Posted on 08/29/2023 12:45:38 AM PDT by Libloather
MADISON, Wis. - The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” and conducted an “illegal experiment” when they voted to weaken her powers and fire the director of state courts.
Chief Justice Annette Ziegler, in two emails obtained by The Associated Press, said that firing and hiring a new state court director was illegal and ordered interim state court director Audrey Skwierawski to stop signing orders without her knowledge or approval.
“You are making a mess of the judiciary, the court and the institution for years to come,” Ziegler wrote to her fellow justices and Skwierawski. “This must stop. ... I have no confidence in the recent hostile takeover and the chaotic effect it has had on the court, staff, and the overall stable functioning of the courts.”
Liberals gained a 4-3 majority on Aug. 1 when Justice Janet Protasiewicz began her 10-year term after winning election in April. Conservatives had held the majority for 15 years prior to that. The emails are the latest sign of broiling tensions on the court since liberals took control.
In their first week in power, the liberal justices voted to fire the state court director, hire Skwierawski and create a committee to do much of the work that the chief justice had done, a move that significantly weakened Ziegler. She was elected by the conservative majority to a second two-year term as chief justice in May.
On Monday, Ziegler sent Skwierawski an email telling her to stop signing orders under her name.
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Wisconsin Democrats pioneered making normal political activity of their opposition illegal. Back in the Walker era. They set the stage for today.
This is what democrat communists do.
“On Monday, Ziegler sent Skwierawski an email telling her to stop signing orders under her name.”
Is there not a sheriff in some conservative county that can bring fraud, RICO and insurrection charges against Skwierawski? It’s the rat thing to do.
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