Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs challenge to legislative veto powers over agency rules

Jan 16, 2025

At oral argument in 23 AP 2020, petitioner attorneys asked the court to strike five statutory provisions that allow legislative committees to pause or block administrative rules without full bicameral passage and presentment; the court probed separation-of-powers, stare decisis and real-world effects including pauses of a conversion-therapy rule.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard argument in 23 AP 2020, Tony Evers v. Mark Klein, a case testing whether five statutory provisions that let legislative committees delay or block administrative rules violate the state constitution's requirements for bicameral passage and presentment.

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