WaPo: Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns GOP-favored legislative maps [[link removed]]
Wisconsin's newly-progressive State Supreme Court gave us the decision that led to our new, fair maps, John.
Wisconsin -- where we've largely been seen as the most gerrymandered state in the country over the last few decades -- had a case in the state Supreme Court seeking to redraw our suppressive maps more fairly. It's the case that MAGA Republicans were most afraid of after a progressive judge won and flipped the deeply conservative court blue.
So how gerrymandered was Wisconsin? In 2018 Democratic state assembly candidates received 54 percent of the popular vote in Wisconsin, but Republicans still won 63 of the assembly’s 99 seats -- just three seats short of the two-thirds supermajority Republicans would need to override a gubernatorial veto.
To paraphrase Joe Biden -- these new, fair maps are a big "_____" deal . Our courts were able to restore true democracy here in Wisconsin and lay the groundwork for new maps that will give us the representation we deserve.
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We MUST get more progressives on the courts. Here's how we do it:
➜ In 26 states -- including Florida, California, and Maine -- State Supreme Court justices are appointed. It's crucial that Democrats win and control governorships in these states to ensure progressive judges are nominated.
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