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By Charles P. Pierce on October 20, 2014
Out on the banks of the shining Menomonee, and elsewhere in The Good Land, it seems that Scott Walker, the goggle-eyed homunculus hired by Koch Industries to manage their midwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Wisconsin, and the entities allied with his campaign, is sparing no effort to keep his job, and to keep the tiny flame of his national aspirations a'burning. Walker being Walker, this means cheap ploys and gamey stratagems that you can smell across the lake in Muskegon. For example, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel got interested in the circumstances by which all the lawsuits aimed at levelling the playing field keep ending up in front of Rudolph Randa, a U.S. District Judge with views on corporate influence in elections that would have caused Fighting Bob LaFollette's pompadour to ignite spontaneously. At issue are state laws forbidding coordination between outside groups and the formal campaigns of people who are running for office. This also is the very point at issue in the latest John Doe investigation into how Scott Walker conducts himself in office, which is not very well, at least if you're not Scott Walker.
The J-S found that the groups supporting Walker -- and, therefore, his campaign-- are finagling the process so that their cases end up being heard by Randa's friendly ears. The result, according to the J-S, is something out of Joseph Heller.
You read that last sentence correctly. Randa gets to decide whether or not Randa hears the case. The law is an ass, and not a particularly bright one, either. It gets better, too.
Which is, of course, the point. Now, under ordinary circumstances not involving republics made of bananas, since it is public officials currently investigating Walker on these very issues that the front group is suing, the state's attorney general would take up the case for the defendants. In Wisconsin, under Scott Walker? Not so much.
Captain Louis Renaud, please call your office.
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