Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) released a statement in response to the Legislature’s decision to appeal the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s redistricting decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Our objection to Governor Evers’ maps is not a question of partisan outcome but rather a question of law. The Governor, by his own legal argument, targeted minority voters to draw districts on the basis of race. That is expressly prohibited under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and today we asked the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the protections guaranteed by the Constitution and federal law.”
“If the U.S. Supreme Court does not resolve this issue, the Governor’s maps will constitute a fundamental erosion of the Equal Protection Clause and the Voting Right Act in Wisconsin—with the potential for nationwide impact.”
