Gov. Tony Evers in a brief filed by Attorney General Josh Kaul asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to declare Wisconsin’s legislative maps unconstitutional and institute new maps that avoid partisan bias, according to a recent press release.
The governor’s brief argues that the Wisconsin Supreme Court should declare the current state legislative maps unconstitutional for violating the constitution’s separation of powers by adopting the exact legislative maps vetoed by Evers.
Further, the governor argues that new legislative maps must be implemented and must avoid “the partisan bias that has infected the legislative maps to the detriment of Wisconsin’s democracy,” and that the court must “guard against partisan bias.”
The governor’s brief also states that the court should likewise declare Wisconsin’s current maps unconstitutional for failing to meet the constitutional requirements for “contiguity,” which requires that legislative districts consist of territory that is physically connected.
A copy of the governor’s brief is available here. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled for Nov. 21.
