Senator Steve Nass (R-Whitewater), Co-chairman of the Joint Committee for the Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR), issued the following statement in response to the 4-3 decision of the Wisconsin Supreme Court to strike down the powers of the Legislature to review administrative rules issued by the executive branch that carry the weight of law:
“Today, the liberal majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court ended nearly 7 decades of shared governance between the legislature and executive branch agencies aimed at protecting the rights of individuals, families and businesses from the excessive actions of bureaucrats.
Governor Evers asked his liberal allies on the state supreme court to give him unchecked dominion to issue edicts without legislative review that will harm the rights of citizens in order to enact his extreme agenda.
The liberal judicial junta on the state supreme court has in essence given Evers the powers of a King.
Today’s ruling is another devastating attack on the Wisconsin Constitution and on the authority of the Legislature, the only branch of government now controlled by Republicans.
Unfortunately, with the passage of the horrible Vos-Evers budget last week, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos gave away the power-of-the-purse-string for the next two years, so our options of defunding bureaucrats are now off the table.”
