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TheBlackAdder

(28,209 posts)
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 03:54 AM Jul 2022

Wisconsin GOP Senate is doing a Mitch McConnell, and their Supreme Court sanctioned it.

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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.

Prehn refused to leave the role at the scheduled end of his term in May 2021, arguing that it is not technically vacant until his replacement is confirmed. The Republican-controlled legislature, meanwhile, is not confirming many of Evers’ appointments, creating an inescapable Catch-22 that effectively robs the Democratic governor of his appointment power.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wisconsin-republicans-tony-evers-governor_n_62bdd661e4b00a9334e59221




This seems to be a multi-state coordinated effort to seize power and end democracy.

SCOTUS will just be the final nail in democracy's coffin.

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Wisconsin GOP Senate is doing a Mitch McConnell, and their Supreme Court sanctioned it. (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Jul 2022 OP
What the GQP doesn't see in their cystal ball . . . Lovie777 Jul 2022 #1

Lovie777

(12,278 posts)
1. What the GQP doesn't see in their cystal ball . . .
Fri Jul 1, 2022, 06:35 AM
Jul 2022

Republicans and Independents can vote against them in two fold, and if the GQP try and overturn their votes, all hell will break out.

The insecurity of the GQP won't fair well.

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