MADISON, WI (WTAQ-WRN) — Republican legislative leaders are denouncing a lawsuit by liberal groups challenging Wisconsin’s elections maps – and the latest member of the state Supreme Court.
In a statement, Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu said the timing of the lawsuit questions the integrity of the court, and he’s vowing to defend the current maps.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos said he expects the court’s new liberal member, Justice Janet Protasiewicz, to recuse from the suit after her campaign comments. During her campaign against former conservative Justice Dan Kelly, Protasiewicz said she didn’t plan to recuse from a redistricting suit if she won and a case came before the court.
