Wisconsin Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Impeachment Panel

Panel, tasked with advising on the potential impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, can continue its work as watchdog group's claims of open meeting law violations are dismissed.

Judge Frank Remington dismissed a lawsuit by watchdog group American Oversight alleging that a panel researching the possible impeachment of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz violated the state's open meeting laws.
The panel, created by Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, was tasked with advising on whether impeaching Protasiewicz would be justified.
Protasiewicz, a member of the court's four-justice liberal majority, has been criticized by Republicans for her campaign remarks indicating that the Legislature's GOP-drawn district boundaries are 'rigged.'
Two former justices on the panel, David Prosser and Jon Wilcox, advised Vos that Protasiewicz's campaign remarks do not rise to an impeachable offense.
Despite the dismissal of the lawsuit, American Oversight can continue seeking records from the panel, and thousands of pages of documents have already been turned over.