AP: “The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday declined to consider the state’s appeals of two rulings blocking Wisconsin’s new voter ID law from taking effect, leaving the issue to lower courts to decide even with recall elections against the governor and five other Republican officials only weeks away. The court didn’t explain why it wasn’t taking up the state’s appeals in its two single-page orders, which it issued hours after a trial began in one of the cases.”

Journal-Sentinel: “‘What it says is there were not four justices who wanted to take this case up (at this time),’ said Lester Pines, an attorney for the League of Women Voters. ‘I don’t believe the Supreme Court always decides stuff on a four-three basis.’  The case will now go back to the two courts of appeals. They typically take nine months to a year to issue decisions, according to Pines. The Department of Justice has asked the appeals court to expedite the League of Women Voters case, but Pines said even if it does so he does not believe it would issue a ruling before the June 5 recall election.”