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The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” and conducted an “illegal experiment” when they voted to weaken her powers and fire the director of state courts.

Chief Justice Annette Ziegler, in two emails obtained by The Associated Press, said that firing and hiring a new state court director was illegal and ordered interim state court director Audrey Skwierawski to stop signing orders without her knowledge or approval.

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[-] Odelay42@lemmy.world 161 points 10 months ago

Conservatives are working together to normalize the language of sedition ahead of Trump's trails and the election.

They want us to stop paying attention to words like coup.

[-] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 92 points 10 months ago

Every accusation like this is an admission of intent.

[-] Clent@lemmy.world 44 points 10 months ago

Not intent.

Mode of operation.

It's what they were doing until the voters got fed up.

So projection of sorts.

The right is masters of it.

Keep it in mind when one of them accuses the left of being pedophiles.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 72 points 10 months ago

The way conservatives choose to use the word coup makes it clear that they don't know what that word means. Given their opposition to education, their lack of literacy is no surprise.

[-] frozengriever@lemmy.world 58 points 10 months ago

It's a deliberate campaign to muddle the meaning of words. Look at what conservatives have done to "fake news" or "woke" to see how they're building a parallel Newspeak language

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 22 points 10 months ago

Ever since I read that book I can't see Fox news prime time as anything other than our "two minutes hate." It's disgusting that it's real.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 23 points 10 months ago

They don't know what a lot of words mean, but in this case I think she's just following the advice of Goebbels and accusing the other side of what she's doing.

[-] StarServal@kbin.social 22 points 10 months ago

They always do this. They always weaponize words with powerful meanings without understanding or caring about the meanings. They just know the elicit a strong negative emotional response and that’s all they care about.

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

It's worse than that. They both get the advantage of its venomous effect, and dilute its effect in the future. A coup used to be a major thing. Now, the word is thrown around all over the place. It's only if you actually pay attention, you realise that one side is using it legitimately, while the other makes no sense. All most people hear is the newest buzz word insult, and tune it out.

[-] JdW@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

Of course they do. It's a common and effective propaganda instrument to lessen the effectiveness of the word so people take it less seriously when it's used in the correct context. By underestimating their intelligence and cunning you are actually playing right into their hands.

[-] Chocrates@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I saw a headline on Fox news the other day that said something like "State police drive into greeniac barricade" the other day. I had to look up greeniac but it is a coded term to make climate protestors seem insane. Fuck these propagandists.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

They want to water it down, just like Trump did with "Fake News."

Around the time of the 2016 election, there was lots of coverage around literally-fake news sites targeting voters on social media. So Trump's team adopted the 'Fake News" catchphrase to dilute the term and make people think it was a "both sides" issue.

[-] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 57 points 10 months ago

Man, the republicans really don’t like it when the shoe’s on the other foot, huh.

[-] Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago

They seem to believe that the power of elected officials is only vaild when they wield it.

[-] rastilin@kbin.social 55 points 10 months ago

The Democrats should sue over this, you can't have a judge screaming "coup" every time they get outvoted. I'm sure a room full of judges can figure out what kind of law this is breaking, almost certainly there's some kind of "incitement" law on the books.

[-] milkjug@lemmy.wildfyre.dev 42 points 10 months ago

Reading through the reported exchange, it sounds like someone wants to be Queen Bee, but was taken down a peg or two.

Boo hoo.

[-] dynamojoe@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

When conservatives take control, this kind of takeover is expected. When Democrats take control and do this, all of a sudden it's an affront to justice and fair play. Fuck that. I hope the chief justice quits in disgust.

[-] jumperalex@lemmy.world 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I believe they have failed to recognize the Stare Decisis standard and the implications of the long held decision in Elections v. Consequences.

Fuck them and their gaslighting asses.

[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

I know you are but what am I?

-Pee Wee Herman voice

[-] proper@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago
[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

"This is nothing short of an unprecedented coup. For 40 years, the role of the Chief Justice has been understood and respected."

Says that lady who literally stole the chief position from her predecessor by changing the rules with checks notes the majority rule she is now decrying.

The irony here is soooo delicious.

No one should respect this clown Ziegler. Obviously partisan and anti democratic hack.

And a bitch.

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

I hope people can admit that regardless of which political "side" judges are supporting, a judge allowing their political ideology to influence their decisions is a violation of their station. Judges are supposed to use their knowledge, expertise, and experience to rule on how our existing laws should be enforced, based on their original intent, sometimes in the context of circumstances their original authors didn't take into account. Obviously, the influence of one's political inclinations cannot be completely eliminated, but I feel like we've reached a point where judges—particularly those in our highest courts—are abusing their positions of power to advance their own political views. Sometimes, old laws do not make room for new circumstances, and new laws must be passed by legislative bodies instead of simply reinterpreting old laws for the convenience of modern times.

If our judges don't hold to these limitations and instead allow their political views to dictate their rulings, legal precedent ceases to have any meaning, and our laws will become nothing more than pendulums, the meaning of which will always depend on the justices in power at the time. This is not what the founders of our government intended and is no basis for a stable legal system regardless of their intent. This has to stop. If it continues, our legal system is steadily going to lose more and more credibility, and that is a surefire road to the disintegration of society into anarchy and war. This is exactly what our national enemies want.

[-] Pattern@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Historically this is nothing new. Looking at SCOTUS alone, the Marshall court, the Taney court, and the Warren court are all examples of moments where the courts have moved jurisprudence in substantial ways based on ideology. You want justices that, for the most part, will exercise restraint and seek to interpret laws in good faith. I agree with that. But I think it’s important to know that courts have been ideological since the very beginning.

[-] Tedesche@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Fair point, which is why i conceded true ideological impartiality was impossible. Idk, maybe it's just me, but I'm 41 years old and I feel like partisanship in high courts in the U.S. has gotten much worse in the past decade or so.

[-] awwwyissss@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

This is exactly what our national enemies want.

Divide and conquer on steroids because of social media and LLMs.

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 1 points 10 months ago

Parliamentary style rules for courts were always ridiculous and weakened trust in the judicial system, but they were ridiculous when she was elected chief justice in the first fucking place.

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