Musk Hands Out $1 Million Checks After Wisconsin Supreme Court Refuses to Block Payments

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An emergency filing to block the payments was made on Sunday as the hotly contested Wisconsin Supreme Court election is scheduled for April 1.

Elon Musk handed out two $1 million checks on Sunday as prize money to Wisconsinites who signed an online petition by his political action group America PAC against โ€œactivist judges.โ€

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Sunday unanimously refused to hear a last-minute petition from the stateโ€™s attorney general to block the checks.

The court, which has a 4โ€“3 majority of liberal-leaning justices, gave no reason for its decision.

Two lower state courts had already rejected challenges submitted by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, who had argued that Muskโ€™s offer violates Wisconsin law that bars giving money or โ€œanything of valueโ€ in exchange for voting.

โ€œThe Wisconsin Department of Justice is committed to ensuring that elections in Wisconsin are safe, secure, free and fair,โ€ Kaul said in a statement on March 28. โ€œBased on our understanding of applicable Wisconsin law, we have taken legal action to seek a court order to stop this from happening.โ€

In his petition submitted on March 30 to the Wisconsin high court, Kaul wrote that because of the timing of Muskโ€™s offer, โ€œimmediate injunctive relief is warranted here to stop respondentsโ€™ ongoing illegal action.โ€

Last week, Kaul filed a lawsuit in a state circuit court to block Musk and his America PAC from distributing million-dollar payments to two randomly selected voters, but a judge rejected the petition on March 28. Kaul later appealed the case to the stateโ€™s appellate division, which also rejected it, prompting the Supreme Court appeal.

โ€œAs of the time of this filing, neither Musk nor America PAC have announced that their plan to pay $1 million to two Wisconsin electors on Sunday March 30, 2025, has been canceled,โ€ the suit said.

Wisconsin is slated to hold an election for an open state Supreme Court seat on April 1. Five of the courtโ€™s seven justices have endorsed a candidate in the race, raising potential conflicts for them to hear the Musk lawsuit.

Candidates Susan Crawford and Brad Schimel are vying to serve a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court after Justice Ann Walsh Bradley announced her retirement. Musk and President Donald Trump have both endorsed Schimel.

โ€œIf you have any friends or family in Wisconsin, send them a note and ask them to vote early for Justice Schimel,โ€ Musk said in an event posted on social media platform X earlier this month.

Byย Jack Phillips

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