Supreme Court Overturns Legislature’s Power to Suspend Administrative Rules
WISCONSIN, JUL 08 – The ruling ends decades of legislative rule suspension, shifting regulatory power to executive agencies and allowing faster implementation of administrative rules, officials said.
- In a 5-2 decision, Wisconsin Supreme Court held JCRAR cannot block rules, removing legislative oversight and overturning decades of precedent based on bicameralism and presentment.
- Following Evers’s lawsuit, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that the legislative committee's blocking of rules violates constitutional separation of powers, removing longstanding oversight authority.
- The Wisconsin Supreme Court's 5-2 decision, authored by Chief Justice Karofsky with Hagedorn partly dissenting, cited violations of bicameralism and presentment in the legislative veto powers.
- Following the court decision, state agencies can now finalize rules without legislative review, enabling the enactment of the conversion therapy ban and increasing executive power.
- Beyond this case, Wisconsin executive agencies are likely to further test their authority as a progressive court majority emboldens Evers’s broader effort to limit GOP legislative power in state governance.
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Wisconsin Court Gives Big Win to LGBTQ Advocates
The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way Tuesday for the state to institute a ban on conversion therapy in a ruling that gives the governor more power over how state laws are enacted. The court ruled that a Republican-controlled legislative committee's rejection of a state agency rule that would ban...


Wisconsin Supreme Court rules against state legislature’s ability to block state rules
The Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned the state legislature’s ability to suspend administrative rules, ending a decades-old practice of lawmakers being empowered to temporarily block agency regulations. The court ruled that the statutes giving powers to the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules violated the Wisconsin Constitution’s mandate for bicameralism and presentment. In a 4-3 decision, the court found that the committee was o…
Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with Evers in dispute over conversion therapy ban, rulemaking power
Gov. Tony Evers had the legal right to ban conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth, and a Republican-controlled legislative committee exceeded its authority by blocking the rule, the state Supreme Court found Tuesday. The post Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with Evers in dispute over conversion therapy ban, rulemaking power appeared first on WPR.
Supreme Court overturns Legislature’s power to suspend administrative rules
A split state Supreme Court today overturned the Legislature’s power to suspend administrative rules, ending decades of lawmakers having the power to at least temporarily block agency regulations.
The Municipality of Zakynthos, in a statement, claims that by decision of the Supreme Court, the emblematic Shipwreck is under the management of the Municipality.
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