2nd former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice advises Republican leader against impeachment

Published October 11, 2023 9:32 AM

By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A second conservative former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice asked to investigate taking the unprecedented step of impeaching a liberal justice has come out against it. Former Justice Jon Wilcox told The Associated Press on Wednesday that there is nothing to justify impeaching Justice Janet Protasiewicz, as some Republican lawmakers have floated. Republicans want her to recuse herself from a redistricting case, but she has refused. Wilcox, along with former justices David Prosser and Patience Roggensack, were tapped by Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos to look into her possible impeachment. Prosser on Friday emailed Vos telling him that he was also against impeachment.

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