Wisconsin Supreme Court in a 4-3 decision rejects another request to take up a lawsuit to invalidate Wisconsin votes.
Conservative justice Brian Hagedorn again sides with the liberal minority in denying the petition.
"... the real stunner here is the sought-after remedy. We are invited to invalidate the entire presidential election in Wisconsin by declaring it “null”— yes, the whole thing. And there’s more," Hagedorn writes.
"We should, we are told, enjoin the
(elections comm) from certifying the election so that Wisconsin’s presidential electors can be chosen by the legislature instead, and then compel the Governor to certify those electors. At least no one can accuse the petitioners of timidity."
"Such a move would appear to be unprecedented in American history."
Hagedorn: "While the rough and tumble world of electoral politics may be the prism through which many view this litigation, it cannot be so for us. In these hallowed halls, the law must rule."
Chief Justice Patience Roggensack in her dissent: "It is critical that voting in Wisconsin elections not only be fair, but that the public also perceives voting as having been fairly conducted."
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