Posted on 05/12/2015 7:17:37 AM PDT by gorush
Wisconsin voters last month approved a constitutional amendment giving justices the power to select the chief justice. Conservative-leaning justices then elected Justice Patience Roggensack as chief justice. But Abrahamson contends she remains chief justice and is suing in federal court.
(Excerpt) Read more at channel3000.com ...
It’s how the left always accomplishes their goal. Have another black robed dictator impose their will on the rest of us.
Then overturn cars, burn businesses, and legislate benefits for the oppressed.
Especially when the people speak, it’s time to put the people in their place.
Leftists always go cry the federal mommy courts when little brother looks at them funny.
And this was not just the general public that was speaking, the choice was left up to the members of the court itself.
A majority of the sitting members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court elected the one person to be their Chief Justice. The previous Chief Justice could not win a majority support, and according to the amendment as written, was dismissed from that position, to become an Associate Justice, just like the rest of them.
How’s that transformational change working out ‘rats?
If there was ever an issue clearly reserved to the states (and their voters), this is it.
But it was the public that voted to allow the members of the court to make that pick, and that was my point.
Absolutely...did she cherry pick an Obama appt federal judge?
The saga of the Wisconsin Supreme Court continues.
FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.
This case is frighteningly similar to Marbury v. Madison in certain ways. If the SCOTUS is up for another major power grab we’re gonna have to really watch this one.
Of the famous Who? What? Why? Where? and How? questions the press is supposed to answer, the author barely covered the "Who?" and a little of the "What?".
... or commit violence in the streets ...
Imagine if conservatives did this following the election of a liberal U.S. president ....
Those of us that wallow in the sewers at Channel3000 are used to this type of vacuous reporting. The responses after the articles are the reason I frequent the joint. For example, the guy who backs the liberals states that because only 18% of the electorate bothered to vote, the law is suspect. But he is apparently happy at the prospect of one unelected federal judge deciding for all of us.
p.s. The Chief Justice was that justice with the most seniority...prior to the law change.
It just proves votes by the people mean nothing to liebral Judges. WE have witnessed that for years here in Kaliforniya.
Hussein is showing us the next step. When you don’t get your way in court, ignore the court. After all, how is the court going to enforce its rulings?
until it is "overturned" by a Hussein appointed federal judge. Overturning provisions of the Constitution is certainly not a new development for the Federal Courts and it works so long as it is not explicitly termed "overturn." State Supreme Courts have explicitly overturned provisions of their state Constitutions with no effective objection. The Feds will step up to that level at some point and there will be loud wailing and gnashing of teeth but no effective reaction.
The legislature should fix this problem by IMPEACHING and REMOVING her from the Court.
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