Wisconsin’s top Republican state lawmaker, who had threatened to possibly impeach a newly elected liberal state Supreme Court justice if she didn’t step down from a redistricting case, doesn’t mention that option in his first comments since the justice decided against recusal. Justice Janet Protasiewicz declined late Friday to recuse from the redistricting case and sided with the liberal majority of the court to take up the lawsuit. The case seeks to overturn Republican-drawn legislative maps. O
FILE - Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz attends her first hearing as a justice, Sept. 7, 2023, in Madison, Wis. Wisconsin’s top Republican state lawmaker who had threatened to possibly impeach the newly elected liberal Supreme Court justice if she didn’t step down from a redistricting case didn’t mention that option Monday, Oct. 9, in his first comments since Protasiewicz decided against recusal.
“Justice Protasiewicz should have recused herself,” Vos said. “We think the United States Supreme Court precedent compels her recusal, and the United States Supreme Court will have the last word here.” The Supreme Court on Friday, in agreeing to take the redistricting challenge, said it would only consider legal questions related to“Justice Protasiewicz is asking to be taken at her word that she will apply the law,” Vos said. “Given the Wisconsin Supreme Court is limiting its review of the redistricting case to two questions, legal contiguity and separation of powers, applying the law should be straightforward.
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