Conservatives On Wisconsin Supreme Court Let Corporate Lobbyists Write Judicial Ethics Rules...

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...from Think Progress http://thinkprogress.org/2011/03/23/david-prosser-loves-lobbyists/

Wisconsin elects its Supreme Court justices, but the court’s four conservative justices –including Gov. Scott Walker’s embattled ally Justice David Prosser — all voted to reject an ethics rule that would have prevented them from hearing cases involving their major campaign donors. Instead, the conservative justices enacted a rule written by powerful corporate lobbyists:


Those justices, including Justice David Prosser, who is running for re-election April 5, voted 4-3 against proposed rules ...

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1. The slippery slope has turned into a cliff edge