Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says

Wisconsin Supreme Court rules governor can lock in education funding increases until 2425

The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld an unusual veto by Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) where he changed language in a bill to secure education funding for 400 years. In July 2023, Evers vetoed select words, numbers, and hyphens in the state…

WI Supreme Court upholds Gov. Evers partial veto extending school funding increases for 400 years

A split Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Gov. Tony Evers’ partial veto in the last state budget extending school funding increases for an additional 400 years was within his constitutional powers. The executive partial veto powers granted in the…

Supreme Court: Governor's 400-year school funding veto was constitutional

MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers' creative use of his uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years may be “attention grabbing,” but it was constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.

A Perpetuities Problem Strikes In Wisconsin - Above the Law

The rule against perpetuities was created for two reasons: (1) to torture bar exam applicants and (2) to establish that the long dead ought not have the right to intervene in the affairs of the living. Because, however benevolent seeming at the time, dead hand control is a no-no. While the rule against perpetuities only applies in property law, Wisconsin’s idiosyncratic approach to gubernatorial veto power moves that “in perpetuity” problem into…

Wis. court upholds creative veto to increase school funding for 400 years

The liberal-leaning Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Gov. Tony Evers was acting within his office’s powers to make an end run around Republicans.

Court backs gov's trick that transformed year of school funding into 400-years of spending

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers' creative 2023 line-item veto that transformed a one-year school funding increase into a year-on-year increase for the next 400 years.Evers' veto came in 2023, with a bill that increased school funding by $325 per student fo...