7th Circuit Court Stays District Judge’s Order and Provides a Civics Lesson on the Proper Role of Judges
16th October 2020
Many federal district court judges have an expansive view of their authority—which far too often ignores Supreme Court precedent.
Judge William Conley, a federal district court judge who was appointed by President Barack Obama, certainly seems to have an expansive view of his, as made evident by some election-related orders he gave that clearly surpass the appropriate power of a district court judge.
Fortunately for the voters of Wisconsin and their interests in the integrity of the election process, some members of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals were having none of it, and stayed all of Conley’s election-related orders on Oct. 8.