A Wisconsin judge temporarily blocked a set of laws Republicans passed in a lame-duck session late last year that stripped Democratic lawmakers of their power
A Wisconsin judge temporarily blocked a set of laws Thursday that Republicans passed in a lame-duck session late last year that stripped Democratic lawmakers of their power.
A contingent of advocacy groups sued over the measures in January, saying the Legislature had not properly convened the session in which it passed the laws.government at such time as shall be provided by law, unless convened by the governor in special session.” Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess agreed with the plaintiffs’ argument that the December 2018 lame-duck session violated the consitutution because lawmakers didn’t pass a statute authorizing it and then Gov.
Evers on Thursday also quickly acted on the ruling and requested that Wisconsin be removed from a multistate lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act. “Today’s ruling only creates chaos and will surely raise questions about items passed during previous extraordinary sessions, including stronger laws against child sexual predators and drunk drivers,” Vos and Fitzgerald said in a statement, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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