Wisconsin Supreme Court orders redrawing of legislative maps favoring GOP

• The districts in Wisconsin's current legislative maps contain non-contiguous territory, the court determined.
• "At least 50 of 99 assembly districts and at least 20 of 33 senate districts include separate, detached territory," the ruling stated.

Zoom out: The Wisconsin Supreme Court's ideological majority flipped this year when liberals gained control. Friday's ruling was a 4-3 split decision.

• Republicans have a supermajority in the state senate and strong majority in the state Assembly, but the state's electorate is about evenly divided politically, per CNN.
• President Biden narrowly won the state over former President Trump in 2020. Trump carried it in 2016.

What they're saying: Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D), one of the petitioners in the case, welcomed the court's decision and said he looks forward to submitting maps that represent the "purple state."

• "It's clear to me that a Republican-controlled Legislature that has consistently gerrymandered itself into comfortable, partisan majorities for more than a decade is incapable of preparing fair, nonpartisan maps deserving of the people of this state," Evers posted on X.

What's next: State lawmakers now must formulate new maps, but the court could step in again if the process is deemed improper.

• "If the legislative process does not result in remedial legislative maps, then it will be the job of this court to adopt remedial maps," the ruling said.

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