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The group points to recent State Senate action to remove four Natural Resources Board members.

Republicans in the Legislature have been threatening to impeach Justice Janet Protasiewicz, although she hasn't yet heard a case. GOP leadership is pressuring the justice to recuse herself from a redistricting case that could decide the fate of Republican control of the Wisconsin Legislature.

The case was filed within 24 hours of liberals taking control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The "independent state legislature" theory could change the future of all elections in Wisconsin and around the nation.

Wisconsin's new state legislative maps are considered the most partisan-biased, court-adopted maps in the nation. That’s according to a new analysis from the University of Wisconsin Law School. The maps heavily advantage Republican politicians, all but guaranteeing Republican-rule in the state Legislature, regardless of what most voters want.

A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court has adopted “least change” legislative and congressional redistricting maps submitted by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, a plan that keeps Republican majorities in place by making few deviations to current districts.

For the past decade, gerrymandering has come to define our political landscape. Gerrymandering is when district lines are drawn to political advantage or disadvantage a party or politician, but it's not always partisan. A new reports find that in some cities, including Milwaukee, gerrymandering has been used to reward political favors and punish political opposition.

Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers followed through Thursday on his promise to veto the Republican-drawn redistricting plans, calling the maps “gerrymandering 2.0.”

It’s that time of the decade once again: redistricting season is upon us. The Republican legislature just passed a new set of district maps that are drawn to further their partisan advantage. Governor Tony Evers has vowed to veto them. Meanwhile, voters have consistently shown they want maps drawn by non-partisan groups and remove politicians from the process.

A Marquette University politics professor weighs in on the myriad of lawsuits over Wisconsin's redistricting, from both the left and the right.