Anonymous Applicant for High Court Among Final Five
"Kelly waived his anonymity request, which was criticized by open records advocates, after the governor’ Judicial Selection Advisory Committee interviewed all 11 applicants on June 13 and picked him among the five to be given second interviews. After second interviews, a final list of candidates will be picked from among the five remaining applicants and sent to the governor. Walker’s appointment to the court does not have to run for election for his own 10-year term on the Supreme Court until 2020.
Kelly was among several lawyers hired in 2012 by legislative Republicans to defend their legislative district maps. The mapping process, known as redistricting, is done every 10 years using U.S. Census figures to equally reapportion the population in legislative and congressional districts. Democrats have argued the maps passed by the GOP-controlled legislature and signed by Walker were drawn in secrecy to help Republicans get elected to the legislature and Congress and that some of the districts were improperly drawn. A decision on the legality of the maps is pending from another federal court trial concluded last month.
Before opening his own practice, Kelly previously worked for the Robert and Patricia Kern Family Foundation. The Kerns are longtime contributors to Republican and conservative candidates and causes throughout the country. Kelly also worked for Reinhart, Boerner & Van Deuren, a Milwaukee law firm that frequently represents Republicans.
Kelly’s biography also said he is associated with the conservative Federalist Society and the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a Milwaukee-based law firm that initiates lawsuits or defends the conservative side on an array of public issues."
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