US EditionSupreme 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.
- On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the Joint Committee cannot prevent administrative rules from taking effect.
- This ruling followed challenges by Governor Tony Evers, who argued that the committee unlawfully blocked rules on building codes and a conversion therapy ban, overstepping constitutional powers.
- Chief Justice Jill Karofsky stated that the legislature unlawfully engaged in conduct that changed the legal responsibilities of the executive branch, while dissenting justices argued the decision lacked thorough constitutional reasoning.
- Governor Evers emphasized that the recent ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court prevents a limited faction of legislators from having unchecked authority to block state government operations, thereby upholding the balance of power.
- The decision shifts significant power to the executive branch by removing legislative oversight, clearing the way for the conversion therapy ban and potentially emboldening agencies to expand their rulemaking authority.
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Barron News-ShieldLawmakers react to Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling against Legislature
(The Center Square) – A recent Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling that stripped the state’s Joint Committee of Review of Administrative Rules from blocking or suspending agency rules is drawing sharp reactions from state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.
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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...
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MSNWisconsin 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.
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