Today The New York Times takes a front-page look at the Butler-Gableman election fiasco, using it to highlight the contrast between the U.S.'s elected judges and the selection systems used by other countries. Comments to the article are already closed, but most of the 40 that have been posted are worth reading. The hazards of [...]

Todays Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel points out that State Supreme Court Justice Annette Ziegler is recusing herself from some of the cases that come before her. Key word “some”. Ziegler doesn’t deserve a medal. Before being elected to her current position on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Ziegler heard cases where she had a direct financial conflict of [...]

I’m not a fan of Alderman Michael McGee Jr. In fact, I’ve thought he was a parasite who deserved to be tossed out of office in his next election. Still, I can’t even be pleased with his indictment because it was brought by the overly partisan US Attorney Steven Biskupic. This is the same Biskupic [...]

If Wisconsin Judges had the same requirement on them as state legislators and local officials, there would not be this ongoing debate as to whether Judges are acting impartially. That’s the crux of this video (click here) featuring State Senator Jim Sullivan (D-Wauwatosa). “It’s a disclosure bill. It’s a right to know bill” said Sullivan. [...]

In a ballsy move, Wisconsin state Supreme Court Justice-elect Annette Ziegler is arguing that since she’s been elected to the position of Supreme Court, and since the Court is a fully independent and empowered level of government, she should not have to answer to an ethics board. This is an unprecedented level of chutzpah! All [...]

Imagine a time when the government would come down on a citizen and force her into a legal battle which would exhaust her life savings and strip her of her good name. That time is now. Republican partisan and US Attorney Steven Biskupic did just that when he went after state administrator Georgia Thompson with [...]