Quoted: “This is a pretty monumental ruling,” said Ryan Owens, a University of Wisconsin law professor who studies the Supreme Court. “A lot of people expected it to be a 5-4 decision with Kennedy writing the opinion, but we were unsure of how far Kennedy would go in the opinion, and he went relatively far with it.”
Owens said not much will change in Wisconsin given the previous rulings by federal courts. He also noted the potential problem it poses for the Republican Party.
“There could potentially be a split among moderate Republicans and social conservatives over how to respond to this,” he said.