Judge temporarily blocks Wisconsin Republicans' contentious lame-duck laws limiting the powers of new Democratic Gov. Evers, who immediately used his restored authority to pull the state out of a multistate challenge to the Affordable Care Act.
Opponents of an extraordinary session bill submitted by Wisconsin Republican legislators gather for a rally outside the Wisconsin state Capitol in Madison on Dec. 3, 2018.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.MADISON, Wis. — A judge on Thursday temporarily blocked Wisconsin Republicans' contentious lame-duck laws limiting the powers of new Democratic Gov.
Lawmakers convened in an extraordinary session, which is a previously unscheduled floor period initiated by majority party leaders. The groups maintain that the Wisconsin Constitution allows lawmakers to convene only at such times as scheduled in a law they pass at the beginning of each two-year session or at the governor's call.Attorneys for the Legislature say that argument is absurd and that the Legislature has used extraordinary sessions for decades.
The judge refused to grant Tseytlin's request for a stay and called the lawyer's warning that an injunction would create legal chaos an"alarmist domino-theory." The laws force Kaul to seek permission from lawmakers before settling any lawsuits and to deposit settlement awards in the state's general fund rather than in state Department of Justice accounts. The measures allow lawmakers to intervene in lawsuits using their own attorneys rather than Kaul's DOJ lawyers.
Five labor unions have sued in Dane County arguing that the laws steal power from the executive branch and transfer it to the Legislature, violating the separation of powers doctrine.
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