Who got sworn in by Gableman?

Alexander Wolcott Stow was known as an eccentric man. It was often told that he preferred his meat well-ripened before he cooked it. He would hang chickens outside his bedroom window until the legs and bills turned green and the odor of decay pervaded his house.

— Portraits of Justice

The Wisconsin Supreme Court flooded the market with another 151 lawyers last month, reports the State Bar, in five separate ceremonies presided over by six of the seven justices, including the beleaguered Michael Gableman.

The next round of paperwork in Gableman's ongoing ethics investigation is due by June 18, a response from the Wisconsin Judicial Commission to Gableman's latest motion to dismiss.

In the meantime Gableman still faces a hearing before a three-judge panel in Waukesha County at some point, following which the said panel may recommend sanctions to the high court that can include a suspension or even expulsion from the bench.

In the latter event, those among the gang of 151 whose oath was presided over by Gableman could solicit a do-over, or else have a future tale to tell whilst launching a Cutty Sark, that they were admitted to practice by the only Supreme Court justice in Wisconsin history to have been given the disciplinary bum's rush.

But as there were five ceremonies and six justices, Gableman's presence might well have been deliberately superfluous, in contemplation of the foregoing potentiality. In any case, Gableman has certainly managed to place his colleagues in a difficult situation.

The court will unleash several dozens more new lawyers next week.