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Archive for November, 2009
Wisconsin passes bill to publicly fund judicial elections
Sunday, November 8th, 2009The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a bill to fund judicial elections with public funds. On what was nearly a party line vote, the Democrat-controlled Legislature passed a bill which will provide candidates up to $100,000 for primary contests and $300,000 for the general election. Candidates may opt out of the public funding, but if they do, they will be limited to accepting a maximum of $1000 per donor for each election.
For more details, here is the story in the Wisconsin Bar Association Journal.
The Influence of Big Money on the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Thursday, November 5th, 2009In an editorial today, the Green Bay Press-Gazette, lays out some of the facts about how two Wisconsin Supremes got elected with the help of large donations, and then did not recuse themselves from cases involving their donors, or in the case of one justice, from a case involving her own spouse. Some at the Wisconsin legislature propose public funding of judicial elections, but the newspaper just calls for disclosure of who actually is paying for all those attack ads.
Editorial: Wisconsin Needs Fair And Impartial Courts
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Interesting article from Wisconsin news station about the need for impartial courts. Link can be found here.
