On Wednesday, the US Supreme Court reversed a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision that selected state legislative districts drawn by the governor and allowed use of the governor’s congressional district map. The 2020 census revealed changes in population that required redrawing of Wisconsin’s electoral maps. The Republican-dominated legislature proposed new maps, which were vetoed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. The Wisconsin Supreme Court was asked to intervene and ultimately selected Evers’ state legislative maps, creating an additional majority black district. The governor argued that this was necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act (VRA), but lawmakers argued that this violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. had misapplied Supreme Court decisions on balancing the VRA with the Equal Protection Clause by accepting the governor’s state legislative maps. -the black district would deny black voters equal political opportunity. Answering that question requires an “‘intensely local assessment’ of the questioned district.” … When the Wisconsin Supreme Court strove to conduct a full and strict scrutiny analysis, it did not do so correctly under our precedent, and its ruling cannot stand. Judge Sonia Sotomayor presented a dissenting opinion, accompanied by Judge Elena Kagan. The court’s action today is unprecedented. In an emergency posture, the Court summarily overturns a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision resolving a conflict over the State’s redistricting, a decision rendered after a 5-month process involving all stakeholders. Although summary reversals are generally reserved for decisions that violate established law, the Court today blames the State Supreme Court for failing to fulfill an obligation that, according to existing precedent, is, at best, confused. While the Supreme Court reversed the Wisconsin court’s decision regarding state legislative maps, Judge Amy Coney Barrett denied a request to block the imposition of the governor’s congressional district map. That order was issued without comment, allowing the Wisconsin court’s decision to stand for now. Wisconsin’s primary election is scheduled for August 9 and the general election for November 8. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court must consider the role of race in redistricting decisions. in a case involving the map of Alabama’s congressional district.