INSIDE
L
OO
K
AT AN
% EVOLVING LEGAL
CAS
E,
THE
RESULTS
% OF
WHICH
M
AY
R
ESULT
IN
HUNDREDS
% OF
THOUSANDS
OF
WISCONSIN VOTERS
% GETTING
PURGED
FROM
THE
STATE
% REGISTRATION ROLLS.
% THESE
ARE
VOTERS
THE
STATE
% ELECTIONS COMMISSION
BELIEVES
% HAVE
CHANGED
ADDRESS.
% THE
COMMISSION IS
LEGALLY
% REQUIRED TO
SEN
D A
NOTICE
TO
% THESE VOTERS
ASKING
THE
M
T
O
%
CONFIRM THEIR
CURRENT
A
DDRESS.
% THOSE
WHO DO NOT
RESPOND
ARE TO
% BE
REMOVE
D
FROM
THE
REGISTRATION
% ROLLS.
% THERE
ARE MORE
THAN
200,000
SUC
H% VOTERS.
% A LOT
HAPPENED
THIS
WEEK.
% AN
OZAUKEE
COUNTY
JUDGE
H
ELD
% PEOPLE
IN
CONTEMPT
O
F
COURT F
OR
% DIS'HE
% DISOBEYING HIS
RECORD.
% A
LOT
O
F
PEOPLE'S
VOTER
% REGISTRATIONS ARE ON THE
LINE.
% AND A L
OT
T
O
UNPACK
WIT
H
% UW-MADISON
PROFESSOR
O
F
% POLITICAL
SCIENCE
DAVID
CANON.
% THANKS
FOR
BEING
HERE.
% >>
GOOD TO
BE
HERE.
% >>
S
O
IT COULD BE SAID
THAT THIS
% IS
ALL
E
M
BRAILD
I
N
THE
BOILED IN
EMBROILED
I
N
THE
COURTS
% AND
CONTROVERSY,
BUT IT
IS
ON
% HOLD
FOR THE
MOMENT.
% HOW
INTERESTING IS IT
TO YOU
% THAT
THE
STATE SUPREME COURT
% DECLINED TO
T
AKE
THIS
CASE AT% THIS TIME?%>>
I
THI
NK
IT'S
VERY
% INTERESTING.
% A L
O
T
OF
PEOPLE
WERE
EXPECTING
% THEM TO
GE
T
QUICK
RESOLUTION.
% IT
GUARANTEES
THIS
WILL
DRAG
% WELL
I
NT
O
THE
YEAR,
MAYBE
P
AS
T
% THE
NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
% NOW THERE WILL
BE A
HEARING
AT
% THE
APPEALS
COURT
LEVEL.
% PLUS WE HAVE
THE
PARALLEL
CASE
% IN
FEDERAL
COURT RIGHT
N
% THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE
T
HAT
WON'T
% HAVE
A
NY
FINAL
LEGAL
RESOLUTION
% TO THIS
UNTIL AFTER
THE
% NOVEMBER ELECTION, WHICH INDEED
% WAS THE
COMMISSION'S
ORIGINAL
% INTENT
ANYWAY,
I
S
TO
NOT
REMOVE
% THOSE
VOTERS
UNTIL AFTER
T
HE
% ELECTION.%THIS MA
Y
BE
T
HE
WAY
I
T
WIL
L
PLAY
% OUT.%>>
IT
LEAVES THESE
V
OTERS,
THE
% RECIPIENTS
O
F
THESE
LEADERS,
% POTENTIALLY CONFUSED.
% >>
WEL
L,
RIGHT.
% ESPECIALLY THE
PEOPLE
WHO
% HAVEN'T
MOV
ED
.
% LIKE
ARE
THEY OKAY
O
R NOT
?
% ARE
THEY
GOING TO
B
E
R
EMOVED
% FROM
THE
ROL
LS
OR
D
O
THEY
NEED
% TO REPLY
TO
UPDATE
THEIR
STATUS
% WITH
VOTER
REGISTRATION?% >> YOU
SAID
THAT
THIS
% CIRCUMSTANCE IS
RIGHT OUT
O
F A
% BOOK CALLED
"TH
E
VOTING
WARS."
% HOW
S
O?
% >>
THERE'S A
BOOK
BY
ONE OF
THE
% NATION'S
EXPERTS ON
VOTING
% PROCEDURES WHO
MADE
THIS
% ARGUMENT
THAT
ADMINISTRATION
% ELECTIONS
USED TO
B
E
NONCON
% NONCONTROVERSIAL.
% BUT IN
THE
LAST
DECADE
THIS
HAS
% BECOME A
PARTISAN
BATTLEFIELD
% WHERE
REPUBLICANS
HAVE
FOCUSED
% ON
ELECTION
INTEGRITY AND
% FIGHTING
VOTER
FRAUD.
% DEMOCRATS FOCUS ON
GETTING
MOR
E
% ACCESS
T
O
T
HE
POLLS.
% SO WHAT YOU
YOU
SE
E
REPLAYED
OVE
R
% AND
OVER
AGAIN
I
S
VOTER I.D.
% LAWS
AND
RESTRICTING
A
CCESS
TO
% EARLY
V
OTING T
O
T
RY
TO
LIMIT
% VOTING,
WHEREAS
DEMOCRATS ARE
% TRYING
TO
DO
THE
OPPOSITE.
% SO THIS
IS AN
EXAMPLE
OF ONE
OF
% THOSE
KINDS
OF
EFFORTS
AIMED
AT
% TRYING
TO
EITHER PREVENT
PEOPLE
% FROM
VOTING AS
EASILY
O
R
% ALLOWING
PEOPLE TO
VOTE.
% AND SO
ON
A
CONTINUUM OF
T
HE
% MOST
EGREGIOUS
VOTER
SUPPRESSION
% TO TH
E
NOT
A
S
HARMFUL,
I
WOULD
% PUT
THIS ON
TH
E
MORE
NORMAL
% POLITICS SID
E O
F
THINGS.
% EVERYONE
NEE
DS
TO
UPDATE
VOTER
% ROLLS.
% THE
QUESTION
I
S ONE
O
F
TIMING.
% DO
W
E
DO
THIS
RIGHT
AWAY
OR
WAI
T
% UNTIL AFTER
THE
% NOVEMBER ELECTIONS, WHAT
THE
% COMMISSION WANTED
TO
DO.
% >>
ON
THE
NATIONAL
LEVEL,
IF
% IMPEACHMENT IS
INDEED,
A
S
YOU'VE
% SAID, A
POLITICAL
PROCESS, HOW
% DOES THE OATH
O
F
IMPARTIALITY
% TAKEN
B
Y SENATORS
SQUARE
WITH% THAT
TODAY?
% >>
THAT'
S A GOOD
QUESTION.
% WE
TALKED
ABOUT
JAMES
MADISON'S
% VIEW OF
TH
IS.
% HIS
BIGGEST
FEA
R
WAS
HAVING
% PARTISAN POLITICS
E
NTER THE
% PROCESS OF
IMPEACHMENT.
% WE'VE DEFINITELY
SEEN
THAT
% HAPPEN F
RO
M
DAY
O
NE
WITH
MITCH
% MCCONNELL SAYING
HE'
S
GOING TO
% BE
WORKING
O
N
BEHALF OF THE
% PRESIDENT.
% THAT DOESN'T
SOUN
D
LIKE AN
% IMPARTIAL JUROR
IN
THAT
PROCESS.
% BUT
DEMOCRATS AS WELL HAVE
% INDICATED THAT
THEY'RE
VERY
% LIKELY T
O
VOT
E
TO
REMOVE% PRESIDENT TRUMP.
% AND SO
IN
THIS
ERA
OF
PARTISAN
% POLITICS, THE
NOTION
OF
THESE
% IMPARTIAL JURORS
IS
LAUGHABLE.
% IT'S NOT
GOING TO
HAPPEN.
% THE
BEST WE
CAN
HOPE
FOR
IS
THE
Y% DO
ALLOW
FOR A
MORE
F
ULL
HEARING% OF THE
EVIDENCE.% >>
WELL,
SPEAKING OF
THAT,
I
F
% SENATOR
MCCONNELL
DOES
NOT
ALLOW
% TESTIMONY
FROM
WITNESSES, IS% THAT W
T
HE
FOUNDING
FATHERS,
% THE
FRAMERS,
KIND
O
F
HA
D
I
N MIN
D
% FOR THIS
PROCESS
?% >>
WELL,
THE
PROBLEM
WITH
THE
% CONSTITUTION WHEN
I
T
COMES
TO
% IMPEACHMENT
I
S
IT
DOESN'T
GIVE
% TEE
D
ALE
% DETAIL
IN TER
MS
O
F
H
OW
THAT
% TRIAL WILL BE
CONDUCTED.
% WE HAVE
THE
PRECEDENT
O
F
THE
% IMPEACHMENTS
OF
ANDREW
JOHNSON
% AND BILL
CLINTON.
% WE
DID
HAV
E
TESTIMONY
FROM
% WITNESSES
AND IT
WAS
MORE
LIKE A
% FULL
TRIAL WHERE YOU
WOULD
HEAR
% EVIDENCE ON
BOT
H
SIDES
A
ND
THE
% SENATE
WOULD
DECIDE.
% THAT I
S
MOR
E
TH
E
GOVERNING
SORT
% OF
PRECEDENT,
IS
THE
ACTUAL
% PRACTICES RATHER THAN
THE
% CONSTITUTION
ITSEL
F.% >>
WE'
LL
SEE.
% ANY
TELLING
H
OW
CHIEF
JUSTICE
% JOHN
ROBER
TS
WILL
SEE
H
IS
ROLE?
% BECAUSE HE
I
S
THE
PRESIDING
% OFFICER.%>>
RIGHT.
% >>
BUT
SEE
HIS
ROLE
WHEN I
T
% COMES
T
O
POTENTIALLY
BREAKING
A
% 50-50
T
IE
FOR
AND
AGAINST THE
% CALLING OF
WITNESSES?
% >> WHAT
KINDS
O
F
ROL
E
I
S H
E
% GOING T
O
PLAY?
% TWO
PRI
OR
EXAMPLES
O
F
JOHNSON
% AND CLINTON,
I
N
T
HE
FIRST
% EXAMPLE OF
THE
JOHNSON
% IMPEACHMENT
CHIEF
JUSTICE
CHASE
% WAS VER
Y MUCH
OPPOSED
TO I DON'T% KNOW SON.
% HE MADE
HIS
VIEWS
KNOWN.
% HE
D
ID
HAV
E
MULTIPLE
RULINGS
AND% BREAK
TIES.
% WHEREAS
I
N
THE
CLINTON
EXAMPLE
% CLEAVE JUSTICE
REHNQUIST
WAS ON
% THE
OPPOSITE END OF THE
% SPECTRUM.%HE WAS NOT
TH
AT
ENGAGED I
N
% MAKING CRITICAL
DECISIONS.
% AFTERWARDS HE
QUOTED ONE
OF
HIS
% FAVORITE LINES WHERE
HE
SAID
I
% DID NOTHING
IN
PARTICULAR AND I
% DID
IT
R
ATHER WELL.
% SOME
PEOPLE
TH
INK
ROBERTS WELL
% ERR
T
O THAT
S
IDE
OF
CAUTION.
% BUT HE
MA
Y
BE
FORCED
T
O
T
AKE
THE
% POSITION
IN
THE
T
IE
SCENARIO% THAT
Y
OU
JUST
OUTLINED, WHERE
% RIGHT
NOW IF
THE
VOTE
WA
S
HELD
% TODAY ON
WITNESSES, THERE'S A
% CHANCES IT COULD
BE,
BECAUSE
% THREE
REPUBLICANS
H
AVE
SAID THEY
% WOULD
LIKE
T
O
S
EE
WITNESSES.
% THAT
P
UTS
US
RIGHT
A
T
50.
% SO
THE
CHIEF
JUSTICE MAY
H
AVE
TO
% BREAK THAT
TIE