Gov. Evers withdraws Wisconsin from ACA lawsuit
Source: kstp.com
Gov. Tony Evers is pulling Wisconsin out of a multistate lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act after a judge blocked lame-duck laws prohibiting him from withdrawing the state from legal actions.
Evers had promised during his campaign last year to pull Wisconsin out of the ACA lawsuit. Republican lawmakers stopped him cold, though, after passing lame-duck bills in December that prohibited him from withdrawing from lawsuits without legislative approval.
Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess issued a temporary injunction Thursday blocking the lame-duck laws, ruling that the Legislature had convened illegally when it passed them.
Evers' attorney sent a message to the state Department of Justice less than two hours after Niess issued the ruling ordering the withdraw from the ACA action.
Read more: https://kstp.com/politics/governor-tony-evers-withdraws-wisconsin-aca-lawsuit/5287246/?cat=12681
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Tony Evers, Josh Kaul move to exit Obamacare lawsuit after judge blocks GOP lame-duck laws
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2019/03/21/lame-duck-session-judge-blocks-gop-laws-limit-power-evers-kaul/3233595002/
Molly Beck and Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 11:19 a.m. CT March 21, 2019 | Updated 6:03 p.m. CT March 21, 2019
Gov. Tony Evers explained how he will proceed after lame duck legislation limiting his powers was blocked by the courts.
MADISON - A Dane County judge on Thursday blocked a series of laws that limited the powers of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul.
Within hours, Evers and Kaul used the decision to try to get Wisconsin out of a multistate lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act that their Republican predecessors joined. Until the judge's ruling, Republican lawmakers were able to prevent them from doing that.
The laws were introduced by GOP lawmakers and signed by Gov. Scott Walker after Evers and Kaul won their elections but before they took office. The scope of the laws and the overnight floor session used to pass them drew national attention.
Gov. Tony Evers meets with reporters in his office at the Wisconsin State Capitol Thursday. Evers said he won't move quickly to exercise powers that were eliminated under laws a Dane County judge blocked Thursday.
Gov. Tony Evers meets with reporters in his office at the Wisconsin State Capitol Thursday. Evers said he won't move quickly to exercise powers that were eliminated under laws a Dane County judge blocked Thursday. (Photo: Molly Beck / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Dane County Circuit Judge Richard Niess on Thursday issued a temporary injunction to block the lame-duck laws after he found the Republican-controlled Legislature did not lawfully meet to pass them.
Evers called the ruling "a victory" for the Wisconsin Constitution and immediately directed Kaul to withdraw Wisconsin from the Affordable Care Act lawsuit and Kaul quickly filed a motion to do that.
Withdrawing the state from the lawsuit was a centerpiece to the pair's campaigns but they were blocked from doing so once they took office by the laws Republicans passed in December.
"The Legislature overplayed its hand by using an unlawful process to accumulate more power for itself and override the will of the people, despite the outcome of last November's election," Evers said in a statement. "I look forward to putting this disappointing chapter behind us so we can move forward together to put the needs of the people of Wisconsin first."......................
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