U.S. Supreme Court rejects Wisconsin John Doe case

[midnight]

"The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Wisconsin's John Doe case investigating coordination between Gov. Scott Walker's recall campaign and conservative groups that supported him.

The state Supreme Court shut down the probe last summer in a 4-2 ruling. The state court said outlawing such coordination is "unconstitutionally overbroad and vague under the First Amendment."

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne and Iowa County District Attorney Larry Nelson asked the U.S. Supreme Court in April to review that decision.

The prosecutors argued, in part, that some of the justices who ruled in favor of shutting down the probe should have recused themselves since they had received donations from the groups being investigated."

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[rurallib]

1. crap!

That was corruption with a capital C

[HelenWheels]

2. Not surprised

If they took this case it just might bring Citizens' United into question.

[dragonlady]

3. Kudos to the prosecutors for going all the way despite the odds

The Supreme Court gets thousand of appeals every year and takes only about 1% of them, so it was a long shot .