Federal Panel Orders Wisconsin Redraw District Lines
01/27/17 | 22s | Rating: TV-G
The panel called Wisconsin's Assembly district map unconstitutional in November. It asked the state to redraw the lines before November 2018. The state attorney general plans to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Federal Panel Orders Wisconsin Redraw District Lines
Frederica Freyberg:
As we pivot from federal to state politics this story broke today. A federal panel that last November called Wisconsin’s Assembly boundaries “an unconstitutional gerrymander” this morning ordered state Republican law makers to redraw and approve district maps by November first 2017. The state is expected to request the U.S. Supreme Court to take that case.
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