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The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4 to 3 last week to uphold Governor Evers’ partial veto in the last state budget. The veto changed the education budget increase provision from 2 years to 402 years, allowing the governor to increase property tax levy limit, without any input from the Legislature, for the next 400 years. The Court’s ruling allows the governor to use his partial veto to alter bills apart from the Legislature’s intended meaning, which sets a dangerous precedent for the future.

This decision is raw judicial activism. It’s a gross misuse of power on the part of the governor and the state Supreme Court. The court has basically enabled the governor to make law, a power our state constitution grants exclusively to the legislature. With another budget in process, this court decision will surely play into how the majority Republicans craft the bill that will go to the governor.

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