Circuit Court Judge Gregory Gill, Jr.’s recent electoral victory for a seat on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals demonstrates why enacting basic court reforms in the state remains an elusive task.
I totally agree. Judge Eric Lundell of Hudson Wisconsin was picked up drunk ,left a accident site,was under sexual misconduct investigation which led to him getting a sweetheart deal of take retirement and no prosecution. Makes me sick.
When it comes to judicial elections, I really don't want to vote for the "liberal" candidate any more than I want to vote for the "conservative" candidate (nor the one with Democratic funding nor the one with Republican funding). I want candidates well versed in the law who are NOT on record that X precedent must up upheld no matter what, or Y precedent must be over-ruled. I want judicial candidates who can honestly say they are going to read the briefs, listen to the oral arguments, and then decide each case on the merits. Brian Haggedorn probably won because his opponent went to far out on a limb chattering about how anti-gay he allegedly was. That's not a fit argument for a judicial election. The constitution is not pro- or anti- anyone's political agenda. In an adversary system, the contending parties want what they want, but the job of appellate judges is to examine if there is any constitutional basis to rule in their favor. And then there was the recent Milwaukee County judicial election between the Scott Walker carpetbagger, the LGBTQ carpetbagger, both of whom should have been disqualified, and the mild-mannered candidate who got squeezed out in the primary who might have been a really good judge.
I totally agree. Judge Eric Lundell of Hudson Wisconsin was picked up drunk ,left a accident site,was under sexual misconduct investigation which led to him getting a sweetheart deal of take retirement and no prosecution. Makes me sick.
When it comes to judicial elections, I really don't want to vote for the "liberal" candidate any more than I want to vote for the "conservative" candidate (nor the one with Democratic funding nor the one with Republican funding). I want candidates well versed in the law who are NOT on record that X precedent must up upheld no matter what, or Y precedent must be over-ruled. I want judicial candidates who can honestly say they are going to read the briefs, listen to the oral arguments, and then decide each case on the merits. Brian Haggedorn probably won because his opponent went to far out on a limb chattering about how anti-gay he allegedly was. That's not a fit argument for a judicial election. The constitution is not pro- or anti- anyone's political agenda. In an adversary system, the contending parties want what they want, but the job of appellate judges is to examine if there is any constitutional basis to rule in their favor. And then there was the recent Milwaukee County judicial election between the Scott Walker carpetbagger, the LGBTQ carpetbagger, both of whom should have been disqualified, and the mild-mannered candidate who got squeezed out in the primary who might have been a really good judge.