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WI court in 3-3 gridlock in criminal cases over a recusal

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Monroe Freedman in "Judicial Electioneering" writes of the Wisconsin Supreme Court gridlock in State v. Allen, 2010 WI 10 (February 11, 2010) where the court splits 3-3 on the disqualification of Justice Gableman in criminal cases because of the distasteful (not "disciplinable," also a 3-3 vote) ads he ran to unseat Justice Butler. See the First Amendment Center and State Journal. The ad is on factcheck.org. I've seen the ads. Despicable is a better word, and Gablemqn isn't worthy of having the first name "Judge" if he has to lie about his opponent to get elected. I wonder how judicial clowns like him get to sleep at night. A great habeas issue if a criminal case is affirmed 3-3, I'd say.

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on July 05, 2010 (boomark / email).