Lawsuit requests Wisconsin Supreme Court to block impeachment before Assembly acts

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//September 11, 2023//

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz (AP File Photo/Morry Gash)

By: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF//September 11, 2023//

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is being asked to prohibit the Wisconsin Legislature from impeaching liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz, reports The Wisconsin State Journal.

The lawsuit says removing her from office would invalidate the constitutional rights of the Wisconsinites who voted for her.

Three of Protasiewicz’s voters filed the case directly with the Supreme Court Monday, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.

As previously reported by the Wisconsin Law Journal, The Democratic Party of Wisconsin opened its war chest last Wednesday, releasing $4 million in the “Defend Justice” multi-pronged statewide campaign to hold Wisconsin Legislative Republicans accountable for what they say are an “unconstitutional, anti-democratic threat to impeach Justice Janet Protasiewicz.”

Also as previously reported by the Wisconsin Law Journal, as soon as the Wisconsin Legislature votes to impeach a Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, that justice is precluded from sitting on the bench hearing cases, including on abortion and gerrymandering.

Last April, Wisconsinites elected Protasiewicz by an overwhelming, double-digit margin.

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