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TexasTowelie

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Fri Jan 25, 2019, 02:19 AM Jan 2019

Trial in Wisconsin gerrymandering case delayed until at least July

A federal court will delay the date of the trial in Wisconsin’s partisan redistricting case until the U.S. Supreme Court decides two similar cases this summer, handing a partial legal victory to the Republican-controlled Legislature.

The decision by the court to push the trial back from April to at least July, after the issuance of a decision in the two similar cases, is meant to prevent Wisconsin’s case from being tried twice.

It is still possible Wisconsin’s political maps would be redrawn before the 2020 general election if the U.S. Supreme Court were to rule in favor of the plaintiffs — several Democratic voters across the state along with the Assembly Democratic Campaign Committee.

The case was remanded back to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin after the U.S. Supreme Court in June found it lacked standing.

Read more: https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/trial-in-wisconsin-gerrymandering-case-delayed-until-at-least-july/article_077d43f6-40c0-599f-95d2-202b64517684.html

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Trial in Wisconsin gerrymandering case delayed until at least July (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2019 OP
No more delays please! n/t ewagner Jan 2019 #1
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