State Supreme Court unanimously rules Legislature can’t oversee DOJ civil actions

Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers. Photo by David Wise, State Affairs Pro-Wisconsin, WisPolitics.
Wisconsin Supreme Court chambers. Photo by David Wise, State Affairs Pro-Wisconsin, WisPolitics.

The state Supreme Court today unanimously ruled the Legislature can’t oversee civil enforcement actions or cases the state Department of Justice brings at the request of executive branch agencies. 
The decision was authored by conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn. 
“We hold that settling these two categories of cases is within the core powers of the executive branch, and the statutory requirem...

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