The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to hear a challenge to the Republican-drawn legislative maps, following a 4-3 vote. Despite impeachment threats from Republicans, Liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz has refused to step down. Ex-justices, including conservative David Prosser, have advised against impeachment. Initially, Republicans had proposed impeachment as a strategy to preserve their legislative gerrymander, but this plan has now been abandoned.
Republicans had floated the idea of impeaching Janet Protasiewicz, newly seated on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, before she could undo the party’s legislative gerrymander. But on Thursday, they backed off. https://t.co/e0LcXEPUq3
With Other Authoritarian Schemes Cooking, Wisconsin GOP Backs Off Protasiewicz Impeachment https://t.co/pg7V5n75FY via @TPM
Another former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice advises against impeachment https://t.co/LMW3hFHap8 https://t.co/x4uKG6AKVw
Ex-Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser — a conservative — says Republicans should not pursue the impeachment of liberal justice Janet Protasiewicz: "There should be no effort to impeach Justice Protasiewicz on anything we know now." https://t.co/Gku6oJnHpO
Republicans should not pursue impeachment of a liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice, concluded a conservative former justice whom Wisconsin Republicans tasked to look into the matter. https://t.co/NCGEMm6ZkI
Former conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice rejects idea of impeaching liberal justice https://t.co/514esJsQQj https://t.co/jfcvctYGNC
Wisconsin GOP should not pursue liberal justice's impeachment, advises a former conservative justice https://t.co/lybMcsK0po via @nbcnews
Former conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice rejects idea of impeaching liberal justice https://t.co/LRPKSN03aE https://t.co/Ddxy26d3L7
Zuckerbucks’ in Wisconsin: State constitutional amendment to ban private election funding in 2024 “Critics…argue the grants were awarded disproportionately to boost voter participation in swing state Democratic strongholds.” https://t.co/964bCGdYtA
The Wisconsin Supreme Court, in a 4-3 vote, has agreed to hear a challenge to Republican-drawn legislative maps. Liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz declined to recuse herself from the matter, despite baseless threats from Republicans to impeach her.