Having failed to protect their place at the government teat by bravely running away during the legislative session, Wisconsin liberals have apparently decided to win the fight by trying to remove conservatives from the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which will presumably soon decide on whether the law stripping the public unions of collective bargaining power was properly passed. In the crosshairs right now is purportedly conservative Justice David Prosser. Now, Prosser has already been the subject of shenanigans from the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal members – background on that is here. The gist of that particular case is that one of the Court’s liberal members accidentally-on-purpose leaked to the media that Prosser called one of the Court’s liberal Justices a “total b*tch” in a closed-door session about an ethics complaint concerning one of the Court’s other Justices.
Now, having lost at the polls, and lost in the halls of the legislature, the unions have figured that the courts are their last hope, and they have made Prosser (who they perceive to be pro-Walker) their next target. VerumSerum has detailed the Democrats’ involvement in the anti-Prosser campaign here. In an especially low trick, a Democrat-backed group has run a sleazy ad essentially making Prosser complicit in child molestation (from his time as a prosecutor), a trick so sleazy that the victim of the molestation has come forward denouncing it. In a debate, Prosser asked his opponent whether she would denounce the ad (not whether she would pull it, as she clearly cannot), and her response was, well, telling:
Liberals are simply refusing to accept defeat for their most sacred cow in Wisconsin. In a way, it’s inspiring, the way they bite and claw and cheat long past when the whistle has blown – inspiring in the sense that it shows us what we must be prepared to do in order to win these battles in the future. No longer is it enough to win elections and pass laws reflecting the wishes of the electorate, now we must be prepared to defend those laws from underhanded court-stacking at the hand of Democrat 527 groups willing to resort to any attack, no matter how scurrilous or dishonest. And we must be willing to fight Democrats inch for inch in the same way they have fought us – in Wisconsin and elsewhere.
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Is it possible that the WI GOP has calculated that they can lose this judicial election...but still come out ahead?
smagar (Diary) Tuesday, March 29th at 9:34AM EDT (link)I’m seeing lots of worried commentary recently about this election. People whose opinion I respect seem concerned that Kloppentool might win.
From what I can tell, Team Walker hasn’t gone to the barricades in WI over this issue. That makes me wonder if they’ve determined that, even if Kloppentool wins, they’ll be OK.
Perhaps they’re thinking that WI voters won’t like to see their state Supreme Court go all activist—which is apparently what it will do if Kloppentool gets elected.
Or, perhaps they’re hoping that Kloppentool’s election, based at least in part on the sleazy ad run by union PR thugs, will anger their base in time for the Senatorial recall elections later this summer?
If there are any wise WI GOPers out there, I’d sure love to hear some insights on the threat (if any) they see arising from a Kloppentool victory. Is it something they can deal with or mitigate?
“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)
Will the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel take the WaPo "Don't Harm The Dems" editorial route?
smagar (Diary) Tuesday, March 29th at 9:41AM EDT (link)From what I can tell, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is WI’s leading newspaper. I’ve not followed its coverage of the Kloppentool story, but I’m guessing its staff is pro-Kloppentool/Trumka in spirit, if not in deed.
I wonder if the Sentinel will do what the WaPo did in the days leading up to the passage of Porkulus: Do No Harm To The Democrats.
There was—-as I recall it—-just ONE presidential news conference before the Porkulus vote. The WaPo reporter at the conference used his one question to ask about (drum roll)…Alex Rodriguez.
Then, after Porkulus passed, the WaPo ran an editorial full of concern. Notice I said…AFTER it passed.
Perhaps, the WaPo reasoned, if it raised concerns about Porkulus BEFORE the vote—well then, Porkulus might not pass. Couldn’t have that, could we?
I wonder if the MJS will raise all sorts of concerns about Kloppentool the jurist, and the sleazy campaign that was waged on her behalf, with her tacit blessing—AFTER her election. When it’s safe to do so.
“Who will stand/On either hand/And guard this bridge with me?” (Macaulay)
Republican Idiots in Madison:
melbedewy (Diary) Tuesday, March 29th at 10:33AM EDT (link)Re introduce the bill.
Give the maggots 48 hours notice.
VOTE.
End of story.
Can you get it done?
55555!
MF (Diary) Wednesday, March 30th at 1:38PM EDT (link)I have no idea, other than possibly standing on principle (which is stupid in this case), why they don’t do exactly what you’ve written. The bill could add in a disclaimer that it in no way concedes that the first bill was passed illegally or anything like that, but that this is an attempt to make the court battles moot, which will save the state money!
VERY stupid
melbedewy (Diary) Friday, April 1st at 7:12PM EDT (link)n/t
Your assuming the WI dems will play fair
scarlos (Diary) Friday, April 1st at 9:54PM EDT (link)They are court-stacking here. There is no conceivable way that this bill, even if passed again, will survive a court challenge by a 4-3 Liberal-led WI Supreme court. They will find some excuse to declare it unconstitutional, somehow.
Socialism is Oligarchy in disguise
Judge Sumi gave them until May 23rd to prepare briefs
carolina Friday, April 1st at 8:03PM EDT (link)She asked for 3 briefs today.
Fitzgerald says if they repass the bill that some other activist judge could start the merry go round all over again.
(info from news3jessica tweets)
I guess I’ll just go watch OH and MI and cheer them on. WI is going to drag on forever. – sigh –
Meanwhile, the unions just continue to show how ugly they can be. Good job Mrs. Bobo! (a business owner/grandmother who refuses to be bullied)
Judge Sumi gave them until May 23rd to prepare briefs
carolina Friday, April 1st at 8:03PM EDT (link)She asked for 3 briefs today.
Fitzgerald says if they repass the bill that some other activist judge could start the merry go round all over again.
(info from news3jessica tweets)
I guess I’ll just go watch OH and MI and cheer them on. WI is going to drag on forever. – sigh –
Meanwhile, the unions just continue to show how ugly they can be. Good job Mrs. Bobo! (a business owner/grandmother who refuses to be bullied)
State Rep. Party in WI fighting in judicial election
renny (Diary) Friday, April 1st at 8:22PM EDT (link)You can support the WI Rep. State Party headed that is fundraising to oppose the judicial takeover the unions are planning with $3 million in union dues.