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Ellipsis

(9,263 posts)
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 09:27 AM Sunday

Wisconsin's attorney general asks the state Supreme Court to stop Musk's $1 million payments

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-million-dollar-giveaway-cdea66e0dcbaa53dd183e1d10bee2b35

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The justices who are being asked to decide the matter include the liberal incumbent whose retirement this year set up the race for an open seat and control of the court. The contest has shattered national spending records for a judicial election, with more than $81 million in spending.

Musk’s political action committee used a nearly identical tactic before the presidential election last year, offering to pay $1 million a day to voters in Wisconsin and six other battleground states who signed a petition supporting the First and Second Amendments. A judge in Pennsylvania said prosecutors failed to show the effort was an illegal lottery and allowed it to continue through Election Day.

The appeals court said Saturday that the attorney general, in a “minimally developed legal argument,” failed to show that he was entitled to an order blocking Musk. The court also noted that Kaul alleged that the Columbia County Circuit Court had refused to hear his lawsuit, but he provided no details about the court’s action.

There is no entry for the county court’s decision in the state’s online court database and neither Kaul’s office nor the state court office has provided any documentation to The Associated Press of the court’s actions which came after business hours on Friday night.
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Wisconsin's attorney general asks the state Supreme Court to stop Musk's $1 million payments (Original Post) Ellipsis Sunday OP
I'm not sure the Supreme Court will stop him AnnaLee Sunday #1
State of Wisconsin Supreme Court AllyCat Sunday #2
Thanks AnnaLee Sunday #3
Well, we all know what will happen if MAGA doesn't get their way. AllyCat Sunday #4

AnnaLee

(1,233 posts)
1. I'm not sure the Supreme Court will stop him
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 09:38 AM
Sunday

A supreme court that rendered the Citizens United decision may say that Musk can do whatever he pleases with his money.

AllyCat

(17,674 posts)
2. State of Wisconsin Supreme Court
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 09:41 AM
Sunday

Then again, it may end up before the 6 unsupremes before Tuesday.

AllyCat

(17,674 posts)
4. Well, we all know what will happen if MAGA doesn't get their way.
Sun Mar 30, 2025, 10:30 AM
Sunday

It goes where you said. Just jumped ahead to the next step

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