WI: Dems trying to overturn House map urge court to get moving, Republicans ask for pause
The Dem voters involved in one lawsuit seeking to overturn the state’s congressional map are urging a Dane County judge to get the case moving.
Meanwhile, the attorney representing the state’s GOP House members wants Judge Julie Genovese to take no action while the state Supreme Court considers their request to dismiss the case.
The two sides laid out their positions in competing filings as the state Supreme Court has shown no public signs it’s moving on the suit — one of two seeking the appointment of a panel of three circuit court judges to hear challenges to the congressional map. Both suits want new lines drawn ahead of the 2026 election.
The GOP members of Congress have argued it would be unconstitutional for a three-judge panel to invalidate a map that the state Supreme Court had adopted in 2022. In yesterday’s letter, GOP attorney Misha Tseytlin asked Genovese to take no action on the Dems’ motion for summary judgment or setting a briefing schedule until the justices act on the Republicans’ request.
https://www.wispolitics.com/2025/dems-trying-to-overturn-house-map-urge-court-to-get-moving-republicans-ask-for-pause/