Supreme Court tosses Wisconsin state legislative maps but keeps congressional maps in place

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday tossed out state legislative maps in Wisconsin that were drawn by Democratic Governor Tony Evers, but it left in place the governor's congressional maps. 

The Wisconsin Supreme Court earlier this month selected Evers' proposed legislative and congressional maps after hearing oral arguments from several groups that had also submitted maps. The case went to the courts after Evers and Republican state lawmakers couldn't agree on a set of maps and asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to weigh in. 

Evers' state legislative map created an extra majority-minority district, arguing that was necessary to comply with the Voting Rights Act (VRA). But Republicans argued that the state Supreme Court violated the Equal Protection Clause by selecting race-based maps without justification.