"Legal Battle Over Wisconsin's Hole-Riddled Legislative Districts"

A recent lawsuit in Wisconsin is challenging the state's legislative districts, which contain sections of land that are not actually connected, resembling Swiss cheese. The lawsuit alleges that these noncontiguous districts violate the state constitution's requirement for districts to consist of contiguous territory. While the lawsuit also addresses partisan gerrymandering, the challenge to noncontiguous districts could provide a neutral basis for the court to strike down the current districts. Wisconsin's Assembly districts have been criticized for being heavily tilted in favor of Republicans, and Democrats hope that the state's liberal Supreme Court majority will reject gerrymandering.