The voters who stormed to the polls for her will then do so even moreso for her replacement.
Republicans would then have to do a second impeachment farce but the chances of that are much less - a generic rinse-and-repeat makes them foolish in the eyes of the Indies they need in a purple electorate and Democrats would have already shown that they hardball back.
Seriously, Wisconsin Dems - now is the time to commit politics.
She will have to be rewarded for her sacrifice, but the rights of women and girls to own their bodies and of voters to meaningfully vote cannot be sacrificed to her if her presence changes from an asset to a liability.
Her presence itself IS an asset. The only people making it a liabilty is republucan trash...Are we going to do what THEY want? We AKNOW what appeasing right wing garbage gets us...So she resigns, what does that accomplish, the next appinted liberal judge will be accused of the SAME thing.
You NEVER EVER EVER give republicans what they want...Ever.
Weird how the Republicans are so sure the majority of the country thinks like them yet they go out of their way to stifle the vote in any way, shape or form imaginable
Used to be a time in Kentucky where the Governor could replace a Senator- now suddenly after a Democrat was elected governor, they changed that law. Didn’t North Carolina and Wisconsin legislators both act to curtail the Governor’s power after a Democrat was elected? People on these states need to wake up. While some of these areas are gerrymandered to maximum effect, you hear stories like in Tennessee where the Democrats didn’t even field a candidate because they didn’t think they’d win. If the opposing party doesn’t run a candidate is it really an election? Daley was mayor of Chicago most of the time I lived there. No one was going to beat him but he always had a challenger.
The Wisconsin State judiciary disciplinary panel rejected several complaints against Judge Janet. This weakens the chances she will be impeached. Story was in yesterday's Wisconsin State Journal.
Vos has fuck up Wisconsin in so many ways since Walker was gov.
Vos has problems... illegal electors, Gableman investigation into the 2020 election that has cost the state over 2million bucks. One minute Vos was a trump lover the next he's not.
Vos needs to resign.
Suits have been filed to over turn the gerrymandered districts and will make abortion legal.
Take it to the Supreme Court. I don't care what a craven cadre of rightwing assholes they are, SCOTUS will never side with the legislature taking authority away from the Judiciary.
The GQP KNOWS their policies are unpopular. See: overturning Roe V Wade. They also know if they exploit loopholes in The Constitution (Electoral College), and gerrymander, they can win. If they can't win, they'll just resort to violence.
They knew their policies were unpopular in 1980, from whence we get Paul WEyrich and the "we don't want everybody to vote" speech and the intense focus on hot button political issues to draw in Southern Democrats.
They've been lying about and obscuring their policies and motives for decades, knowing they dare not let the punters know what they are really after, they'd get lynched. Hence the culture war crap, makes a fine bit of misdirection, plus the rubes lap it up
This is just wrong! I'm enraged that a duly-elected Justice cannot sit in on all cases before The Court because some whiney-pissants can't handle the "potential" outcome. They rigged the US Supreme Court and are now doing so at the State level.
Remember when the GQP still had a modicum of shame, and would at least pretend to hide their blatant power grabs under cover of - really, anything at all? Not anymore tho. They see no reason not to just go for it right out in the open, and sneer at us for daring to notice.
The whole thing about how a cornered rat will fight. These guys know their ideas are shit and they’re in the minority. Every time they go on CNN some “journalist “ recites from polls how the majority of Americans are for the things they’re all against. Plus they have access to all those numbers showing we pound them in the popular vote every presidential election since the Nineties (save for 2004). They’ll fight dirty to keep that what little advantage they have.
Republicans do NOT like it when Supreme Court justices they didn't pick get confirmed. Remember the shitfit meltdown tantrum Lindsey Graham had because they couldn't stop the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson? And that was on a court with a 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺.
This is IMO more than just their chronic sore loserdom. They realize that state and federal supreme courts are one of their last reliable choke points to thwart the will of voters, and they will fight furiously to avoid giving that up.
This pud goes on a radio show to whine about Protasiewicz, issuing threats. How does that translate to reality? If they could do it, they'd already have done it.
It's like Paxton down in Texas trying to disqualify a bunch of elected Democrats from his impeachment proceedings on account of "they are Democrats :/" while his wife is a sitting State Senator.
They've been at this for a while now. Gerrymandering the legislatures and stripping power from any GOV or AG or SOS if the person who got the most votes has the gall to be a Democrat. We've seen it in Wisconsin and North Carolina. Blatantly overruling voter-approved ballot measures they don't like, such as min wage increases, Medicaid expansion, and abortion access. That shit they just tried to pull in Ohio. Mitch McConnell's entire senate career dedicated to packing the courts and obstructing everything that would actually help regular people. It's so blatant at this point, both their dishonest tactics and the unpopularity of their platform. You don't resort to cheating if you're already winning. We must fight back at every opportunity before it's too late.
She must resign and be replaced.
The voters who stormed to the polls for her will then do so even moreso for her replacement.
Republicans would then have to do a second impeachment farce but the chances of that are much less - a generic rinse-and-repeat makes them foolish in the eyes of the Indies they need in a purple electorate and Democrats would have already shown that they hardball back.
Seriously, Wisconsin Dems - now is the time to commit politics.
She will have to be rewarded for her sacrifice, but the rights of women and girls to own their bodies and of voters to meaningfully vote cannot be sacrificed to her if her presence changes from an asset to a liability.
Her presence itself IS an asset. The only people making it a liabilty is republucan trash...Are we going to do what THEY want? We AKNOW what appeasing right wing garbage gets us...So she resigns, what does that accomplish, the next appinted liberal judge will be accused of the SAME thing.
You NEVER EVER EVER give republicans what they want...Ever.
Real life politics is not a Lefty chat site.
If they impeach her into limbo we lose the benefit of having her there.
Practical countermeasures under the specific limitations are required.
That's actually winning.
Weird how the Republicans are so sure the majority of the country thinks like them yet they go out of their way to stifle the vote in any way, shape or form imaginable
Used to be a time in Kentucky where the Governor could replace a Senator- now suddenly after a Democrat was elected governor, they changed that law. Didn’t North Carolina and Wisconsin legislators both act to curtail the Governor’s power after a Democrat was elected? People on these states need to wake up. While some of these areas are gerrymandered to maximum effect, you hear stories like in Tennessee where the Democrats didn’t even field a candidate because they didn’t think they’d win. If the opposing party doesn’t run a candidate is it really an election? Daley was mayor of Chicago most of the time I lived there. No one was going to beat him but he always had a challenger.
I just don't understand how Wisconsin citizens allowed this to happen. Did they realize?
The Wisconsin State judiciary disciplinary panel rejected several complaints against Judge Janet. This weakens the chances she will be impeached. Story was in yesterday's Wisconsin State Journal.
Vos has fuck up Wisconsin in so many ways since Walker was gov.
Vos has problems... illegal electors, Gableman investigation into the 2020 election that has cost the state over 2million bucks. One minute Vos was a trump lover the next he's not.
Vos needs to resign.
Suits have been filed to over turn the gerrymandered districts and will make abortion legal.
I can’t see how this doesn’t backfire on republicans, even in heavily gerrymandered Wisconsin.
Nothing is fair to Republicans unless they get their own way.
Take it to the Supreme Court. I don't care what a craven cadre of rightwing assholes they are, SCOTUS will never side with the legislature taking authority away from the Judiciary.
Good point. A little too close to home for them
They just can't abide an unmarked deck, can they?
If you have to cheat to win, maybe your priorities need some adjustment
not if your priority is "win at all cost"
so what if it is illegal, unethical and runs roughshod over democracy? Whaddaya gonna do aboudit?
The GQP KNOWS their policies are unpopular. See: overturning Roe V Wade. They also know if they exploit loopholes in The Constitution (Electoral College), and gerrymander, they can win. If they can't win, they'll just resort to violence.
They knew their policies were unpopular in 1980, from whence we get Paul WEyrich and the "we don't want everybody to vote" speech and the intense focus on hot button political issues to draw in Southern Democrats.
They've been lying about and obscuring their policies and motives for decades, knowing they dare not let the punters know what they are really after, they'd get lynched. Hence the culture war crap, makes a fine bit of misdirection, plus the rubes lap it up
What if she resigned and was reappointed?
I think that’s probably the best move. We saw that in Tennessee.
Then she will sit on the Supreme Court, per the WI Constitution.
This is just wrong! I'm enraged that a duly-elected Justice cannot sit in on all cases before The Court because some whiney-pissants can't handle the "potential" outcome. They rigged the US Supreme Court and are now doing so at the State level.
All R super majorities are evil and need to be thrown out of office. These roots have way too many offshoots to not take the entire state with it.
*sigh*
Remember when the GQP still had a modicum of shame, and would at least pretend to hide their blatant power grabs under cover of - really, anything at all? Not anymore tho. They see no reason not to just go for it right out in the open, and sneer at us for daring to notice.
You know what they say about a cornered rat.
Is it some rattic equivalent to, A hit dog will holler - ?
The whole thing about how a cornered rat will fight. These guys know their ideas are shit and they’re in the minority. Every time they go on CNN some “journalist “ recites from polls how the majority of Americans are for the things they’re all against. Plus they have access to all those numbers showing we pound them in the popular vote every presidential election since the Nineties (save for 2004). They’ll fight dirty to keep that what little advantage they have.
no. But I've only been really aware of politics for about 25-30 years now
Ah, Wisconsin—a state which, while thoroughly f*cked up, is not frequently thought about.
It feels like if “Minnesota nice” and the Southern “bless your heart” had a deranged babby and named it the Wisconsin GOP.
There's a reason it's known as Wississippi.
Republicans do NOT like it when Supreme Court justices they didn't pick get confirmed. Remember the shitfit meltdown tantrum Lindsey Graham had because they couldn't stop the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson? And that was on a court with a 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺.
This is IMO more than just their chronic sore loserdom. They realize that state and federal supreme courts are one of their last reliable choke points to thwart the will of voters, and they will fight furiously to avoid giving that up.
This pud goes on a radio show to whine about Protasiewicz, issuing threats. How does that translate to reality? If they could do it, they'd already have done it.
I move for a "Bad Judge Thingy" as she indicated our Gerrymandered districts are bad!
It's like Paxton down in Texas trying to disqualify a bunch of elected Democrats from his impeachment proceedings on account of "they are Democrats :/" while his wife is a sitting State Senator.
They've been at this for a while now. Gerrymandering the legislatures and stripping power from any GOV or AG or SOS if the person who got the most votes has the gall to be a Democrat. We've seen it in Wisconsin and North Carolina. Blatantly overruling voter-approved ballot measures they don't like, such as min wage increases, Medicaid expansion, and abortion access. That shit they just tried to pull in Ohio. Mitch McConnell's entire senate career dedicated to packing the courts and obstructing everything that would actually help regular people. It's so blatant at this point, both their dishonest tactics and the unpopularity of their platform. You don't resort to cheating if you're already winning. We must fight back at every opportunity before it's too late.
Republican states keep refusing to expand Medicaid — until you ask their voters (voter passed a ballot measure SIX times and the leg is just nah): https://www.vox.com/health-care/2022/9/30/23377495/medicaid-expansion-states-south-dakota-ballot-initiative
Voters Rejected an Anti-Abortion Measure. State GOP Lawmakers Passed a Similar Bill Anyway.: https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/montana-abortion-referendum-voters-overruled/
There are endless examples.
Lionel Hutz libelz.