Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Democrat Bid to Revisit Congressional Map Challenge

The liberal-majority Wisconsin Supreme Court handed a victory to Republicans on Friday as it rejected a bid by Democrats to revisit the state’s congressional maps. The maps, signed into law last month by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, had faced scrutiny from Democrats who sought changes ahead of this year’s congressional elections in the swing state. The brief order issued by the court did not provide the reasoning behind the decision, and it did not detail the positions of the seven justices. The state Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the challenge came after it ordered new legislative maps in December, finding the Republican-drawn ones unconstitutional....