Here's a good sign....

[ewagner]

Just just came out in our local headlines...Walker wasn't going to sign the draconian redistricting bill if he didn't have to...he could have let it become law without his signature.

Today...he signed it...he must be pretty sure he's going to lose the SENATE!

http://www.marshfieldnewsherald.com/article/20110809/WDH0101/110809170/-Walker-signs-bills-redrawing-political-boundaries?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

A hard-core Republican told me on Friday that he wouldn't sign the bill unless the Senate was in jeopardy.

[mojowork_n]

1. Draconian doesn't cover it.

The redistricting plan guarantees that every Democratic "safe" seat in the legislature is as uncompetitive as possible, with an overwhelming number of surplus votes in each district.

So, theoretically, the total number of votes cast in all legislative races in the state could clearly be cast by voters who favored Democratic candidates.

But even with that set of circumstances, with the district boundaries drawn as they are, slight Republican majorities in many individual districts could be expected, giving Republicans overall control of the legislature.

That's fundamentally undemocratic. That the U.S. Supreme Court hasn't recently taken up the question doesn't mean there's no chance it will ever be heard.

Here's what I found on latest status:

http://wislawjournal.com/2011/07/28/judges-dismiss-redistricting-challenge/

Summary:

One suit dismissed, another still pending.

[midnight]

2. K&R