

Redistricting

Decision Filed: December 22, 2023

Public Citation: 2023 WI 79

Nearly four months into its 2023–24 term, the Wisconsin Supreme Court finally issued its first authored decision of the term—a 225-page behemoth on the hot button topic of redistricting. Admittedly, Justice Karofsky's majority opinion constitutes only 49 pages of the volume, with three separate dissents accounting for the other 176 pages. Regardless, here's the bottom line: Wisconsin's legislative maps violate the Wisconsin Constitution's requirement that districts be contiguous, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court plans to implement new maps to remedy this deficiency.

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