The Latest: Walker signs lame duck bills weakening successor

[brooklynite]

Source: AP News

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has signed a sweeping package of Republican-authored lame-duck legislation that restricts early voting and weakens the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general.

The measures restrict early in-person voting to two weeks before an election. The legislation gives Republicans control of the state jobs creation agency, blocks Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers from withdrawing Wisconsin from a multistate lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act.

The bills also eliminate the state Justice Department’s solicitor general’s office and allow legislators to intervene in state lawsuits, ensuring they can defend Republican policies if Democratic Attorney General-elect Josh Kaul won’t.

Walker ignored pleas from Democrats and some Republicans to veto the measures, saying enacting them tarnishes his legacy.

Read more: https://apnews.com/a43ff27cffbd4d8480e99ec3fc0da8d5

[dhill926]

1. he couldn't tarnish his legacy any more than he has....

fucking asshole...

[TheBlackAdder]

25. And, within minutes gets his ass sued.

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Moments after Scott Walker signed a series of bills that weakened the power of the incoming Democratic Wisconsin governor and attorney general he was sued for a potentially illegal act.

Daniel Strauss of Politico reported:

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And less than five minutes after Democratic Gov.-elect Tony Evers released his official statement, his political operation released a fundraising pitch. They knew this was coming.

One Wisconsin Now, with the backing of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee, is suing Walker over the new laws.

Eric Holder: "This is a shameful attack on our democracy by politicians who will do anything to hold onto power."

Link to tweet

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/12/14/scott-walker-immediately-sued-for-bill-stripping-democrats-power.html

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[olegramps]

26. The Republicans will continue to this crap until the citizens show up with pitchforks and torches.

[Talitha]

33. Count me in... when/where do we meet?

[question everything]

2. Spoils of victory - Sack Cartoon

[LisaM]

3. Are these laws vulnerable to court challenges?

Let's hope so. Yeah, you can't tarnish his legacy. That's an empty threat. Worst governor Wisconsin has ever had.

[ginnyinWI]

11. I heard that the early voting thing will likely be overturned

by a federal court ruling.

This person was Charlie Sykes, a well known conservative Trump hater speaking on public radio yesterday.

His opinion is that this does very little for the Republican cause, at the expense of Walker's legacy. Stupid, stupid move!

[Maxheader]

32. Hope so...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/11/republican-lame-duck-power-grabs-unconstitutional-experts-say

Courts likely to strike down Republican lame-duck power grabs, experts say

Republicans in Wisconsin, Michigan and North Carolina suffered stinging losses in November, but the parties aren’t transferring power quietly, or at all in some cases. On the way out the door, “lame-duck” state legislatures are bringing in last-minute laws that will strip power from incoming Democrats, gut voter-approved ballot initiatives, or otherwise undermine the election results.
'This is not democracy': Republicans try to shrink power of incoming Democrats
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But some legal experts say the most alarming legislation the Republicans have passed is unconstitutional and unlikely to survive outraged Democrats’ legal challenges.

Among other issues, they contend many of the Republican laws blur the constitutionally mandated separation of powers among the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government.

[Freethinker65]

4. I assume these actions will be challenged in court, which will cost Wisconsin money.

A complete waste and embarrassment will be Walker's legacy.

[SWBTATTReg]

13. Yes, and they all should be made to pay for these illegal actions, clearly taken against the will ..

of the voters. By going after their pocketbooks, both party wise and personal too. Hit them where it hurts.

This was malicious and was designed to be so. Clear intent of (1) denying the voters what they wanted (2) changing the rules of the game while it was still being played. I can't believe that they have the power to change the governorship and what the legislators can address, issue wise, so it reeks illegally to me.

[Eric J in MN]

5. Scott Walker started his governorship as a slimeball

.. and he’s ending his governorship as a slimeball.

[GWC58]

29. And a slime ball between 2011-2019 😡👺👿

[Firestorm49]

6. That's their boy.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. Violence is what this is.

[Racerdog1]

8. Wonderful!

This piece of shit may have just fucked his party forever. Folks there were already sick of the repbublisucks. They should vote these fuckers into oblivion.

[dalton99a]

9. Incoming Democrats will have fewer powers than all of their predecessors, Republican and Democrat

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/14/scott-walker-signs-lame-duck-bill-curbing-powers-his-successor/2238900002/

[C_U_L8R]

10. Sore loser.

Just like a republican to take a shit on the field if they can't have their way.

[ginnyinWI]

12. Tribalism wins the day. nt

[RAB910]

14. Another step toward a Republican dictatorship

[Cold War Spook]

15. Can the Governor overturn these new bills by EO?

Not saying it would work, but every time the Republicans void them, bring them to court. This would at least show the voters how they are getting screwed.

[Tech]

16. Pos

Maybe he and Ryan will job share the cos position so the koch bros can continue their take down of democracy. Wisco here, they should both be tarred and feathered and sent to live in Siberia. No love

[Dorn]

17. "... tarnishes his legacy" --- HA HA HA. It DEFINES his 'legacy'

My gov, Rick Snyder, is planning something similar; Walker and Snyder -- two peas in a rotten pod.

[mountain grammy]

19. Exactly!

[Dorn]

31. Both of them passed "Right to Steal"

Right to work my ass.

[dragonlady]

18. Walker said he was considering vetoing a few things

Of course he didn't. We saw that coming.

[pansypoo53219]

27. show for the press, quietly do bad. ever the slimeball.

[keithbvadu2]

20. Did Walker use those powers he just signed away?

Did Walker use those powers he just signed away?

[LakeArenal]

22. I think they put a lot of power into Walkers hands.

Now they are taking it away. Pukes to the bitter end.

[turbinetree]

21. This fucker ..................is well a fucker, and a fuckie

Fucker................one that fucks someone
Fuckie................one that fucks everyone

[LakeArenal]

23. Gerrymandering is the root of WI evil.

That’s the legacy.

[JAD]

24. Where can I send my cut up Kohl's credit card?

Walker said he loves Kohl's. Kohl's corporate headquarters is in Wisconsin. I wouldn't mind Kohl's going bankrupt because of the repub's action.

[RobertDevereaux]

28. A lawsuit has been, or will be, filed against Walker...!

“Holder’s group the National Redistricting Foundation will pursue legal action along with the Wisconsin-based liberal group One Wisconsin Now.

“The groups successfully sued in federal court in 2016 to overturn similar early voting and other restrictions enacted by Walker.”

https://www.apnews.com/a43ff27cffbd4d8480e99ec3fc0da8d5

[Liberalhammer]

30. Boycott WI Republicans and shame

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