As a defender of the murder of unborn children, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is an all-star. When it comes to understanding the state Constitution, the Democrat is a bit of a dud.
In the battle for life in the Badger State, Kaul has made an “extraordinary request,” a constitutional claim to the Wisconsin Supreme Court that a Milwaukee-based public-interest law firm argues defies the state Constitution.
“He seeks to expand the scope of his own case while it is up on appeal — and to add a constitutional claim no less. Not just any constitutional claim, either. He hopes to transform this case into a vehicle to create a constitutional right to abortion in Wisconsin,” the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty argues in a response filed late Tuesday in an appeal before the court.
WILL’s clients are Wisconsin Right to Life, Wisconsin Family Action, and Pro-Life Wisconsin.
Kaul makes the claim even though there is nothing in the Wisconsin Constitution that guarantees a right to abortion. There are, however, plenty of prohibitions against abortion in Wisconsin’s founding document and subsequent state laws.
What’s important to note is that Wisconsin’s abortion industry defender has already won by losing in the leftist, Madison-based Dane County Circuit Court. Whether Kaul’s expanded argument will stand in the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court remains to be seen.
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