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riversedge

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Thu Aug 6, 2015, 10:38 AM Aug 2015

Why Prosecutor Should Appeal Scott Walkdr -John Doe Case

Well, needless to say, I certainly hope they take it all the way to the USSC.

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Op-Ed
Why Prosecutor Should Appeal John Doe Case


State Supreme Court had huge conflict, Schmitz should appeal to U.S. Supreme Court.

By Matthew Rothschild - Aug 5th, 2015 10:44 am


Special prosecutor Francis Schmitz has an obligation to appeal the decision by the Wisconsin State Supreme Court to dismiss the John Doe investigation. That decision legalized coordination between candidates and outside groups so long as those groups don’t say “Vote For” or “Vote Against” a certain candidate.

Schmitz was investigating alleged coordination between Scott Walker and several outside groups during the recall elections in 2011 and 2012, but the Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered him to close that investigation.

Schmitz has two solid grounds for appealing that order to the U.S. Supreme Court.

The first is that the conservative justices who ruled against him, 4-2, were biased and should have recused themselves.

The second is that those justices misread the U.S. Supreme Court precedents on campaign finance law and the First Amendment............more details........

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Why Prosecutor Should Appeal Scott Walkdr -John Doe Case (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2015 OP
It would be difficult to overstate how corrupt the right-wing majority on our Supreme Court is. Scuba Aug 2015 #1
Its a given that if someone DOES describe it a word salad rebuttal will tossed & ready to go! hue Aug 2015 #2
The special prosecutor should appeal Gothmog Aug 2015 #3
Is there any chance of this actually happening? Still In Wisconsin Aug 2015 #4

hue

(4,949 posts)
2. Its a given that if someone DOES describe it a word salad rebuttal will tossed & ready to go!
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 12:06 PM
Aug 2015

It seems the word salads are aptly digested by the RW sheeple.

 

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)
4. Is there any chance of this actually happening?
Thu Aug 6, 2015, 06:59 PM
Aug 2015

I'm wondering if someone who knows more about law than me (which doesn't take much) could shed some light.

Thanks!

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