Liberals fight Republican attempt to boot Wisconsin Supreme Court justice from redistricting case

By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Liberals argued in a legal filing this week that Republicans were trying to nullify the election of a Democratic-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court justice by asking her to recuse herself from hearing redistricting lawsuits that could result in drawing new legislative electoral maps. Attorneys in two separate redistricting cases filed arguments Tuesday objecting to the Republican-controlled Legislature’s request that Justice Janet Protasiewicz recuse herself. They argued that there was no legal or ethical obligation for Protasiewicz to step aside, despite her comments during the campaign that the current maps were “rigged” or because she accepted nearly $10 million from the Wisconsin Democratic Party.