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"State high court's output low, so far, in a complex year"

"State high court's output low, so far, in a complex year": The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today contains an article that begins, "By this time in an ordinary year, the Wisconsin Supreme Court would have released about 20 of the approximately 90 rulings it makes during its September-to-July term. But this is no ordinary year. While one newly elected justice has been embroiled in an ethics investigation and another justice is mired in a contentious campaign for his seat, the court's output has fallen. The current session has yielded only 10 case rulings, less than half the 20.5-ruling average of the previous four years through the end of February. Its rate of dealing with lawyer discipline matters has dropped off, too. For the court, it's a sensitive question whether its uneasy place in the midst of highly partisan debate has held back the pace of justice - historically a point of pride."

Full post as published by How Appealing on February 26, 2008 (boomark / email).