{"id":2272971,"date":"2024-06-20T19:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T23:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-led-wisconsin-supreme-court-draws-gop-ire-by-renaming-law-library\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T19:46:22","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T23:46:22","slug":"liberal-led-wisconsin-supreme-court-draws-gop-ire-by-renaming-law-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-led-wisconsin-supreme-court-draws-gop-ire-by-renaming-law-library\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP upset as Liberal-led Wisconsin Supreme Court renames law library"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fliberal-led-wisconsin-supreme-court-draws-gop-ire-by-renaming-law-library%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=2272971&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--><p>Wisconsin&#8217;s \u2063Supreme Court, which currently\u200d has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-law-professor-jonathan-turley-explains-the-dangers-of-pursing-a-supreme-court-that-fits-the-age-of-rage\/\" title=\"Liberal Law Professor Jonathan Turley Explains The Dangers Of Pursing A Supreme Court That Fits The \u2018Age of Rage\u2019\">liberal majority<\/a>, decided to rename the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-attends-inauguration-of-honduran-president-with-antisemitic-ties-on-holocaust-remembrance-day\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris Attends Inauguration of Honduran President with Antisemitic Ties on Holocaust Remembrance Day\">law library<\/a> after Lavinia Goodell, the state&#8217;s first woman lawyer. This \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sisters-of-perpetual-indulgence-go-to-confession-apologize-for-public-masturbator\/\" title=\"Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence confess and apologize for public indecency.\">decision sparked controversy<\/a> as\u200b it moved away \u2062from\u2062 honoring former Republican Wisconsin Supreme \u2062Court Justice David Prosser. Prosser, who \u200dis \u200b81 and served \u200don the state\u2019s Supreme Court from 1998 to 2016,\u200c had\u200c the library\u2063 named after him shortly after \u2062his retirement. The renaming\u200c has\u2063 led to strong objections from Republicans, including Scott\u2064 Kelly, chief of staff to a Republican\u200b lawmaker, who criticized the decision sharply on\u2064 social media, calling it partisan and petty. Former Republican Governor Tommy Thompson expressed his disapproval by stating \u2062that no one was more deserving than Prosser to have the library named after him, highlighting his frequent \u2062use \u200bof the library\u2063 during \u2062his tenure.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Wisconsin's\">Wisconsin\u2019s<\/a> liberal-majority Supreme Court is renaming the state law library after the state\u2019s first woman lawyer instead of a former justice, drawing outrage from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Wisconsin's\">Republicans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The library is being renamed in honor of Lavinia Goodell and away from former Republican Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser, 81. The library was previously renamed in honor of Prosser, who served on the state\u2019s Supreme Court from 1998 to 2016, shortly after his retirement. The removal of his name was met with outrage from Republicans, especially the chief of staff to a top Republican lawmaker, Scott Kelly, who denounced the change as \u201cunbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnbelievable,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">top aide<\/a> to Republican state Sen. Van Wanggaard <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheScottKelly\/status\/1803522626033525162\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> in a post on X. \u201cWhat partisan, petty b****es the liberal Supreme Court Justices are.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices David T. Prosser, Jr. and Ann Walsh Bradley consider oral arguments during a hearing regarding the state\u2019s budget bill at the Wisconsin State Capitol, Monday, June 6, 2011. (AP Photo\/John Hart, Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson said there was no one more fitting to name the library after than Prosser.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s ever been a Supreme Court justice \u2014 maybe Shirley Abrahamson came a close second \u2014 that spent so much time (in the law library),\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jsonline.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2024\/06\/19\/wisconsin-supreme-court-takes-david-prossers-name-off-law-library\/74149743007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> the <em>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel<\/em>. \u201cThat\u2019s why they thought it was so fitting when he left the court to name the law library after him, because he used it so extensively. \u2026 That was his second home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Goodell, an abolitionist, prohibitionist, and women\u2019s suffrage activist, became the first female lawyer in Wisconsin in the 1870s. She became the first woman to argue a case before the Supreme Court in 1879 before dying a year later.<\/p>\n<p>The liberal majority of the Supreme Court defended the decision to rename the library as appropriately honoring her legacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNaming the State Law Library in Lavinia Goodell\u2019s honor is an opportunity to recognize her legacy and inspire the next generation of women in Wisconsin,\u201d Justice Ann Bradley said in a statement obtained by the outlet. Bradley was a controversial figure in his later years on the court; in 2011, he <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.jsonline.com\/news\/statepolitics\/128463653.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>admitted to<\/a> putting his hands around Bradley\u2019s neck, though without doing any physical harm.<\/p>\n<p>Some justices dissented from the name-change decision, including Chief Justice Annette Ziegler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many ways to honor Lavinia Goodell, which is entirely appropriate, without dishonoring a lifelong public servant like Justice David Prosser,\u201d she reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prosser himself told the outlet that he didn\u2019t necessarily disagree with the name change, though he only heard of it after it had been decided.<\/p>\n<p>Control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court shifted last year with the election of Justice Janet Protasiewicz. An election <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/2962794\/longest-serving-liberal-judge-announces-retirement-wisconsin-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>will take place<\/a> next year to replace Bradley.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin&#8217;s liberal-majority Supreme Court is renaming the state law library after Lavinia Goodell, the state&#8217;s first female lawyer, replacing the name of former Republican Justice David Prosser, 81. This decision has sparked outrage among Republicans. Previously, the library was named in honor of Prosser<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2272972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PrasserBradleyWisconsinSupremeCourt.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2272971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PrasserBradleyWisconsinSupremeCourt.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272971","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2272971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2272971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2272972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2272971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2272971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2272971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}