Legal Opinion · Dissent

Peggy Z. Coyne v. Scott Walker

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided May 18, 2016No. 2013AP000416Published

1DissentPatience Drake Roggensack, C.J.

¶ 173. (dissenting). The lead opinion errs for at least three reasons: First, the lead opinion fails to recognize that when the Superintendent of Public Instruction en*531gages in rulemaking with the Department of Public Instruction (DPI), the Superintendent is exercising legislative authority delegated to him by the legislature under Wis. Stat. § 15.37 (2013-14),1 not constitutional authority delegated by Article X, Section 1 of the Wisconsin Constitution. Second, the lead opinion fails to recognize the legislature's constitutional authority to control its legislative delegation exercised as…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Kalal v. Circuit Court for Dane CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Seider v. O'CONNELLWisconsin Supreme Court · 2000
  3. Wisconsin Citizens Concerned for Cranes & Doves v. Wisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004
  4. School District No. 3 of Adams v. CallahanWisconsin Supreme Court · 1941
  5. Thompson v. CraneyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1996

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