WOW Bad news for the GOP Judge orders Gov. Scott Walker to hold special elections

Rational Poster

Actually the Best Poster
@plutonium
Joined
Sep 18, 2013
Messages
55,711
Reaction score
26,687
Scott_Walker_Suspends_Campaign_ap_img.jpg



https://www.jsonline.com/story/news...consin-special-elections-hits-snag/448743002/

MADISON - Dealing a setback to Gov. Scott Walker and other Republicans, a judge ruled Thursday the governor must call special elections to fill two vacant seats in the Legislature.

Walker declined to call those elections after two GOP lawmakers stepped down to join his administration in December.

His plan would have left the seats vacant for more than a year. Voters in those areas took him to court with the help of a group headed by Eric Holder, the first attorney general under Democratic President Barack Obama.

Dane County Circuit Judge Josann Reynolds — whom Walker appointed to the bench in 2014 — determined Walker had a duty under state law to hold special elections so voters could have representation in the Legislature. She said failing to hold special elections infringed on the voting rights of people who lived in the two districts.

"To state the obvious, if the plaintiffs have a right to vote for their representatives, they must have an election to do so," said Reynolds.





I guess the Republican tactic of just not holding elections is unconstitutional... who would have thought that would be the case?

Scott Walker over here trying to earn the contributions from his failed 2016 election.

We'll take those seats too, thanks for being absolute shit heels Republicans. When your own handpicked judge thinks you're a scumbag you've really got to take a look in the mirror guys.
 
That's the problem with these damn liberal judges ruining our...

Dane County Circuit Judge Josann Reynolds — whom Walker appointed to the bench in 2014 —
Oh.

That Governor should not have suspended those elections. It was the wrong thing to do.
 
That's the problem with these damn liberal judges ruining our...


Oh.

That Governor should not have suspended those elections. It was the wrong thing to do.

You see the problem with the justice system, like the education system, is that practical experience in reality liberalizes people. It broadens their experiences and their capacity for empathy especially when they're forced into situations that are more diverse.

So a perfectly good handpicked conservative judge in 2014 slowly liberalizes over time.

It's still liberal's fault.
 
If Republicans cant cheat they generally cant win
 
You see the problem with the justice system, like the education system, is that practical experience in reality liberalizes people. It broadens their experiences and their capacity for empathy especially when they're forced into situations that are more diverse.

So a perfectly good handpicked conservative judge in 2014 slowly liberalizes over time.

It's still liberal's fault.
There's some truth to that, but this is a ruling that any conservative judge should make, because it's a conservative (and liberal) position that the peoples' right to representation trumps the Governor's power to just do whatever he wants, disregarding the constitution.
 
Color me shocked that a Republican politician has to be forced to do his job.
 
There's some truth to that, but this is a ruling that any conservative judge should make, because it's a conservative (and liberal) position that the peoples' right to representation trumps the Governor's power to just do whatever he wants, disregarding the constitution.

Also she has a vagina.

Just saying.
 
The case hinged on a state law that says Walker must promptly call a special election to fill any legislative seat that becomes vacant "before the second Tuesday in May in the year in which a regular election is held."

Walker aides contended Walker didn't need to hold special elections because the vacancies occurred not in 2018 — the election year — but in 2017.

The judge called that interpretation absurd because a seat that becomes vacant in 2017 remains empty longer than one that begins in 2018.

The judge took a shot at Walker for contending he didn't have to hold the election when the statutes are clear and he so often talks about the need for judges and others to follow the plain meaning of laws.
Oh Scooter.
 
Oh Scooter.
Okay, they have to be banking on exhaustion. Like everyone is just so worn out fending off stupid arguments that at some point we just won't be able to keep doing it anymore because our subconscious will rail against the indignity.
 
Scott_Walker_Suspends_Campaign_ap_img.jpg



https://www.jsonline.com/story/news...consin-special-elections-hits-snag/448743002/

MADISON - Dealing a setback to Gov. Scott Walker and other Republicans, a judge ruled Thursday the governor must call special elections to fill two vacant seats in the Legislature.

Walker declined to call those elections after two GOP lawmakers stepped down to join his administration in December.

His plan would have left the seats vacant for more than a year. Voters in those areas took him to court with the help of a group headed by Eric Holder, the first attorney general under Democratic President Barack Obama.

Dane County Circuit Judge Josann Reynolds — whom Walker appointed to the bench in 2014 — determined Walker had a duty under state law to hold special elections so voters could have representation in the Legislature. She said failing to hold special elections infringed on the voting rights of people who lived in the two districts.

"To state the obvious, if the plaintiffs have a right to vote for their representatives, they must have an election to do so," said Reynolds.





I guess the Republican tactic of just not holding elections is unconstitutional... who would have thought that would be the case?

Scott Walker over here trying to earn the contributions from his failed 2016 election.

We'll take those seats too, thanks for being absolute shit heels Republicans. When your own handpicked judge thinks you're a scumbag you've really got to take a look in the mirror guys.
Yeah, well, this was pretty obvious. Walker's legal argument for why they didn't have to hold a special election was...desultory.
 
Walker is a Koch puppet reptile who is destroying his state so the rich can get richer at the expense of everyone else(typical Republican).
 
The Wasteland Observer is reporting that the judge’s sister in law, had a friend that was roommates with a guy, that dated a chick that got her hair cut by a lady that sent 25 bucks to Hillary’s campaign.
This fucking judge is part of the Deep State. Wake up Sheeple, Hillary is ruining our country through this judges bench.
 
The Pennsylvania Legislature has already started impeachment proceedings against the Wisconsin Judge
 
Back
Top