Quoted: UW-Madison history professor Jeremi Suri said censure is a powerful, symbolic statement by a legislative body.  “What a legislature is doing when they censure one of their own is basically they are saying one of their colleagues has gone so far out of line, the person needs to be condemned above and beyond the normal course of debate.”Suri said censure amounts to other lawmakers formally distancing themselves from Wood.
UW-Madison political science professor Jon Pevehouse told WKOW27 News while lawmaker votes on Woodâ??s fate would be considered by voters come November, issues such as positions on health care could dwarf any stance on Woodâ??s punishment.