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Politics · WisconsinAs Wisconsin Republicans hurtle forward with potentially impeaching Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz before she's even issued a single ruling, a former Wisconsin justice appointed by a Republican governor is calling foul.In an editorial published by the Wisconsin State Journal, former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske, who was appointed by one-time Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson, joined with fellow former Wisconsin S…See the Story
Former Republican-appointed justice calls foul on Wisconsin GOP's impeachment ploy
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Politics · WisconsinWisconsin Republicans won total control of state government in 2010. They cemented their majorities with a gerrymander so extreme that Democrats in the archetypal purple state were effectively shut out of legislative power permanently. Judge Janet Protasiewicz won a hugely consequential state Supreme Court race earlier this year. With a liberal majority for the first time in 15 years, the court appeared poised to overturn the skewed maps.See the Story
Will Wisconsin Republicans Pull Off the Ultimate Power Grab?
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Justice · WisconsinWisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul (D) hit back at Republicans in the Badger State on Friday after the state Senate voted to oust the top elections official in the state, claiming “we have had consistent attacks on our democracy in Wisconsin.”
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Wisconsin AG slams GOP for ‘consistent attacks on our democracy’ after top election official ousted
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Impeachment · MadisonDavid Prosser is one of three former justices tapped by the Republican Assembly speaker to investigate the criteria for taking the unprecedented step of impeaching a current justice. Speaker Robin Vos has floated impeachment because Justice Janet Protasiewicz accepted nearly $10 million from the Wisconsin Democratic Party. The impeachment threat comes after Protasiewicz’s win this spring handed liberals a majority on the court for the first time in 15 years. It also comes at the same time that Assembly Republicans passed a sweeping redistricting reform bill.See the Story
Wisconsin impeachment review panel includes former GOP speaker, conservative justice
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Republican Party · WisconsinDemocratic Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Thursday swiftly filed a lawsuit after Republican senators attempted to oust the state's top election official, Meagan Wolfe, despite arguments that they lacked authority to do so.
The Wisconsin Senate's 22-11 party-line vote on Wolfe was "a bid to give election deniers and conspiracy theorists more control over how elections are run in the state," explained Mother Jones national voting rights …See the Story
Clinging to Trumpian lies, Wisconsin GOP tries to 'illegally fire' election chief
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Tony Evers · WisconsinRepublicans who control the Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to override three of Gov. Tony Evers’ vetoes, including one that attempted to enshrine school funding increases for 400 years.
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Senate Republicans vote to override Tony Evers' budget vetoes on tax cuts, school spending
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Impeachment · Wisconsin“Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader announced Wednesday that he’s created a panel to investigate the criteria for impeachment as he mulls taking that unprecedented step against a liberal state Supreme Court justice,” the AP reports. “Republicans are targeting Justice Janet Protasiewicz over comments she made during her winning campaign about redistricting and nearly $10 million in donations she received from the state Democratic Party.”See the Story
Wisconsin GOP Moves Closer to Impeaching Justice
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