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Wisconsin Judiciary: Part II What does $5 million get you?

By Steve Lombardi

This morning we reported on Wisconsin's Supreme Court Chief Justice and her war chest of over a million dollars. Here is a snippet of what was in the earlier post.

By taking money from lawyers, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Chief Justice creates the appearance of being improperly influence. This post isn’t about actual corruption but the appearance of impropriety within the judicial system in America. Wisconsin elects its court judges. Real elections with real campaign war chests filled with dollars from contributors.

What would you think about a Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court accepting $11,500 from lawyers with pending medical malpractice cases on review in the court? If you were the doctors and hospitals or Plaintiffs and the donating lawyers were on the opposing side, would that make you uncomfortable or suspect that justice may be tainted? I’ve heard it said that justice is blind but this is unbelievably blind.

The entire campaign for her reelection will raise over $1,000,000.00.

In this instance the Chief Justice is Shirley Abrahamson who accepts donations from lawyers with pending cases but not actual plaintiffs. Not actual plaintiffs? What about litigants such as insurance companies and hospitals? Do you accept donations from them or are injured people simply the problem? Because if it’s just people that are injured that she has a problem with then I’ve got some serious questions about how justice is being dispensed in Wisconsin.

We wondered what those ads might look like. Would they be a mud slinging gun toting all out war of words and accusations like those we see for President of the United States; or more subdued.

As we said this morning, you be the Judge! And ask yourself if this is what justice is all about.

Mike Gableman running for the Wisconsin State Supreme Court - a $5 million contest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NutQC8dTsVc

Here it right from Mike Gableman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL79O-h1VjM

Court Watch is in session - Nothing is off limits, not even stretching the truth about your opponent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmcLM5u4Fh8

Tomorrow I'll have part III of this short series on the politics of judicial elections.

Originally posted at InjuryBoard by Steve Lombardi

Full post as published by Des Moines Personal Injury Lawyer on February 16, 2009 (boomark / email).