Quote(s) of the Week

Although the judiciary is elected in Wisconsin, it was never intended to directly carry out the wishes of the voters.

— Michael B. Brennan

One's mileage — and how it's measured — may vary:

¶8 The advertisement that forms the basis for the Commission's complaint was run during the course of a campaign for political office.

¶24 It is within the above described framework of core constitutional principles established to ensure that campaign speech is not diminished, that we must interpret and apply SCR 60.06(3)(c) because the television advertisement occurred during the course of a campaign for political office.

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