Overview
- Orders creating the panels passed 5–2, with Justice Brian Hagedorn agreeing the statute requires panels but objecting to the majority’s judge-selection method as insufficiently neutral.
- One case will be heard by Judges David Conway (Dane), Patricia Baker (Portage) and Michael Moran (Marathon), and the other by Judges Julie Genovese (Dane), Mark Sanders (Milwaukee) and Emily Lonergan (Outagamie).
- Conservative Justices Annette Ziegler and Rebecca Bradley dissented, alleging improper hand-picking of judges, and Slate reported Ziegler’s dissent initially misquoted Moore v. Harper before the court replaced it with a partial correction.
- Republicans sought recusals of Justices Susan Crawford and Janet Protasiewicz over past campaign support and comments on redistricting, but both justices declined to step aside.
- The lawsuits contend the 6–2 GOP congressional map is an unconstitutional gerrymander; proceedings now shift to circuit court with appeals to the Wisconsin Supreme Court likely and possible U.S. Supreme Court review, with a UW legal analyst calling the timeline tight ahead of 2026.