R.G. Bradley

“In America, the Law is King. The majority of this court has deposed the Law. There is no greater affront to democracy. There is no greater threat to our Republic.”

“The People never consented to be ruled by bureaucratic overlords.”

“‘Properly applied, the plain-meaning approach is not “literalistic”; rather, the ascertainment of meaning involves a “process of analysis” focused on deriving the fair meaning of the text itself.’”

“Kalal reminded Wisconsin’s judges that our role is to interpret the laws ‘enacted by the legislature’ by ascertaining their plain meaning.”

“The majority erases a law it does not like, making four lawyers sitting on the state\u2019s highest court more powerful than the People\u2019s representatives in the legislature.”

“LIRC missed the fair meaning forest for the literalistic trees, producing a preposterous distortion of the law.”

“The majority mistakes a conclusion of law for a finding of fact. Whether an employer unlawfully terminated an employee based on his arrest record is a conclusion of law.”

“‘Whether the facts found by an agency fulfill a particular legal standard is a question of law, not a question of fact.’”

“While the court may be bound by LIRC’s findings of fact, it is supposed to independently interpret the law.”

“Not all evidence is created equal—extrinsic evidence is always subordinate to intrinsic sources, and rarely relevant.”

“Legislative history is ‘neither truly legislative (having failed to survive bicameralism and presentment) nor truly historical (consisting of advocacy aimed at winning in future litigation what couldn’t be won in past statutes).’”

“Legislative history should never be used to refute a statute’s unambiguous plain meaning.”