Let’s be clear, the Republican smear campaign against all things Democratic/liberal, will never rest until they wrestle total control of our government away from its current two party system.
One party rule via voter ID, redistricting, fluid rule changes to game current law, stacking the courts with activist conservative judges/Justices, overwhelming talk radio/newspaper editorial domination, an organized network of think tanks, fear mongering to a receptive voter base combined with a simplistic but austere solution to everything is working beyond their own expectations.
The following story details just how crooked and transparently activist the Republicans have made the judicial branch of our government. Remember when they hated the courts?
TheRepublic: Republicans have filed a second lawsuit to require any recall elections for state legislators to be conducted in newly drawn districts, a move that would favor their party. Attorney Eric McLeod, who is representing the Republicans, said he filed the second action in Waukesha County to ensure proper procedures were followed.
Waukesha is stacked with highly partisan conservative judges. Dane County, Republicans claim, is filled with activist liberal judges. Better to blatantly judge shop, which is okay with conservative voters, who see themselves as a struggling minority victimized by socialist liberals. After stacking the courts with conservative activist judges:
A new law also passed by Republicans this year allowed for lawsuits challenging state laws to be heard outside of Dane County, where they typically are heard. McLeod said he filed the complaint in Waukesha County because it was more convenient.
State conservatives know that’s a lie. But they want to win, and they’re willing to poison the judicial branch of government to take control.
The irony of course is that Att. McLeod wrote the law for the GOP that he now suing to change:
The law establishing the new political districts says the new boundaries will not take effect for purposes of elections until the fall of 2012. The lawsuit filed by the Republicans seeks to have the new lines take effect immediately. McLeod's law firm, Michael Best & Friedrich, was paid to help lawmakers draw the new maps. Now he is representing Republicans who want to change when the maps take effect.
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