Mr. Gableman did nothing illegal in getting his judicial appointment. If he was smart enough to legally bribe then-Gov. McCallum into giving him an appointment to the bench using 'campaign fundraising' then it is his right to do so. As long as the process for a governor to appoint people is the way it is then people will continue to bribe their way onto the bench.At least I hope it's sarcasm.
However, Judge Butler's decision to give a criminal rights is appalling. Everyone knows that the Constitution only applies to citizens and not criminals. He should be making sure that anyone convicted of a crime suffers as much as the system can allow and if their 'rights' are infringed on then tough luck. Next time maybe they will have enough money to hire a real lawyer and not get convicted in the first place.
February 29, 2008
Community Sarcasm
Found on the website of Madison's Capital Times, beneath a story about the campaign watchdog warnings discussed here and here:
I don't know. As inclined as I am toward giving people, on the whole, the benefit of the doubt, I see ridiculous comments like this cropping up far too often to all be written off as sarcasm.
ReplyDeleteI think we're all in dire need of some Con Law 101, or even just a basic civics course.