Choice in Wisconsin
Musk wants to get rid of unpleasant judges – and offers money bonuses
Milliarist Elon Musk offers money gifts – and thus intervenes again. This time it is about a judge’s election in Wisconsin, which is of enormous importance.
Unlike in Germany, the judges are elected by the population in some US states and are not determined politically. In Wisconsin, the election of a new judge at the Supreme Court is scheduled for April 1st. And as with the presidential election last year, Elon Musk also has his fingers in the game.
As the US news portal Axios reports, the billionaire offers all voters $ 100 who sign a petition against “activist judges”. According to the petition, judges should “interpret laws in the word sense and do not rewrite them so that they fit their personal or political agenda”. The judiciary should accept its role and do not want to work as a legislator itself.
Elon Musk supports conservative candidates
The petition does not have any real effects on the outcome of the election. It will also not be possible to check whether the signatories actually vote for the candidate that Musk supports. However, US media suspect that Musk wants to achieve attention in the media on the one hand and especially with Republican voters, and on the other hand has great interest in the signatories’ data. These can be addressed in a targeted manner in further elections – with the knowledge that they are at least close to the political agenda of Musk and President Trump. Even before the presidential election in November, Musk had lured voters in this way.
100 dollars per person are a noise for the richest man in the world. that Musk specially founded to support Donald Trump in the presidential election campaign. The Tesla boss put hundreds of million dollars into the project and not only helped Trump to get back to the White House, but also secure considerable political influence. Musk now apparently wants to expand it even further.
Judge election in Wisconsin has a major impact
In Wisconsin, the billionaire supports the conservative candidate Brad Schimel. His competitor Susan Crawford is considered liberal. Musk’s lobby group is said to have already given almost $ 20 million to Schimel. Wisconsin is considered swing stateso is not clearly assigned to the Republicans or Democrats politically. This is also evident in the occupation of the Supreme Court, where liberal and conservative representatives are balanced. The election on April 1st depends on which side has overweight. This could have significant consequences for topics such as abortion or electoral laws.
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Source: Stern
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