# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 35
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/681 "2023-08-18T12:08:29Z")
Judge Janet flipped the WI Supreme court from R to D. Now she’s being threatened with impeachment for taking on a gerrymandering case. One of the R justices even said “These four justices will adopt new maps to shift power away from Republicans and bestow an electoral advantage for Democrat candidates” No shit. > **[Conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley rips Janet Protasiewicz for not recusing...](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/08/17/rebecca-bradley-rips-protasiewicz-for-not-recusing-on-redistricting/70607282007/)** > > The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering whether to bypass lower courts and immediately consider challenges to Wisconsin's legislative maps. Part of me is hoping the D pundits will say “that’s what you guys have been doing for decades, now it’s our turn”. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/682 "2023-08-18T13:09:02Z")
> [@Joey\_P's link](#): > > In a dissenting opinion, Bradley wrote that “everyone knows” the court’s four liberal justices will grant the petitions. > > “Despite receiving nearly $10 million from the Democrat Party of Wisconsin and declaring the maps ‘rigged,’ (Justice Janet) Protasiewicz has not recused herself from the case. These four justices will adopt new maps to shift power away from Republicans and bestow an electoral advantage for Democrat candidates, fulfilling one of Protasiewicz’s many promises to the principal funder of her campaign,” Bradley wrote. You guys not only elect supreme court justices but you allow them to campaign in court judgments? I’m sorry but this is a Stupid American Idea. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/683 "2023-08-18T13:23:56Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > You guys not only elect supreme court justices but you allow them to campaign in court judgments? The worst part is, they politicize electing their judges, and then: > While campaigning in January, Protasiewicz called the state’s legislative maps “rigged” in a public forum, and in March, she told Capital Times reporters in a podcast interview she would “enjoy taking a fresh look at the gerrymandering question.” > “They do not reflect people in this state. I don’t think you could sell any reasonable person that the maps are fair,” Protasiewicz, a former Milwaukee County judge, said in the January forum. “I can’t tell you what I would do on a particular case, but I can tell you my values, and the maps are wrong.” …they turn around and ignore the fact that she was elected by the voters on a platform of saying she was going to do exactly what she’s doing now. At this point, why even pretend you give a shit what the voters want? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/684 "2023-08-18T17:02:57Z")
Republican leaders only give a shit about what the voters want if it aligns with what _they_ want. Look at Medicaid expansion in Missouri a couple years back. Voters of both parties voted overwhelmingly in favor if it, but the governor and general assembly just completely ignored “the will of the people”. It’s just a variation of “I’ll only accept the election results if I win” Trumpism. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/685 "2023-08-18T17:06:15Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Voters of both parties voted overwhelmingly in favor if it, but the governor and general assembly just completely ignored “the will of the people”. See also, [restoring voting rights to felons in Florida](https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/07/19/florida-vote-felon-restoration-amendment-4-desantis/). ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/686 "2023-08-18T18:58:39Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > they turn around and ignore the fact that she was elected by the voters on a platform of saying she was going to do exactly what she’s doing now. At this point, why even pretend you give a shit what the voters want? That’s how Paul Ryan won a recall election. He was being recalled for doing exactly what he said he was going to do so, naturally, everyone voted the same way they did the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/687 "2023-08-18T19:12:58Z")
Kid Rock making sure all his fans know that he was virtue signalling and, in fact, doesn’t really care quite much as he suggested he did about a trans spokesperson. [![](https://imagez.tmz.com/image/24/4by3/2023/08/18/24b47d7e376f4814bc8dbba7bf59a359_md.jpg) ](https://imagez.tmz.com/image/24/4by3/2023/08/18/24b47d7e376f4814bc8dbba7bf59a359_md.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/688 "2023-08-18T20:55:47Z")
I assume that’s a Bud Light, or some other trans-supporting beverage? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/689 "2023-08-19T10:26:38Z")
So, Judge Bradley, from the article I posted earlier, doesn’t think Judge Janet should be allowed to hear a case on gerrymandering because she [Janet] already has her mind made up about it, is in some hot water as she was caught editing her own wiki page, ya know, to ‘correct’ it. > **[State Supreme Court Justice Caught Editing Own Wikipedia Entry - Above the Law](https://abovethelaw.com/2023/08/supreme-court-rebecca-bradley-wikipedia/)** > > Can you possibly imagine any US Supreme Court justice doing this and why is it Sam Alito? From that article, we can see she’d previously written articles calling homosexuality [immoral and abnormal](https://www.gawker.com/wisconsin-supreme-court-justice-wrote-college-op-eds-ra-1763495828/). I can only assume, based on what she said recently, that she’ll recuse herself from any LGBTQ rights cases, as she’s clearly biased and already has her mind made up. She’s also said that wearing masks was “exactly the same” as forcing Japanese Americans into internment camps. So, I assume she’ll recuse herself from community health related cases as well, right? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/690 "2023-08-19T19:23:51Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > No shit. Loss of privilege feels like oppression. Perhaps Justice Bradley is right. All supreme court justices who are members of a political party should recuse themselves from any redistricting cases before them. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/691 "2023-08-20T18:39:12Z")
I haven’t dug into this beyond seeing the picture [![](https://i.imgur.com/V5RDX7p.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/V5RDX7p.jpeg) Edit: And OMG it’s [checks forum]…cumming. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/692 "2023-08-20T18:51:46Z")
I’m no artist myself, but that is one terrible looking dick. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/693 "2023-08-20T19:00:16Z")
Self portraits are notoriously difficult to get right. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/694 "2023-08-20T19:36:39Z")
That’s the same asshole who displayed a ‘F\*\*k Biden’ sign during a Veterans Day ceremony in Richmond a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/695 "2023-08-20T19:38:38Z")
Remember the children!! Family values!! Yeah, right. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/696 "2023-08-20T19:42:50Z")
That drawing made me gay. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2023, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/697 "2023-08-20T19:57:47Z")
That drawing would make King Kong gay. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/698 "2023-08-21T00:37:09Z")
> [@susan](#): > > That drawing made me gay. That drawing made me straight. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/699 "2023-08-21T00:40:05Z")
That drawing made me ace. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/700 "2023-08-21T02:34:35Z")
I’m glad it can bring so many people together! Oh Magic Willy! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=36)