#protasiewicz — Public Fediverse posts
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@GaryRLundberg I don't have a subscription. Unlike #Protasiewicz, who I also supported, I didn't hear #Crawford make political statements during the campaign. She seems like an honest, responsible judge. I was proud to vote for her and proud #Wisconsin votes couldn't being bought.
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@GaryRLundberg I don't have a subscription. Unlike #Protasiewicz, who I also supported, I didn't hear #Crawford make political statements during the campaign. She seems like an honest, responsible judge. I was proud to vote for her and proud #Wisconsin votes couldn't being bought.
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Republicans who control the Wisconsin state Senate 💥fired eight more of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees 💥Tuesday, including two Universities of Wisconsin #regents who voted against a deal that limited campus #diversity and four judicial #watchdogs who wouldn’t commit to punishing liberal state Supreme Court Justice Janet #Protasiewicz.
The Senate also fired a member of the governor’s #domestic #abuse #council after Republicans accused the body of violating open records laws and taking what the GOP considered a stance against #white people, as well as a member of the deferred compensation board, which administers a state retirement program.
The Senate has now fired 21 Evers appointees since the governor took office in 2019.
The governor said in a statement Tuesday that he was “apoplectic” that Republican senators keep firing his appointees for no good reason. -
Republicans who control the Wisconsin state Senate 💥fired eight more of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ appointees 💥Tuesday, including two Universities of Wisconsin #regents who voted against a deal that limited campus #diversity and four judicial #watchdogs who wouldn’t commit to punishing liberal state Supreme Court Justice Janet #Protasiewicz.
The Senate also fired a member of the governor’s #domestic #abuse #council after Republicans accused the body of violating open records laws and taking what the GOP considered a stance against #white people, as well as a member of the deferred compensation board, which administers a state retirement program.
The Senate has now fired 21 Evers appointees since the governor took office in 2019.
The governor said in a statement Tuesday that he was “apoplectic” that Republican senators keep firing his appointees for no good reason. -
The Wisconson GOP has backed down from their threat to impeach a justice *before* she rules that partisan gerrymanders violate the state constitution, but might still do it after she issues such a ruling.
Click the link, not the preview, to bypass paywall.
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The Wisconson GOP has backed down from their threat to impeach a justice *before* she rules that partisan gerrymanders violate the state constitution, but might still do it after she issues such a ruling.
Click the link, not the preview, to bypass paywall.
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It’s this whole thing that’s scary going on in this country, that if you can’t defeat people’s votes then you do it in some other way.
#Protasiewicz won #Wisconsin’s supreme court election in April, giving liberals a 4-3 majority on the court, their first in 15 years. But Republicans began to float #impeaching Protasiewicz before the results were even known.
The party has already locked down control of the legislature, using aggressive #gerrymanders to protect itself from election defeats.
It has also deflated the powers of the Democratic governor, Tony Evers, undercutting his #authority to appoint people to executive branch positions.
https://boltsmag.org/wisconsin-impeachment-protasiewicz/ -
It’s this whole thing that’s scary going on in this country, that if you can’t defeat people’s votes then you do it in some other way.
#Protasiewicz won #Wisconsin’s supreme court election in April, giving liberals a 4-3 majority on the court, their first in 15 years. But Republicans began to float #impeaching Protasiewicz before the results were even known.
The party has already locked down control of the legislature, using aggressive #gerrymanders to protect itself from election defeats.
It has also deflated the powers of the Democratic governor, Tony Evers, undercutting his #authority to appoint people to executive branch positions.
https://boltsmag.org/wisconsin-impeachment-protasiewicz/ -
"Quite simply, Protasiewicz’s victory represents an existential threat to the Wisconsin Republican Party because there are now two lawsuits challenging their gerrymandered maps. Though the state Supreme Court has not even yet said it will take either of the cases, Republicans are terrified their stranglehold on the state will be loosened."
~ Lisa Needham
#Wisconsin #Republicans #democracy #Protasiewicz #impeachment
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/protasiewicz-wisconsin-impeachment-explained
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“Our country has never seen anything quite like what is unfolding in Wisconsin. …
The Republican initiative is about more than trying to take out one political opponent in one state. Rather, it is part of a cross-national MAGA assault on truth, government institutions, the law and the vote itself."
~ Dennis Aftergut and Austin Sarat
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Twenty-four hours after #judgeprotasiewicz took her oath to #ScoWis , Law Forward, wasting no time filed a lawsuit for new Wisconsin electoral maps. #gerrymandering #redistricting #Gerrymander #wisconsinsupremecourt #lawforward
#JanetForJustice #protasiewicz https://www.thecentersquare.com/wisconsin/article_e7b60456-315e-11ee-8079-1bde67bd6c16.html -
Twenty-four hours after #judgeprotasiewicz took her oath to #ScoWis , Law Forward, wasting no time filed a lawsuit for new Wisconsin electoral maps. #gerrymandering #redistricting #Gerrymander #wisconsinsupremecourt #lawforward
#JanetForJustice #protasiewicz https://www.thecentersquare.com/wisconsin/article_e7b60456-315e-11ee-8079-1bde67bd6c16.html -
"At a time when the US system and notion of democracy is under strain, every election takes on added sense of importance. Welcome to #Wisconsin's Supreme Court vote."
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"At a time when the US system and notion of democracy is under strain, every election takes on added sense of importance. Welcome to #Wisconsin's Supreme Court vote."
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"At a time when the US system and notion of democracy is under strain, every election takes on added sense of importance. Welcome to #Wisconsin's Supreme Court vote."
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"At a time when the US system and notion of democracy is under strain, every election takes on added sense of importance. Welcome to #Wisconsin's Supreme Court vote."
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Victory In A #Wisconsin Judge's Election --- But Is It Significant? (Karl Smith)
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Victory In A #Wisconsin Judge's Election --- But Is It Significant? (Karl Smith)
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Victory In A #Wisconsin Judge's Election --- But Is It Significant? (Karl Smith)
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Victory In A #Wisconsin Judge's Election --- But Is It Significant? (Karl Smith)
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The Tennessee Expulsion Is a Glimpse of the Future
Clearly, expelling two members of the Tennessee legislature was an explosive move and temporarily leaves their constituents no representation, at least until a special election is held.
In fact, the state party is already raising money for the members to win back their seats.
Meanwhile, there’s another story playing out 600 miles to the north that highlights another, potentially even more consequential use of hard-ball legislative power.
While liberals were celebrating the election Tuesday of a #Wisconsin #Supreme #Court #justice who will tip the court to the left, voters in the state’s 8th senatorial district were sending #Republican #Dan #Knodl to Madison.
That gives the GOP a Senate #supermajority and with it, the power to remove key officials through #impeachment — including judges.
In late March, Knodl said he would “#certainly #consider” impeaching #Janet #Protasiewicz, the new state Supreme Court justice, though he was talking about her role as a county judge.
Would Wisconsin Republicans impeach a justice simply because they don’t like the court’s rulings? Well, there is nothing hypothetical about how the state’s GOP legislature has used its power against other branches of government
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/06/tennessee-expulsion-future-democrats-00090911
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The Tennessee Expulsion Is a Glimpse of the Future
Clearly, expelling two members of the Tennessee legislature was an explosive move and temporarily leaves their constituents no representation, at least until a special election is held.
In fact, the state party is already raising money for the members to win back their seats.
Meanwhile, there’s another story playing out 600 miles to the north that highlights another, potentially even more consequential use of hard-ball legislative power.
While liberals were celebrating the election Tuesday of a #Wisconsin #Supreme #Court #justice who will tip the court to the left, voters in the state’s 8th senatorial district were sending #Republican #Dan #Knodl to Madison.
That gives the GOP a Senate #supermajority and with it, the power to remove key officials through #impeachment — including judges.
In late March, Knodl said he would “#certainly #consider” impeaching #Janet #Protasiewicz, the new state Supreme Court justice, though he was talking about her role as a county judge.
Would Wisconsin Republicans impeach a justice simply because they don’t like the court’s rulings? Well, there is nothing hypothetical about how the state’s GOP legislature has used its power against other branches of government
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/04/06/tennessee-expulsion-future-democrats-00090911
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Greg Sargent: Wisconsin’s stunning outcome puts #MAGA Republicans in a serious bind
"One might surmise that a pro-choice message motivated educated suburbanites to swamp non-college-educated White turnout, without #Protasiewicz improving among that latter demographic. But [Charles] Franklin [director of Wisconsin’s Marquette Law School Poll] noted that she did surprisingly well in 'rural and working-class areas' in southwestern counties that #tRump carried twice, and made 'inroads in rural counties up the Mississippi River.' He concluded: 'That’s really notable.'"
#uspolitics #wisconsin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/05/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-liberals-win-maga -
Greg Sargent: Wisconsin’s stunning outcome puts #MAGA Republicans in a serious bind
"One might surmise that a pro-choice message motivated educated suburbanites to swamp non-college-educated White turnout, without #Protasiewicz improving among that latter demographic. But [Charles] Franklin [director of Wisconsin’s Marquette Law School Poll] noted that she did surprisingly well in 'rural and working-class areas' in southwestern counties that #tRump carried twice, and made 'inroads in rural counties up the Mississippi River.' He concluded: 'That’s really notable.'"
#uspolitics #wisconsin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/04/05/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-liberals-win-maga -
Defeated Right-Wing Judge Refuses to Concede to Victor He Deems Not 'Worthy'
Daniel #Kelly, the right-wing former #Wisconsin #Supreme #Court justice who lost his bid to re-join the high court on Tuesday as liberal circuit court judge Janet #Protasiewicz won by a decisive margin, **refused to concede** to his opponent in a speech that one critic said personified the Republican Party's approach to electoral politics in recent years.
"It brings me no joy to say this," Kelly told supporters. "I wish that in a circumstance like this, I would be able to concede to a #worthy opponent. But I do not have a worthy opponent to which I can concede."
A number of losing GOP candidates have demanded #recounts, claimed their elections were "#rigged," and spread baseless #conspiracy #theories about voting #irregularities.
"Among the Trumpian core of the Republican Party, this has become #mainstream," Rick Hasen, the director of UCLA Law's Safeguarding Democracy Project, told Axios last year. "It's exceedingly #dangerous, because a #democracy depends on losers' #consent."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/dan-kelly-wisconsin-concede
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Defeated Right-Wing Judge Refuses to Concede to Victor He Deems Not 'Worthy'
Daniel #Kelly, the right-wing former #Wisconsin #Supreme #Court justice who lost his bid to re-join the high court on Tuesday as liberal circuit court judge Janet #Protasiewicz won by a decisive margin, **refused to concede** to his opponent in a speech that one critic said personified the Republican Party's approach to electoral politics in recent years.
"It brings me no joy to say this," Kelly told supporters. "I wish that in a circumstance like this, I would be able to concede to a #worthy opponent. But I do not have a worthy opponent to which I can concede."
A number of losing GOP candidates have demanded #recounts, claimed their elections were "#rigged," and spread baseless #conspiracy #theories about voting #irregularities.
"Among the Trumpian core of the Republican Party, this has become #mainstream," Rick Hasen, the director of UCLA Law's Safeguarding Democracy Project, told Axios last year. "It's exceedingly #dangerous, because a #democracy depends on losers' #consent."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/dan-kelly-wisconsin-concede
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Wisconsin’s stunning outcome puts MAGA Republicans in a serious bind
To understand the significance of the victory that liberals just pulled off in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, a win largely driven by #abortion #rights, consider what is set to happen some 1,100 miles from Madison: In coming weeks, Republicans in Florida’s state capital of Tallahassee are expected to #ban abortions after a mere six weeks.
Liberal Janet #Protasiewicz was elected to Wisconsin’s high court Tuesday night by 55 percent to 45 percent over rival Daniel Kelly. That stunning margin in a razor-close swing state — delivering liberals control of the court as it prepares to consider a state abortion ban — suggests abortion rights will continue to be a winning issue when on the ballot.
But this becomes more significant with 2024 GOP hopefuls such as Florida Gov. Ron #DeSantis lurching in the opposite direction. DeSantis is expected to sign that six-week abortion ban, and many other Republican state governments are moving to further #restrict abortion rights — even as this has again proved a huge political loser. The Wisconsin results suggest a trend that developed in the 2022 midterm elections will continue. Candidates who stood up for abortion rights — and emphasized that #protecting #democracy is critical to #safeguarding those #rights — defeated anti-choice, election-denying MAGA candidates everywhere -
Wisconsin’s stunning outcome puts MAGA Republicans in a serious bind
To understand the significance of the victory that liberals just pulled off in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, a win largely driven by #abortion #rights, consider what is set to happen some 1,100 miles from Madison: In coming weeks, Republicans in Florida’s state capital of Tallahassee are expected to #ban abortions after a mere six weeks.
Liberal Janet #Protasiewicz was elected to Wisconsin’s high court Tuesday night by 55 percent to 45 percent over rival Daniel Kelly. That stunning margin in a razor-close swing state — delivering liberals control of the court as it prepares to consider a state abortion ban — suggests abortion rights will continue to be a winning issue when on the ballot.
But this becomes more significant with 2024 GOP hopefuls such as Florida Gov. Ron #DeSantis lurching in the opposite direction. DeSantis is expected to sign that six-week abortion ban, and many other Republican state governments are moving to further #restrict abortion rights — even as this has again proved a huge political loser. The Wisconsin results suggest a trend that developed in the 2022 midterm elections will continue. Candidates who stood up for abortion rights — and emphasized that #protecting #democracy is critical to #safeguarding those #rights — defeated anti-choice, election-denying MAGA candidates everywhere -
The Janet #Protasiewicz win for the #Wisconsin Supreme Court is a very good win for Wisconsin, women's rights, and #Democrats.
Let the #GOP continue their embrace of #Trump, anti women's rights, and anti gay rights and in doing so continue their electoral losses.
Democrats are the party of the future, of the middle class, and of all of the people living in this country.
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Results: #Protasiewicz wins #Wisconsin Supreme Court race
For the first time in 15 years, liberals win control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
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Results: #Protasiewicz wins #Wisconsin Supreme Court race
For the first time in 15 years, liberals win control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
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#Protasiewicz wins. That's huge. Well done Wisconsin.
I hope all the ill-intentioned malignant Republican nasty racist conservative referendum bait that failed to deliver them this Supreme Court seat also failed.
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#Protasiewicz wins. That's huge. Well done Wisconsin.
I hope all the ill-intentioned malignant Republican nasty racist conservative referendum bait that failed to deliver them this Supreme Court seat also failed.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court election: Judge Janet Protasiewicz wins 👈👍👏
Judge Janet #Protasiewicz on Tuesday was #elected to #Wisconsin's #supreme #court, giving the key swing state's highest court a #liberal #majority that could potentially expand abortion rights there, AP reports.
The big picture: The seven-member Wisconsin Supreme Court has had a conservative majority since 2008. It's poised to decide in the next few years the constitutionality of a 19th century #abortion #ban that was cited to restrict access to the procedure in the state since the fall of Roe v. Wade.
Protasiewicz will serve a #10-#year #term, succeeding conservative Justice Patience Roggensack, whose term expires in July 2023.
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/05/wisconsin-supreme-court-protasiewicz-win-abortion -
Wisconsin Supreme Court election: Judge Janet Protasiewicz wins 👈👍👏
Judge Janet #Protasiewicz on Tuesday was #elected to #Wisconsin's #supreme #court, giving the key swing state's highest court a #liberal #majority that could potentially expand abortion rights there, AP reports.
The big picture: The seven-member Wisconsin Supreme Court has had a conservative majority since 2008. It's poised to decide in the next few years the constitutionality of a 19th century #abortion #ban that was cited to restrict access to the procedure in the state since the fall of Roe v. Wade.
Protasiewicz will serve a #10-#year #term, succeeding conservative Justice Patience Roggensack, whose term expires in July 2023.
https://www.axios.com/2023/04/05/wisconsin-supreme-court-protasiewicz-win-abortion -
Democrat-backed candidate sweeps to win on #WisconsinSupremeCourt
The victory is likely to decide the future of #AbortionRights in the state.#JanetProtasiewicz #Wisconsin #democracy #Protasiewicz #WI #WIsc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/04/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-abortion/
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Democrat-backed candidate sweeps to win on #WisconsinSupremeCourt
The victory is likely to decide the future of #AbortionRights in the state.#JanetProtasiewicz #Wisconsin #democracy #Protasiewicz #WI #WIsc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/04/04/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-abortion/
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WOOHOO!
NBC projects liberal candidate Janet #Protasiewicz will win the election for #Wisconsin's open Supreme Court seat.
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NBC has called the Wisconsin Supreme Court race for Protasiewicz. She is running well ahead of Biden’s percentages on a county-by-county basis so that call looks warranted.
