WI Club for Growth asks U.S. Supreme Court to halt Walker johnDoe case [View all]

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Walker and friends are framing as a free speech issue. Wonder if the SC will take it.


http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/club-for-growth-asks-us-supreme-court-to-halt-doe-b99430509z1-289322411.html


Club for Growth asks U.S. Supreme Court to halt Doe


By Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel
Updated: 2:34 p.m.





A conservative group and its board member appealed to the nation's highest court Wednesday as they sought to end for good a stalled secret probe into Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and allied groups.

In the appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Wisconsin Club for Growth and its director, Eric O'Keefe, sought to overturn a September decision by the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, which threw out the conservatives' lawsuit and told them to pursue their claims through ongoing cases in state court.

A state judge has already put their case on hold while the Wisconsin Supreme Court considers those cases.

In the federal appeal, attorneys for the club and O'Keefe said their clients are the targets of a political vendetta by prosecutors. Their lawsuit represents a chance for the U.S. Supreme Court to shed new light on the intersection of free speech and campaign regulation, they said.