'Democracy Dies...as Wisconsin GOP Rams Through 'Lame Duck Legislative Coup'

[workinclasszero]

'Democracy Dies...in the Early Morning Light' as Wisconsin GOP Rams Through 'Lame Duck Legislative Coup'

"Scott Walker may be on the way out of office for the first time in a quarter century, but his corrosive brand of politics lives on in his fellow Republicans."

Published on Wednesday, December 05, 2018 by Jake Johnson, staff writer

After hours of debate and secret negotiations that dragged on into the early hours of the morning amid a backdrop of mass protests, Wisconsin's Senate on Wednesday approved a Republican plan to strip power from Democratic governor-elect Tony Evers and transfer major authority over the state's legal affairs from the incoming Democratic attorney general to the GOP-dominated legislature.

"Democracy dies in darkness... or perhaps in the early morning light," wrote The Nation's John Nichols, a Wisconsin native, after the measure passed the state Senate and headed toward an Assembly vote, the final hurdle before the legislation reaches outgoing Republican Gov. Scott Walker's desk. The plan is expected to easily sail through the Assembly as early as Wednesday morning, and Walker has said he will sign it.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/12/05/democracy-diesin-early-morning-light-wisconsin-gop-rams-through-lame-duck

[Bettie]

1. I'm assuming there will be court

challenges to this fuckery.

[workinclasszero]

4. So what happens if the bench is packed with republican judges

I wonder?

[Bettie]

7. That's the question I've been asking

what happens next?

Yesterday, I said that violent protest isn't something the Left generally does.

I'm starting to wonder if it will end up being the only recourse.

That makes me sad and more than a little frightened at the realization that I have very little faith in our government left.

[Caliman73]

5. According to some political analysts WI courts are rightwing.

Unlike North Carolina courts which are still considered to be somewhat neutral, Wisconsin Courts were stuffed with a bunch of right wingers so any court challenges would likely go down in defeat. This is being seen as a coup that could last quite a long time. Despite Democrats in Wisconsin winning over 54% of the vote, the districts are so gerrymandered that Republicans picked up seats.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. and SCOTUS is packed as well

[CrispyQ]

2. Ratfuckers of the highest order.

What are Wisconsinites doing about this? What can they do?

[cynatnite]

3. Sore loser fuckers to the end. n/t