Killed by religion:*
Leilani Neumann noticed that her daughter was very tired, but nobody believed she was suffering from a serious illness.Yet they did believe the child, who died two days later, was "under spiritual attack" and medicine would "be taking the glory from God."
[T]he judicial discipline statutes, Wis. Stat. § 757.81 through § 757.99 (2009-10), do not require this court to act at this stage in the proceedings. . . . At this point, the statutes direct the chief judge of the court of appeals to select a judicial conduct panel.— N. Patrick Crooks, J. (emphasis added)
Rick Esenberg, in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
"If you are not here illegally, you ought to go back."This after criticizing the "incoherance" of the immigration debate.
Of the single loss they did sustain:
“Unfortunately a portion of it was fraud,” Robin Vos said.And unfortunately for Robin Vos, fraud requires intent, which must be proven, and Robin Vos hasn't proven it, so he's simply lying about it.
"I still think that in many ways the election was illegitimate," he said. "To have a recall where someone is going to be serving for the next two years but use the old district lines seems like kind of a rigged setup.Which is funny, because that is how Robin Vos's party wrote and passed the law, so that the new districts wouldn't take effect until November.
How's this for pointless, recreational litigation.
Christian Gossett, a Republican ...Naturally.
... [is] represented by a Georgia lawyer.Also, naturally. I hope they lose but if not, the expression "law enforcement officer" is broadened to include defense attorneys.
Is back in the news, courtesy of Rep. Robin Vos.
What a guy.[In this aerial photo] Gov. Scott Walker can be seen working the grill, just below the American flag.
Asked for evidence of "voter fraud" — which both Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus claim accounts for several tens of thousands of ballots in every election in the State, up to 2% of millions — Wisconsin GOP senator Glenn Grothman stated there's a "feeling" out there that there is. Seriously.
Is what it says here, because, as Abraham Lincoln put it:
God doesn’t pick sides in elections. He* calls us to be on his side.It's true. Libertarian Jesus calls us to break the law, violate the constitution, and invent jurisdiction by Republican fiat. And of course Libertarian Jesus says 'No' to collective bargaining. It's in the Bible.
Excellent story by Charles P. Pierce* in Esquire.
"There was nothing illegal in the release of the information," [Judge David] Hansher said. "It was a part of the public file."Russell takes another crack at having his case dismissed on July 11.
Take some expert completely out of context.
Wisconsin — the land of admirable good-government ideals[*] but also of some unpleasantly behind the times racial dynamics.Thanks, Republicans! You're the best.
Reports the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
[Wisconsin governor Scott] Walker said he put money [$160,000] into the [criminal] defense fund so that he could provide thousands of documents to Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, who is heading the [criminal] investigation.Walker also says he "will not use campaign funds to pay for the criminal defense of his aides." That's a blinding glimpse of the obvious, as the statute authorizing Walker's criminal defense fund says nothing of "aides," but rather "agent[s]," and if he was using the fund to defend his aides who are not agents, then that use of the fund would be illegal.
