Legal Opinion
The Honorable William M. Gabler, Sr. v. Crime Victims Rights Board
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 2017No. 2016AP000275PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, J.
In creating an executive branch entity with authority to pass judgment and impose discipline on a judge's exercise of core judicial powers, the Wisconsin legislature violates the Wisconsin Constitution's structural separation of powers and invades a domain recognized for over two hundred years as the exclusive province of the judiciary. Neither the executive branch nor the legislature *152may reprimand or otherwise discipline a Wisconsin judge. The Wisconsin Constitution reserves such disciplinary powers for the supreme court alone. Nor may the legislature empower…
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