Former Republican-appointed justice calls foul on Wisconsin GOP's impeachment ploy

As Wisconsin Republicans hurtle forward with potentially impeaching Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz before she's even issued a single ruling, a former Wisconsin justice appointed by a Republican governor is calling foul.

In an editorial published by the Wisconsin State Journal, former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janine Geske, who was appointed by one-time Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson, joined with fellow former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Louis Butler to argue that the Wisconsin GOP has no basis for impeaching Protasiewicz.

In fact, the two jurists make clear that "impeaching a justice for following the rules that govern her conduct is an attack on the very independence of the court and violates the separation of powers."