In 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.
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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.