You go gal! -->#Wisconsin Chief Justice Abrahamson Files Lawsuit Challenging Referendum

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You go gal! -->#Wisconsin Chief Justice Abrahamson Files Lawsuit Challenging Referendum http://www.tinyurl.com/p9jsyxs @wisgop #wiright #wipolitics
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The article says it is a Fed lawsuit. Not much more information. I always thought this 'effective immediately' provision was wrong! We elected her a few years ago and she should at least be able to serve out her term as the Chief!


http://wuwm.com/post/chief-justice-abrahamson-files-lawsuit-challenging-referendum
Chief Justice Abrahamson Files Lawsuit Challenging Referendum
By Marti Mikkelson • 7 minutes ago


Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson has filed a federal lawsuit to ensure she's not immediately removed from her leadership position.



............She's named all six members of the court and some state officials as defendants.


Abrahamson is viewed as part of the court's liberal faction, and was expected to be voted out by the conservative majority. She argues in her lawsuit that the change should not be applied until after her current term ends in 2019. If it's applied now, she says it would be a violation of her constitutional right to due process.

[Scuba]

1. I'm glad she did this and hope she wins.

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3. :-)

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2. Milw Journal article..

I think I will stay away from the comment section. *maybe


http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/abrahamson-sues-to-keep-her-job-for-four-more-years-b99477837z1-299102921.html

.......Abrahamson, the longest-serving justice in Wisconsin history, filed her lawsuit in federal court in Madison. In it, she contends she should be able to remain chief justice until her term on the court ends in July 2019.

If Abrahamson is demoted, "the term of the current, elected chief justice will be disrupted, her constitutionally protected interest in the office of chief justice will be impaired, the votes of her supporters will be diluted and the results of the 2009 election undone long after-the-fact, while the Wisconsin court system's leadership will become unsettled," her attorney wrote in the federal lawsuit.

In her last race, Abrahamson campaigned as "Wisconsin's chief" and won a new 10-year stint on the court. Her lawsuit said she would not have sought re-election in 2009 if there had been a question about whether she could remain chief justice.

For 126 years, the job of chief justice has gone to the longest serving member of the court. Voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would change that system to allow the members of the court to select their leader every two years. ................

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4. Long terms of office and seniority give stability to the court.

And keeps the direction of the court in the hands of the voters.

Having the judges elect their own turns the court into a partisan clique. Especially with two year terms.

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7. this law is just an illustration of Scott Walker's demeaning of state workers-

yes, even the SC Justice Chief is a state worker. Walker is vindictive and pays back folks in mean ways.

[Pharaoh]

5. if republicans cared about referendums

we would take the medicare money and raise the minimum wage.

[Gothmog]

6. Yeah-this needed to be done

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8. So hopeful she is granted an injunction.

[dragonlady]

9. Link to her complaint filed with the court

From reading the complaint it is obvious that this has been in the works for some time, ready for filing if the referendum succeeded. It seems that her attorney on this case is a top-notch constitutional litigator (and the judge is a recent Obama appointee).

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3174287/Abrahamson%20Complaint.pdf

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10. ha ha -On p. 15 is "PRAYER FOR RELIEF"

Perhaps I do not read these briefs too often but I do at times. Just have never seen the ending phased as such.



PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs respectfully request that this Court grant the following relief:
a.
A declaration that
the 2015 amendment to
a
rtic
le VII,
s
ection 4(2),
applies