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  • Wisconsin’s 402-Year Veto Rewrite

    04/19/2025 3:08:03 PM PDT · by Brilliant · 14 replies
    The latest 4-3 doozy from the Wisconsin Supreme Court is hard to believe. The Legislature passed a budget to annually increase the limit on how much tax revenue school districts may raise, by $325 per pupil, “for the 2023-24 school year and the 2024-25 school year.” Gov. Tony Evers abused his “partial veto” power, deleting words and an individual hyphen, making that text say “for 2023-2425.” Meaning . . . an annual tax increase authorized for the next 402 years? Sure, why not, Justice Jill Karofsky writes for the liberal majority. The state constitution says the Governor may approve appropriation...