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Wisconsin Supreme Court Backs GOP Scheme To Rob Dem Governor Of Appointment Powers

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  1. Egoboy

    Egoboy Well-Known Member Donor

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    SNIP
    The Wisconsin Supreme Court endorsed a blatant power grab by the Republican-controlled state Senate on Wednesday, using a case focused on technical bureaucratic matters to endorse a scheme to seize control of state boards and commissions by declining to confirm appointments from Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

    In a 4-3 decision, the court’s conservative justices ruled that Fred Prehn, a GOP member of the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board, could remain in his position despite the fact that his term ended more than a year ago, simply because the state Senate has not yet confirmed the replacement appointed by Evers.

    The state Supreme Court majority sanctioned this scheme Wednesday, affirming a lower court ruling that the expiration of Prehn’s term by itself “does not create a vacancy” under state law, and that Evers and Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul cannot seek his removal.
    ENDSNIP

    https://www.yahoo.com/news/wisconsin-supreme-court-backs-gop-192731171.html

    BOLD = ****ing funniest thing I'll read today.....

    It's apparent this state Supreme Court is now following in the footsteps of the partisan MAGA Court in DC (FKA SCOTUS) in screwing with democracy.

    It's now OK to refuse to leave an appointed post when your appointment term is up if your fellow fascists refuse to approve your replacement....

    Every day is a new example of anti-democratic behavior from MAGA world... I KNOW Wisconsin is a majority Democratic state, but gerrymandering prevents this from working as it should.

    Not sure what the answer is for so many so-called Americans voting for this horseshit style of power control (I refuse to call it government, because it's not).

    I know this forum is now overrun with MAGA's, but I'm hoping the forum Americans will weigh in first...
     
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    Oldyoungin Well-Known Member

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    Awesome I love it.
     
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  3. Egoboy

    Egoboy Well-Known Member Donor

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    Another non-reader weighs in.... any Americans out there today?
     
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    clearly you didn't bother to read the decision:

    "Under Wis. Stat. § 17.03, the expiration of Prehn's term on the DNR Board does not create a vacancy."

    The Court is simply accepting WI black letter law.

    "Prehn lawfully retains his position on the DNR Board as a holdover. Therefore, the Governor cannot make a provisional appointment to replace Prehn under Wis. Stat. § 17.20(2)(a). Until his successor is nominated by the Governor and confirmed by the senate, under Wis. Stat. § 17.07(3), Prehn may be removed by the Governor only for cause. This conclusion complies with the plain language of the Wisconsin Statutes and does not raise constitutional concerns. The State's complaint is dismissed with prejudice."

    Did you even bother to look up the referenced law?
    Without Senate approval, there is no replacement.
    More Fake news. WI is R+2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index#By_state
     
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    Egoboy Well-Known Member Donor

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    It's a 6 year term... a term means after 6 years, you are no longer in that position....unless renewed....

    Still waiting for my first American...
     
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    Democracy to Democrats: Decisions and laws only THEY approve of. The rest need not apply.
     
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    Egoboy Well-Known Member Donor

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    And still waiting....
     
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    Boom Shaka!
     
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    Zorro laid it out quite cleanly: Prehn is a holdover. The Wisconsin Senate cannot forcibly remove him without cause and must engage the process of nomination and confirmation, regardless of term limit. This isn't abuse of power, this is maintaining the legitimacy of the law written. If they didn't like it that way, they shouldn't have passed the law.
     
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    Did you bother reading that Gov Evers nominated a replacement 15 months ago??

    Didja??

    GOP MAGAs pass a law that says a term appointed MAGA gets to remain until the same GOP MAGA's approve the replacement nominated by a duly elected D Gov... which they refuse to do.

    So this guy is now in office forever, or until some future GOP Gov decides to replace him because he didn't offer his 10 yo daughter up to the Legislature for impregnation....

    Please PLEASE change your forum name... the irony is actually damaging.... like looking directly into the sun...
     
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    Clearly you did not read either the case or the law. If your source failed to inform you of that, either your source is a fool or they are confident that you are. Don't be so easy. If you keep giving away the milk, they will never buy the cow.

    [​IMG]​
     
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    Egoboy Well-Known Member Donor

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    Totally understand the case and the law...

    Both are complete bullshit, combined together as the 'scheme' to defraud the voters of Wisconsin...

    Mayor Pete... .Sec of Transportation for Life...

    Unless he wants to move on....
     
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    Yes, and the other time-tested Wisconsin truism:

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    Fake News. If that were true, you would know that the both the lower court and the Supreme Court are correct on both.
    Following the law, as written by the elected representative legislature is the opposite of "defrauding" the voters, it honors the voters.

    Wisconsin knows:

    [​IMG]​
     
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    So you are saying, in your own unique batshit crazy way, that a state governor is a useless position, unless he also controls the state legislature??

    You, my friend, are no American....

    Still looking...
     
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    I'm saying in a manner completely consistent with WI LAW that the Gov's candidates must be confirmed by the Senate. It's never been otherwise in WI.

    [​IMG]​
     
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    Question: if a person’s term has expired , doesn’t the authority of that person expire as well ?
     
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    Enjoy your tyranny... even the sheep in Wisconsin might clue into this one....
     
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    Egoboy Well-Known Member Donor

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    Apparently, not according to Cheese Law....

    In Wisconsin today, if you are appointed to a position, you don't ever have to leave if your party controls the State Senate...

    Naturally, fellow fascists applaud...
     
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    Republicans are all for tyranny when they’re the ones being tyrannical.
     
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    what is up with Republican in this day and age, cheating just becoming the norm with them
     
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    this is the problem with this country right now, people wonder how societies die, this is how
     
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    Egoboy Well-Known Member Donor

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    We just have to figure out how to out-society the minority that hate our current society...

    We certainly have the brains, if not always the balls....
     
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    The Senate didn't approve of the replacement(irony is indeed rich), it would appear obvious again that democracy is not the democrats strong suit. This is what happens when you have a split legislature. Yes, you have the governorship but you don't have the State Congress. Gov. Evers should nominate a centrist candidate that could have cross-party approval to get his replacement. Simple, nothing dictatorial about it.

    Just how democracy works.
     
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    LMAO... So the State Senate DICTATES who the Gov should nominate?? Certainly there's a phrase for that.

    They aren't even calling a vote to vote the replacement down, which would at least be minimally defensible, as it would have been if McConnell had done the same in 2017. That would also require Evers to submit another name that might be more acceptable to the fascists...

    Democracy ONLY works when the person with the most votes in the state is able to govern the state...

    Frankly, it's ****ing ridiculous that anything but the highest 5% of posts in ANY government should need to be "approved" in the first place..
     
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