{"id":2030876,"date":"2023-09-13T17:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-gop-leader-creates-panel-to-investigate-state-supreme-court-impeachment-criteria\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T17:09:37","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T21:09:37","slug":"wisconsin-gop-leader-creates-panel-to-investigate-state-supreme-court-impeachment-criteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-gop-leader-creates-panel-to-investigate-state-supreme-court-impeachment-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin GOP leader forms panel to probe state Supreme Court impeachment criteria."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-gop-leader-creates-panel-to-investigate-state-supreme-court-impeachment-criteria%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2030876&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Wisconsin Republican Assembly \u200dLeader Calls for Examination \u200bof Impeachment Criteria for Justices<\/h2>\n<p>Wisconsin\u200b Republican Assembly Leader Robin Vos is\u200b taking action against \u200bliberal Justice \u2064Janet Protasiewicz by \u2064requesting former state Supreme Court\u200b justices to review the criteria for impeaching justices. This move comes as part \u200cof an ongoing\u2062 feud between GOP leaders and Protasiewicz, which began when she joined \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-rage-in-defeat-after-barrett-confirmation-revolting-disgraceful-unconscionable\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Rage in Defeat After Barrett Confirmation: 'Revolting. Disgraceful. Unconscionable'\">high court<\/a> and shifted the \u2062majority to liberal for\u2063 the\u2063 first time in 15 years.<\/p>\n<h3>Investigative Panel\u2062 of Former Justices to Be\u2062 Formed<\/h3>\n<p>Vos announced on Wednesday that he plans to establish an\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-the-abortion-academia-industrial-complex-that-youve-probably-never-heard-of\/\" title=\"Inside The Abortion-Academia Industrial Complex That You\u2019ve Probably Never Heard Of\">investigative panel<\/a> consisting of three former state \u2064Supreme Court justices. The\u200c panel will examine the rules for impeachment, with the identities of\u2062 the justices remaining anonymous until their work is \u200ccomplete.\u200c Notably, former\u2062 Wisconsin Supreme\u2064 Court Justice Michael Gableman, who was\u2063 previously investigating the 2020 election but was later \u200dfired, will not be part\u200b of the panel. Another former\u2063 state\u2063 Supreme \u2062Court Justice, Dan Kelly, also confirmed that he\u200b will \u200dnot be involved.<\/p>\n<p>Vos\u200b emphasized that \u200dthe three justices on \u200cthe panel will not receive payment for their work,\u2064 and he expects their investigation to \u200dbe concluded within the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>Impeachment Process and Political Landscape in Wisconsin<\/h3>\n<p>Under Wisconsin state law, justices can be impeached for corrupt conduct in office or the\u2063 commission\u200d of a crime. Impeachment requires a simple majority in the\u2063 state Assembly \u200dand a two-thirds \u200dmajority in the \u2062state Senate for conviction. Currently, Wisconsin has a divided trifecta, with Republicans controlling the legislature and Democrats holding the governor&#8217;s office. The GOP enjoys a 64-35 majority in the Assembly and a 22-11 majority in the Senate, precisely a two-thirds majority.<\/p>\n<h3>Recent Developments and Calls for Recusal<\/h3>\n<p>Vos&#8217;s announcement follows the introduction of a \u200dbill\u200d by\u200d Assembly Republicans that aims to have new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-va-democrats-concede-house-of-delegates-to-gop-after-gop-complete-an-elections-sweep-report-says\/\" title=\"BREAKING: VA Democrats Concede House Of Delegates To GOP After GOP \u2018Complete An Elections Sweep,\u2019 Report Says\">maps drawn<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-gop-leader-creates-panel-to-investigate-state-supreme-court-impeachment-criteria\/\" title=\"Wisconsin GOP leader forms panel to probe state Supreme Court impeachment criteria.\">nonpartisan legislative staff<\/a> and approved by the\u200d legislature in 2024. This move\u200c comes \u2062as the GOP&#8217;s current majorities \u200cwere established based on maps drawn in\u200b 2011, which faced challenges for \u2064being heavily gerrymandered but\u200c were upheld by the conservative-leaning state Supreme\u200d Court.<\/p>\n<p>Simultaneously, \u200cRepublicans are\u2063 urging Protasiewicz to recuse herself from Democratic-backed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-republicans-run-into-4-million-obstacle-to-impeaching-liberal-supreme-court-justice\/\" title=\"Wisconsin GOP faces M hurdle in impeaching liberal Supreme Court justice.\">redistricting\u2063 lawsuits<\/a> that \u2064challenge GOP-drawn maps. They argue that her previous comments during her campaign, where she referred \u200bto the current\u200c maps as\u2062 &#8220;unfair&#8221; and &#8220;rigged,&#8221; make it impossible \u2062for her to\u2063 impartially judge the cases. While Protasiewicz has\u200b not\u2062 made a \u200bdecision regarding recusal from the redistricting cases, she did recuse herself from a separate case \u200cseeking to block attempts by the legislature to impeach her.<\/p>\n<h3>Judicial Code and Defense Efforts<\/h3>\n<p>According to\u2062 Wisconsin&#8217;s judicial code, justices and judicial \u2063candidates \u200dare \u2063prohibited\u2063 from making promises or commitments\u2062 regarding their rulings\u200d on any issue. Protasiewicz adhered to this \u2064rule during her campaign. Last week, a Wisconsin commission responsible for investigating\u200c complaints against judges dismissed \u200bthose \u200brelated to\u2062 her redistricting comments.<\/p>\n<p>Wisconsin Democrats have \u200blaunched a $4 million defense effort \u2062to support Protasiewicz and target Republican lawmakers who are pressuring her to\u200c recuse herself from the redistricting\u2063 lawsuits. They \u2062have vowed to do everything\u2063 in their power to\u2064 prevent\u200d what they view as an attempt to undermine democracy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE\u200d FROM\u200d THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin GOP Leader Robin Vos seeks ex-Supreme Court justices&#8217; input on impeachment criteria, targeting liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz. The feud ignited when Protasiewicz joined the court on Aug. 1, altering the liberal majority. GOP&#8217;s ongoing battle against her continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2030877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}