Wisconsin: Democratic lawmaker calls for ethics probe of Justice Gableman

[Scuba]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/democratic-lawmaker-calls-for-ethics-probe-of-justice-gableman-gg3fkqt-135761928.html


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Madison - A Democratic lawmaker is calling for an ethics investigation into conservative Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman.

Rep. Gary Hebl of Sun Prairie called for the investigation after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported Friday that Gableman received free legal service worth thousands of dollars from one of Wisconsin's largest law firms as it defended him against an ethics charge.

The state's ethics code says state officials cannot receive anything of value for free because of their position. And a separate ethics code specifically for judges says they cannot accept gifts from anyone who is likely to appear before them.

Hebl called for the Government Accountability Board, Wisconsin Judicial Commission and State Bar of Wisconsin to look into the matter. Spokesmen for those three groups either had no comment or could not be reached for comment late Friday.

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Gableman won his seat on the State Supreme Court through a campaign of self-acknowledged lies.

[Jackpine Radical]

1. An ethics probe of Gableman? Absolutely futile.

He has no ethics to probe.

[Scuba]

2. Stop it. My sides hurt from laughing. n /t

[Ed Suspicious]

3. I think they're probing FOR ethics. Kind of like a pre-mining survey to see if there's some sort of

ethical raw material in the deepest recesses of his cold, dark, cavernous void of a soul.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. Still futile.

And people could get lost in that void.