Wisconsin Democrats launched a $4 million effort to defend Justice Janet Protasiewicz, a newly elected liberal judge facing the threat of impeachment.
In other posts on X, Wikler noted that although Republicans have not acted yet, they have enough votes in both chambers to impeach and convict Protasiewicz.
"Most of the public has no idea what the Republican Legislature is plotting. So we're launching a DEFEND JUSTICE campaign to fight back," Wikler wrote. "It takes a simple majority vote of the State Assembly—50 of the 99 members—to impeach someone. Robin Vos' GOP caucus has, thanks to gerrymandering, 64 members. They could lose 14 votes and still impeach."."Conviction would take a supermajority of senators present—so if all 33 senators voted, all 22 Republicans would have to support conviction. Every GOP senator could be the deciding vote," Wikler wrote in a post.
The Assembly Democratic Caucus and the Senate Democratic Caucus have condemned the threats from Republicans, saying in a statement on Wednesday that they are"united in our opposition to this anti-democratic abuse of power." Legislative Republicans"have threatened to nullify more than a million votes for a duly elected justice in order to hold onto their power and deny Wisconsinites access to reproductive rights," Assembly Democratic leader Greta Neubauer said in a statement on Wednesday.Vos and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin have been contacted for further comment via email.
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