Wisconsin swinging blue

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This was surprising. Glad to see Michigan isn't the only state to throw out the boneheads...

MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Democrats have scored a major off-year election victory in Wisconsin, winning the state's open supreme court seat and flipping control of the court to liberals for the first time in 15 years.

Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz won the hotly contested race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, according to a race call by The Associated Press, defeating former state Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly. Spending in the campaign shattered the previous national record for a state supreme court election.

The win by Protasiewicz comes at a pivotal time for the court, and for the Democratic voters who carried her to office. Justices are all but certain to hear a challenge to Wisconsin's pre-Civil War abortion ban, and with a liberal majority, they're likely to consider a lawsuit that could overturn Wisconsin's Republican-drawn legislative maps.

Barring the unexpected, the victory also assures that liberals will hold a majority on the court ahead of next year's presidential election, when Wisconsin — the perennial swing state — is expected to again be pivotal in the race for the White House. If election lawsuits are filed in state court, Protasiewicz will be one of the seven justices who have the final say

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Can a State Supreme Court strike down a law simply because they don't like the law? Doesn't there have to be a legal basis for their decision?

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Can a State Supreme Court strike down a law simply because they don't like the law? Doesn't there have to be a legal basis for their decision?

There is a pending court case.

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Can a State Supreme Court strike down a law simply because they don't like the law? Doesn't there have to be a legal basis for their decision?

There is a pending court case.

TT, It all depends on how the state constitution is written and how the Supreme Court interprets it. Many of these anti-abortion types are trying to "Thread the needle" with their challenges. Conservatives side with eliminating rights, the Democrats side with reason.

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Can a State Supreme Court strike down a law simply because they don't like the law? Doesn't there have to be a legal basis for their decision?

That's what liberals do best. Wing it.

Liberals don't reason TCT, they legislate from the bench.

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Can a State Supreme Court strike down a law simply because they don't like the law? Doesn't there have to be a legal basis for their decision?

There is a pending court case.

TT, It all depends on how the state constitution is written and how the Supreme Court interprets it. Many of these anti-abortion types are trying to "Thread the needle" with their challenges. Conservatives side with eliminating rights, the Democrats side with reason.

Not even remotely true. Both sides have rights that they try to protect.

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Can a State Supreme Court strike down a law simply because they don't like the law? Doesn't there have to be a legal basis for their decision?

There is a pending court case.

TT, It all depends on how the state constitution is written and how the Supreme Court interprets it. Many of these anti-abortion types are trying to "Thread the needle" with their challenges. Conservatives side with eliminating rights, the Democrats side with reason.

Not even remotely true. Both sides have rights that they try to protect.

Any idea why all of these issues are being brought to the US Supreme Court when it is conservative? Politics matter

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Can a State Supreme Court strike down a law simply because they don't like the law? Doesn't there have to be a legal basis for their decision?

There is a pending court case.

TT, It all depends on how the state constitution is written and how the Supreme Court interprets it. Many of these anti-abortion types are trying to "Thread the needle" with their challenges. Conservatives side with eliminating rights, the Democrats side with reason.

Not even remotely true. Both sides have rights that they try to protect.

And with the current political bent of the court the Conservatives see open season on what liberals hold dear.

[Matt]

Can a State Supreme Court strike down a law simply because they don't like the law? Doesn't there have to be a legal basis for their decision?

There is a pending court case.

TT, It all depends on how the state constitution is written and how the Supreme Court interprets it. Many of these anti-abortion types are trying to "Thread the needle" with their challenges. Conservatives side with eliminating rights, the Democrats side with reason.

Not even remotely true. Both sides have rights that they try to protect.

And with the current political bent of the court the Conservatives see open season on what liberals hold dear.

Other than political power liberals don't hold shit dear. The sooner you learn that the better off you'll be. I DARE YOU to find a more unprincipled group of motherfuckers anywhere.

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Can a State Supreme Court strike down a law simply because they don't like the law? Doesn't there have to be a legal basis for their decision?

There is a pending court case.

TT, It all depends on how the state constitution is written and how the Supreme Court interprets it. Many of these anti-abortion types are trying to "Thread the needle" with their challenges. Conservatives side with eliminating rights, the Democrats side with reason.

Not even remotely true. Both sides have rights that they try to protect.

And with the current political bent of the court the Conservatives see open season on what liberals hold dear.

Other than political power liberals don't hold shit dear. The sooner you learn that the better off you'll be. I DARE YOU to find a more unprincipled group of motherfuckers anywhere.

Crash and burn. I can go on all day with unprincipled power is my goal Republicans. DeSantis is probably the poster child. He is literally doing weekly stunts to own the libs while planning all kinds of ways to enhance his own power the consequences to anyone else be damned. We don't have an equivalent by a country mile.

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Can a State Supreme Court strike down a law simply because they don't like the law? Doesn't there have to be a legal basis for their decision?

There is a pending court case.

TT, It all depends on how the state constitution is written and how the Supreme Court interprets it. Many of these anti-abortion types are trying to "Thread the needle" with their challenges. Conservatives side with eliminating rights, the Democrats side with reason.

Not even remotely true. Both sides have rights that they try to protect.

And with the current political bent of the court the Conservatives see open season on what liberals hold dear.

Other than political power liberals don't hold shit dear. The sooner you learn that the better off you'll be. I DARE YOU to find a more unprincipled group of motherfuckers anywhere.

Matt, how would you characterize our state GOP leadership?