Wis. court won’t take up justice’s non-recusal
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Supreme Court won’t hold a hearing on whether Justice Michael Gableman properly refused to recuse himself from a livestock facility siting case.
Attorneys in the case asked Gableman in January to recuse himself. They pointed out lawyers from the Michael, Best & Friedrich law firm were involved in the case and firm attorneys had defended Gableman for free in a campaign ethics case, raising questions of impropriety.
Gableman, a member of the court’s four-justice conservative majority, refused to step down. The attorneys asked the court to hold a hearing. The three remaining conservative justices refused on Thursday, saying Gableman explained he could be impartial.
The remaining three judges dissented, creating a 3-3 tie. The hearing request needed four votes to proceed.
Jul 6, 2012 at 10:14 a.m.
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Too funny Panama! As if the liberal justices are any better......Abrahamson has accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from the unions--care to guess which way she voted on the union legislation that she failed to recuse herself from? It was the best justice that the unions could buy. Fortunately, for the taxpayers of the Wisconsin, it wasn't enough to get the job done....:)
Jul 6, 2012 at 10 a.m.
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Gableman has already proved that he can NOT be impartial based on his past performance. Talk is cheap, especially from the conservative Justices.
Jul 6, 2012 at 8:02 a.m.
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The best justice WMC can buy!
Jul 5, 2012 at 10:34 p.m.
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Wonder how many decisions are 4-3, with the same 4 and the same 3 justices. Nothing like an independently minded court to respect the intent of the constitutional framers. Despite how you feel about the healthcare bill, You have to admire Justice Roberts stepping out of the political box.
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