"Republicans Call for Recusal in Wisconsin Redistricting Battle"

Republican members of Congress and GOP lawmakers are urging liberal Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz to recuse herself from deciding whether to reconsider Wisconsin's congressional map ahead of the 2024 election, citing her previous criticism of current electoral maps during her 2023 campaign. A Democratic law firm, led by Marc Elias, has filed a motion to revisit the state's congressional district lines, aiming to have a new map in place for the 2024 election. The motion leans on a recent state Supreme Court ruling ordering new legislative boundaries, effectively nullifying a 2021 ruling that favored maps minimizing changes to existing boundary lines. The current congressional map, drawn by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and approved by the state Supreme Court, has faced criticism for perpetuating partisan unfairness.