Wisconsin's new liberal Supreme Court justice hasn't heard a case but Republicans may impeach

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This is very scary to me. We lived through the horrible Walker years and now this!! damn!

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Wisconsin's new liberal Supreme Court justice hasn't heard a case but Republicans may impeach

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Story by By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press •
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Even before the newly elected justice who gave liberals a one-seat majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has heard a case, Republican lawmakers are talking about taking the unprecedented step of impeaching and removing her from office.

And they have the votes to do it.

Republicans worry that the legislative districts they drew 12 years ago, which are widely viewed as among the most gerrymandered in the country, will be undone in one of the court's first actions under liberal control. It's a legitimate concern, as Democratic-friendly groups brought two lawsuits in the first week of newly elected Justice Janet Protasiewicz's term asking the new liberal-controlled court to toss the maps.

They waited to bring the challenges until after Protasiewicz started her 10-year term the the court Aug. 1, flipping majority control to 4-3 liberals for the first time in 15 years.

The moves came after Protasiewicz said during her winning campaign that the maps are “rigged," “unfair” and should be reviewed. Those comments, along with her receiving nearly $10 million in donations from the Wisconsin Democratic Party, provided the lynchpin for Republican arguments that she can't fairly hear the redistricting lawsuits.....................................................................

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FILE - Wisconsin's Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos talks to the media at the state Capitol, Feb. 15, 2022, in Madison, Wis. Even before the newly elected justice who gave liberals a one-seat majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has heard a case, Republican lawmakers are talking about taking the unprecedented step of impeaching and removing her from office. And they have the votes to do it. “When you're saying that one side has rigged maps, you have made a decision that maps in her opinion are biased, which is the point of the whole case,” Vos told The Associated Press on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. “She shouldn't have said what she did, but she did. And now she has to own it.” (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)
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