Nothing says more about the Republican Party’s priorities then the manner by which they spend their
time, the battles they choose to engage in. Moreover, while claiming the State is too poor to pay public sector employees a fair wage, the Walker government managed to find money to dedicate to court battles in the name of suppressing the vote.
Van Hollen’s choice of venue to announce the Appeal speaks volumes of the political motives on which he based his decision. According to dane101.com
In a statement released shortly after the news broke, Executive Director Scot Ross of the liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now fired back at the attorney general:
“JB Van Hollen has spent years, and untold tax dollars, unsuccessfully chasing phantom vote impropriety allegations to justify his support for disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of legal voters,” Scot said. “He’s either lying about rampant ‘voter fraud’ or he is incompetent at his job. Van Hollen announced he was going to do this at a Romney-Ryan campaign rally and now he’s using his taxpayer financed office to convince the partisan, conservative Supreme Court majority to do the political thing, not the right thing.” (my bold)
In his statement, AG Van Hollen spoke of his respect for the law. In reality, his actions couldn’t speak louder to the contrary. Like his Republican colleagues in other states, this is about winning a election and the law be damned!
http://www.politicususa.com/wi-ag-appeals-state-supreme-court-reinstate-unconstitutional-voter-id-law.html
Aug. 22, 2012 article
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