State Ex Rel. Fiedler v. Wisconsin Senate

Once again this court claims exclusive judicial authority and declares a statute unconstitutional.1 This court's expanding concept of its own exclusive judicial authority creates the danger of unchecked power in this court. The legislature, bench, bar and public should be concerned.2

The issue presented by the case is whether the legislature may impose educational requirements on certain *107guardians ad litem. Section 757.48(l)(a), Stats. 1987-88, requires that circuit courts appoint as guardians ad litem for children in actions affecting the family only those attorneys who "have completed three…