It's good to see that Wisconsin has retained its politically feisty personality. In a scenario ripe for television, two Wisconsin supreme court justices recently got into the rough stuff in chambers. Charges, stemming from what the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel termed the July 13th "physical altercation" between the pair, will be probed by a special prosecutor.
The discovery process in this case should be fascinating. On one side is conservative male jurist David Prosser, who narrowly won re-election in a vote held in the aftermath of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's and GOP state senate majority's successful move to drastically reduce public employee contract negotiation rights. In the other corner is liberal female justice Ann Walsh Bradley, who is alleged to have put up her dukes and approached her male counterpart with intent to assault. She has claimed that the male judge, rather than countering with an old school combination of right hooks, placed her in a radical, Tea Party-style chokehold.
Unsurprisingly, the professional disputers are in their element, making claims and counterclaims. What's particularly delicious about this story is that four other members of the state supreme court witnessed the episode. Let's see how "the rule of law" plays out when judges are suddenly, and probably unwillingly, witnesses for the prosecution or for the defense of their own peers.
The image shows Justices Prosser and Walsh during presumably more amicable moments.
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