Wisconsin Supreme Court OKs GOP-authored lame-duck laws

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Todd Richmond, Associated Press
Updated 12:21 pm CDT, Thursday, July 9, 2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The conservative-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday upheld Republican-authored lame-duck laws that stripped power from the incoming Democratic attorney general just before he took office in 2019.

The justices rejected arguments that the laws were unconstitutional, handing another win to Republicans who have scored multiple high-profile victories before the court in recent years.

The 5-2 ruling marks the second time that the court has upheld the lame-duck laws passed in December 2018, just weeks before Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, both Democrats, took office. The actions in Wisconsin mirrored Republican moves after losing control of the governors' offices in Michigan in November 2018 and in North Carolina in 2016. Democrats decried the tactics as brazen attempts to hold onto power after losing elections.

The Wisconsin laws curtailed the powers of both the governor and attorney general, but the case decided Thursday dealt primarily with powers taken from Kaul.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Wisconsin-Supreme-Court-OKs-GOP-authored-15396421.php

[ananda]

1. WI really went to the dark side when they went Reep.

Now it will take years to recover.

[cp]

2. So they do this just before the new Justice starts in August

Fucking assholes.

[maxrandb]

3. It's time for the governor of Wisconsin to say

"They've made their ruling, now let them try to enforce it"

And just do what the fuck he needs to do.

You can't just let an illegitimate court dictate to a governor that was elected by an overwhelming majority of the states voters.

Just do what you need to do governor, and if they try to stop you, have them arrested.

This country wasn't formed in a Court.

Ignore this court. The majority of wisconsinites will stand with you.

[ancianita]

4. AMEN.

Along with that, this doesn't have to be the final legal word, right?

Don't the People of WI have recourse through a federal court to prove the harm done to them through suppressed legal standing, right?

[scarletwoman]

6. I like your answer.

I hope the WI voters can flip their legislature to majority Dem this November, and finally start reversing all the GOP bullshit that's been imposed on that poor state.

[Whiskeytide]

7. Would it be ok for Тяцмр to do that? n/t

[maxrandb]

8. He's been doing that for almost 4 years

[paleotn]

5. And that's what you get....

when Republitrash runs most of your state government. These people need to be excised like a cancer and destroyed.

[usajumpedtheshark]

9. I've changed my mind

My parents were born and raised in Wisconsin and always enjoyed travelling there to visit relatives. I was planning on moving there when I retire but I think I'll look elsewhere. Too poisonous for me.