Vos Says Impeaching Janet Protasiewicz Still An Option

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Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos says impeachment is still on the table if newly elected Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz and the court’s liberal majority “inject their own political bias” as they hear a lawsuit aimed at overturning the state’s Republican-drawn legislative maps.

Vos’ statements come days after at least two former conservative justices advised the speaker not to impeach Protasiewicz. In a letter to Vos, former conservative Justice David Prosser said impeachment should not be considered unless someone has committed a crime, or committed “corrupt conduct” while in office. On Wednesday, former Justice Jon Wilcox told the Associated Press that impeachment should be reserved for “very serious things.”

Wilcox and Prosser are two members of a panel formed by Vos to advise him on legal options while he and other Republicans pressured Protasiewicz to recuse herself from a redistricting lawsuit because she called GOP voting maps “rigged” before beating conservative former Justice Dan Kelly by 11 points in their April Supreme Court election. A third member of the panel, former conservative Justice Patience Roggensack, has yet to share her advice to Vos.

Despite the advice he received from Prosser and Wilcox, Vos told reporters Thursday that impeachment is “absolutely not” off the table.

“If you listen to the words that they talk about, especially in David Prosser’s memo that he released, we want to focus on what is occurring in office,” Vos said.

Prosser’s memo states that impeachment is limited to instances where civil officers engage in “corrupt conduct in office, or for crimes and misdemeanors.”