The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) has filed motions to intervene in two lawsuits seeking to overturn Wisconsin’s Congressional maps. WILL is seeking to defend the current Congressional maps on behalf of a group of Wisconsin voters. Hearings before two separate three-judge are scheduled for this Friday.

WILL argues that these new lawsuits are time-barred, the three-judge panel lacks authority to overrule the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and any attempt to impose new maps in this manner would violate federal law and the U.S Constitution.

The Quote: WILL Deputy Counsel, Lucas Vebber, stated, “Revisiting congressional lines this way, less than a year before the election, sows irreparable distrust in our country’s political process. We moved to intervene on behalf of several Wisconsin voters to argue that overturning the current maps in this manner and imposing new ones would violate federal law and the U.S. Constitution.”

Additional Background: The current Congressional maps were drawn by Governor Tony Evers and later adopted by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2022. These maps were expected to last for one decade, or until the 2030 census, the typical timeline for when maps are redrawn. But various political groups have repeatedly tried to challenge the current Congressional maps using a variety of legal theories. These most recent lawsuits, filed in Dane County, are the third attempt to challenge the maps by these groups, despite the Wisconsin Supreme Court had already denied two earlier attempts to challenge the Congressional maps, including just last summer.

This is the fourth and fifth time WILL has defended Wisconsin’s Congressional maps in court. WILL continues to defend the legal process, including the Legislature’s sole authority and responsibility to draw legislative and congressional maps, as provided in the United States Constitution.

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