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Once again, the Wisconsin legislature has shirked its duty to Wisconsin citizens. Rather than enacting legislation, they’ve ignored existing laws, and they’ve opted to put another bogus and unnecessary constitutional amendment on the November ballot. This is the eighth amendment they’ve put forth since 2020.
The legislature has chosen this method as a way to circumvent the checks and balances inherent in our democratic structure of government in which the three branches of government are designed to keep one another honest, keep their power equal, and to prevent centering power in one branch over another. Their tactic bypasses the possibility of the governor’s veto and any review by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.