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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFollowing judge's ruling, Tony Evers rescinds 82 Scott Walker appointees approved in lame-duck sessi
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers on Friday rescinded 82 of former Gov. Scott Walker's appointees who were approved in the controversial December 2018 lame-duck session, after a judge ruled on Thursday that the actions taken during the session were unconstitutional.
"These seats are now considered vacant, but we are committed to working as quickly as possible to fill them and minimize the disruption to the important work done by these boards, committees and councils," said Evers spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff in an email.
Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess on Thursday issued a temporary injunction blocking a set of laws passed by Republican lawmakers late last year that stripped away some powers from Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul.
https://madison.com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/election-matters/following-judge-s-ruling-tony-evers-rescinds-scott-walker-appointees/article_99392d3e-bf78-5eea-b318-a430739ab4a9.html
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)quakerboy
(13,920 posts)The newspapers still print "such and such has been ended up sentanced to x years in jail" articles, right?
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)Hassin Bin Sober
(26,334 posts)LakeArenal
(28,835 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,018 posts)Response to RandySF (Original post)
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Demovictory9
(32,468 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,017 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,621 posts)Sometimes justice does prevail.
Greybnk48
(10,170 posts)I'm afraid of being too happy, but I'm, trying. I think I have Walker/Vos/Fitzgerald PTSD along with many other Wisconsinites, but we'll snap out of it.
Thank goodness for Tony Evers!
RandySF
(59,079 posts)Bettie
(16,118 posts)or do they need approval from the legislature?
AllyCat
(16,207 posts)czarjak
(11,287 posts)PatSeg
(47,556 posts)Hopefully Wisconsin can recover from Scott Walker's awful reign!
OhNo-Really
(3,985 posts)I think some guy's bright political future has finally died.
JI7
(89,260 posts)iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)Cha
(297,465 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Its exciting!
malaise
(269,127 posts)PERIOD
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Hopefully they can get rid of Right to work as well.
Chemisse
(30,814 posts)An end to a shocking and despicable power grab.
FakeNoose
(32,703 posts)May Scott Walker live forever in infamy.
Firestorm49
(4,036 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)CrispyQ
(36,492 posts)Power 2 the People
(2,437 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,156 posts)reality, these actions were unconstitutional). All actions done by these illegally appt'ed persons should also be null and void since they really didn't have any legal authority to do them.
wiley
(2,921 posts)Now let's get Kavanaugh and all those other fools McConnell has been gavaging us with. Retake the Senate! If we focus on ever Senate race in every state we win top down and eliminate the Republican Party in every state.
extvbroadcaster
(343 posts)This was when he was running for President. He promised by coming to campus he would hold a "town hall" and take questions from students. He arrived with his "Wisconsin Mafia" - a bunch of clowns in suits with dark glasses. They were his "security" or some such nonsense. Walker made his campaign speech, took no questions from students, and disappeared into his limo. The school felt used, the students disappointed and lied to. What a douchebag.