Judge Janet Protasiewicz won a crucial seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, giving liberals the majority for the first time in 15 years.
columnist: “The GOP machine thought they had broken Wisconsin’s democracy enough that they could rip away fundamental rights from half the population and never suffer the consequences. Tonight, an enraged electorate proved them wrong. In the state that tips the country,But Republicans were apparently enraged that Protasiewicz was so clear about her stances, according to Semafor’s Dave Weigel.
He: “Republicans here warn that ‘the rule of law’ might be replaced by ‘the rule of Janet,’ and that if she wins, hyper-partisan court races will become the norm.” My eyes just rolled so far back that they’ve fallen out of my skull but I’ve retrieved them in order to say: Republicans, who have made the federal court nominations process extremely partisan, now want to complain about state races? That’s rich.
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