Swan v. LaFollette

¶ 1. Monroe Swan filed this action against the secretary of state and the attorney general after he was denied the opportunity to become a notary public due to prior federal felony convictions. The complaint requested a declaratory ruling that the 1996 amendment to article XIII, section 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution prohibiting convicted felons from holding an office of public trust is a violation of the United States Constitution and therefore invalid. Swan appeals the trial court's order dismissing the complaint for failure to state any claim. We conclude the amendment is not an ex post…