CLC filed an amicus brief in support of the plaintiffs.

On November 21, 2016, a three-judge panel in Wisconsin struck down Wisconsin’s state assembly district map. With this decision, plaintiffs have successfully alleged and proven that a state legislative redistricting plan is an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander for the first time in 30 years. Through this litigation, the plaintiffs’ three-part test, which was adopted in this case, can now be used across the country to fight back against unfair partisan gerrymandering.

The state of Wisconsin filed its brief supporting a stay.

Wisconsin filed an application for a stay on Friday, May 19.

The state of Wisconsin filed a brief opposing the motion to affirm the lower court's ruling.

The state of Wisconsin filed its official notice of appeal of hte decision made by the district court to the Supreme Court of the United States.

Statement on appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin by the State of Wisconsin.

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The Supreme Court has, at times, played a key role in protecting and expanding American democracy. Democracy is at a crossroads and the court has some important cases to decide in the next year in the areas of campaign finance, redistricting and voting rights.

The defendants filed a notice of appeal to the Supreme Court.

While the intersection of race and politics in districting is complex, the Supreme Court has been clear on one point:  States may not sort people by race in drawing districts, and states may not use race as a proxy for politics to achieve cynical partisan gains. The Virginia delegation’s argument in this case seeks to undermine that principle. If they succeed, legislatures could use minority voters as a pawn in their political game, singling them out for diminished voting strength and using them as pawns to achieve their partisan goals.  The Campaign Legal Center submitted an amici curiae brief of the on behalf of itself, the League of Women Voters, the Voting Rights Institute and the National Council of Jewish Women.  

The Campaign Legal Center, which is litigating the landmark case Whitford v. Gill to end partisan gerrymandering, released a report, Make Democracy Count: Ending Partisan Gerrymandering.  ​

The report highlights the impact partisan gerrymandering, or the drawing of electoral district lines to benefit one political party, has on our democracy and suggests a key solution that can be used to ensure fair elections nationwide. 

Partisan gerrymandering, or the drawing of electoral district lines to benefit one political party, is a serious problem in our democracy. This practice creates an unrepresentative and unfair democracy and also encourages self-interested politics. In jurisdictions nationwide, legislators have drawn legislative maps so that they can choose their voters, instead of voters being able to choose their representatives.

Whitford v. Gill: U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin Plaintiffs' Response Brief on Remedies