Current Events > Wisconsin Republicans Won't Impeach Liberal Judge After All

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-republicans-won-t-impeach-164114415.html

Wisconsins narrow Democratic majority on the state Supreme Court is safefor now.

On Thursday, state Republicans said that they would back off of threats to remove newly seated Justice Janet Protasiewicz.

Instead, theyll give the liberal judge a chance, opting to focus on what shell do in office, said the states Republican Assembly Speaker, Robin Vos, at a news conference on Thursday, adding that impeachment was still on the table if the court ruled against conservative causes.

Protasiewiczs presence on the bench is crucial for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, offering liberals an ideological majority in the court for the first time in 15 years and at least until 2025, when another liberal justices 10-year term is set to expire. This thin majority is crucial, given that the courts conservative majority had pushed the state right on a number of key issues and cemented an absurd, pro-Republican gerrymander.

Protasiewicz, whose campaign was the most expensive race for a seat on a state Supreme Court in U.S. history, has infuriated Republicans since she announced her candidacy by broadcasting her views on topics like abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and environmental protection. Shes criticized the states gerrymandered legislative maps, which cement a GOP stronghold on the state, as rigged and unfair.

If they decide to inject their own political bias inside the process and not follow the law, we have the ability to go to the Supreme Court and we also have the ability to hold her accountable to the voters of Wisconsin, Vos said on Thursday.

Days after Protasiewicz took her seat last week, a suit challenging Wisconsins gerrymandered legislative maps was filed directly to the states highest court.

The highly contested maps, which were drawn up by Republicans in 2011, give the GOP such a firm stronghold in the battleground state that Democratic wins in 12 of the last 15 statewide elections havent budged conservatives two-third majority in the state Senate or their hold on 64 of 99 seats in the Assembly, reported the Times.

Other cases are also anticipated to reach the new liberal majority, with a suit challenging the states abortion ban expected to hit the bench sometime next year.

adding that impeachment was still on the table if the court ruled against conservative causes.

man fuck these people so hard

we also have the ability to hold her accountable to the voters of Wisconsin, Vos said on Thursday.

note that these voters elected her in a landslide

Robin Vos is a vile man, there arent enough bad things in the world to say about him

TheGoldenEel posted...

note that these voters elected her in a landslide

yes. but the group that hates her dont see it that way. it was rigged.