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Schimel asks Supreme Court to block Evers’ request

By: Associated Press//December 12, 2017//

Schimel asks Supreme Court to block Evers’ request

By: Associated Press//December 12, 2017//

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is asking the state Supreme Court to block state Superintendent Tony Evers from getting his own attorney in a lawsuit challenging his office’s powers.

Schimel asked the court late Monday to reject Evers’ request to disqualify Schimel from representing Evers.

Evers doesn’t want Schimel representing him because the Republican attorney general agrees with the position taken by a conservative law firm in a lawsuit against Evers. The lawsuit alleges that Evers is in violation of a recently passed state law giving the governor oversight powers in the agency rule-making process.

Schimel says in his court filing that he has a duty to represent Evers and the Department of Public Instruction in the case, but Evers could hire his own lawyer if he wants.

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