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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow the Billionaires Bought Justice for Scott Walker
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/31934-how-the-billionaires-bought-justice-for-scott-walkerBut all those gains were threatened when prosecutors started investigating Walker for coordinating with the Wisconsin Club for Growth and WMC during Walker's recall election in 2012.
In response, the Wisconsin Club for Growth filed a lawsuit to end the investigation.
Remember, in the last decade alone: Three of the seven Wisconsin Supreme Court justices have won their elections with help from the Kochs....
The court simply adopted rules - THAT WERE PROPOSED BY THE WMC - that say very simply that "that the receipt of a lawful campaign contribution shall not, by itself, warrant judicial recusal."
In response, the Wisconsin Club for Growth filed a lawsuit to end the investigation.
Remember, in the last decade alone: Three of the seven Wisconsin Supreme Court justices have won their elections with help from the Kochs....
The court simply adopted rules - THAT WERE PROPOSED BY THE WMC - that say very simply that "that the receipt of a lawful campaign contribution shall not, by itself, warrant judicial recusal."
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How the Billionaires Bought Justice for Scott Walker (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jul 2015
OP
When I heard that the cases were going to the WI SC, I knew Wisconsinites had lost...
riversedge
Jul 2015
#5
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)1. When the crooks can pick their judges,
as they literally did in this case, society has been holed beneath the water line.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)2. Thanks for the Celine Dion earworm, buddy!
Seriously, I wouldn't recognize any Celine Dion song at gunpoint.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)4. Your analogy made me think of the theme from "Titanic"
Unforthunately appropriate, however.
We Minnesotans just look across the river and shake our heads. Wisconsin used to be a pretty damn good place before it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Industries.
riversedge
(70,381 posts)5. When I heard that the cases were going to the WI SC, I knew Wisconsinites had lost...
yes, all of wisconsin has lost
Bettie
(16,138 posts)7. Well, the WI SC is run by Prosser
Or should I say "Noted strangler of colleagues, Justice Prosser".
I'm ashamed. I'm from Wisconsin and I'm ashamed at what my home state has become.