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Related: About this forumWisconsin'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/snip/
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.
Musks 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 courts action.
There is no entry for the county courts decision in the states online court database and neither Kauls office nor the state court office has provided any documentation to The Associated Press of the courts 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)
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AnnaLee
(1,233 posts)1. I'm not sure the Supreme Court will stop him
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
Then again, it may end up before the 6 unsupremes before Tuesday.
It would help if I learned to read more carefully.
AllyCat
(17,674 posts)4. Well, we all know what will happen if MAGA doesn't get their way.
It goes where you said. Just jumped ahead to the next step