On January 27, a 3-judge U.S. District Court ordered the Wisconsin legislature to redraw the state’s legislative district boundaries by November 1, 2017. This was no surprise, because the same court on November 21, 2016 had struck down the boundaries as an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. The case is Whitford v Gill, w.d., 15-cv-421.

Wisconsin is the third state in which courts have recently ordered re-drawing of either congressional districts or legislative districts. The other two are Alabama and North Carolina. However, the U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily (at least) blocked the North Carolina redistricting.

Wisconsin will attempt to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse the Whitford order. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.