The report hides its bias behind a fog of faux sophistication.
Post Date:February 2, 2024
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Pat GarrettCommunications Director
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) has released the following statement on the recent report filed by consultants hired by the Wisconsin Supreme Court to assess to new legislative maps:
“The report hides its bias behind a fog of faux sophistication. Let’s be clear, our maps have been rejected for one reason and one reason alone, they don’t produce the partisan outcomes the experts or many on the Court want. So, they ignore all the traditional tests to distinguish partisan bias from political geography. It is what Chief Justice Roberts has called social science gobbledygook: Obfuscation that hides one’s preferences so that it needn’t be justified.” – WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg
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