Using documents provided by The Guardian, a Capital Times editorial today explained how the same secret coordination between GOP Gov. Scott Walker and dark money donors which aided his 2012 recall election win also slopped on to two Wisconsin Supreme Court justices who ruled - - after refusing to recuse themselves - - that a state investigative probe into the legality of that dark money network be shut down.
Not getting any younger, and perhaps sensing that matter now awaiting a possible hearing by the US Supreme Court might dog him the rest of his term, Prosser abruptly resigned earlier this year, giving Walker the sole power to choose a replacement who is younger than Prosser, and even more ideologically hard-right.
You say there are no rewards for bad behavior.
Eagle Scout Walker would disagree.
In a request that the U.S. Supreme Court overturn the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to shut down a John Doe inquiry into illegal campaign activity, a group of Wisconsin prosecutors argue that Prosser and Gableman should not have heard the case because their campaigns benefited from work by individuals and groups that were a focus of the investigation. “Under any reasonable reading,” the prosecutors argue, those involved in the case “did not receive a fair and impartial hearing” from Wisconsin’s high court.
No matter what action the U.S. Supreme Court takes with regard to evidence of bias and the abandonment of ethical standards by justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, there can no longer be any question that Wisconsin legislators, prosecutors and members of the state judicial commission have a responsibility to address clear evidence that Justice Gableman and retired Justice Prosser failed to respect and honor their positions as a public trust and, further, failed to strive to enhance and maintain confidence in our legal system.But let's not forget that the tainted process provided yet another benefit to Walker and his cohort, and another stain on the State Supreme Court's integrity.
Not getting any younger, and perhaps sensing that matter now awaiting a possible hearing by the US Supreme Court might dog him the rest of his term, Prosser abruptly resigned earlier this year, giving Walker the sole power to choose a replacement who is younger than Prosser, and even more ideologically hard-right.
You say there are no rewards for bad behavior.
Eagle Scout Walker would disagree.