Another judicial panel rejects challenge to Wisconsin congressional map
As an “inferior court,” the panel is therefore “obligated to obey” that ruling, the judges wrote. “The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that claims of the sort Plaintiffs allege are not actionable under Wisconsin law, and this panel, as an inferior tribunal exercising the powers of a circuit court, has no authority to modify or overrule that precedent,” the trio added. They later wrote, “This panel is left with no option but to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims.” The lawsuit was brought in July by a coalition led by the Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy.
- ▪As an “inferior court,” the panel is therefore “obligated to obey” that ruling, the judges wrote.
- ▪“The Wisconsin Supreme Court has held that claims of the sort Plaintiffs allege are not actionable under Wisconsin law, and this panel, as an inferior tribunal exercising the powers of a circuit court, has no authority to modify or overrule
- ▪They later wrote, “This panel is left with no option but to dismiss Plaintiffs’ claims.” The lawsuit was brought in July by a coalition led by the Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy.
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Campaign Another judicial panel rejects challenge to Wisconsin congressional map Comments: by Max Rego - 04/28/26 2:06 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Max Rego - 04/28/26 2:06 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING A second three-judge panel in Wisconsin dismissed a challenge to the state’s congressional map on Tuesday, ruling it does not have the authority to rule on the matter. The judges, David Conway of the Dane County Circuit Court, Michael Moran of the Marathon County Circuit Court and Patricia Baker of the Portage County Circuit Court, wrote in a 13-page ruling that unless the Wisconsin Supreme Court says “otherwise,” its prior 2022 ruling that the “partisan composition of electoral districts raises a non-justiciable political question” remains in effect.
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