Wisconsin: Chief justice wants Supreme Court deliberations public

[Scuba]

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/129305503.html




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Madison -- Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson is laying out her plan to make Supreme Court deliberations public.

Responding to a recent physical altercation between two justices, Abrahamson is seeking to raise ebbing public confidence in the court. In a memo released Tuesday, Abrahamson acknowledged the toll the problems have taken on the court.

"This has been a difficult year — for the country, for the state, and for this court. The bitter divisions in the Legislature, state and federal, have affected public confidence, and we have had our own problems. They certainly have not been hidden," she wrote. "No one of us is blameless. This is a new term, however, and each term is a new beginning."

Right now, administrative conferences on the court are open to the public but deliberations are not. Legal scholars have said it might be difficult to open them as Abrahamson has proposed.


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It would be very interesting to watch Justice Prosser and the other right-wingers trying to defend their rulings.

[Bandit]

1. The thing about being a Supreme Court Justice is you don't have to defend your rulings.

They can rule any damn way they please and there is not a thing anyone can do about it....They don't have to justify anything....

[Scuba]

2. They're expected to rule according to law. When it becomes obvious ....

... that they are not, it helps the People fight back.

[Angry Dragon]

3. I say open the doors and let the sunshine in

too much of government is done in the dark
and that is why it is not working