We have reported before on the upcoming Supreme Court race (primary on February 16th) especially in terms of the Walker flunky - Rebecca Bradley. Bradley, who was not even a judge before 2010, has been on the fast track of getting appointed to new positions by Scott Walker. While Ms. Bradley likes to tell people she is an independent, her works speak louder than her words, and we all know that to be complete bull.
Most people who care about the law, and are not bitter partisans, would be disgusted by this blatant show of partisanship by a Judge. However there is one prominent person that has supported Ms. Bradley through the years - Joe Donald(her primary opponent).
Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Joe Donald, one of two candidates vying to unseat Justice Rebecca Bradley on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, endorsed Bradley's 2013 campaign to remain on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court and served as a reference for her application to the 1st District Court of Appeals in 2015.
So why would an "impartial" Judge give glowing recommendation to a bitterly partisan Judge who has not earned her own stripes and is just there to do Scott Walker's bidding?
The answer from the campaign is probably the worst possible answer they can give:
"Joe usually, unless he has a serious problem with the person, usually supports the incumbents. Left, right, doesn’t matter," Suchorski said. "That was primarily it: as a fellow incumbent judge, he supported her."
Let's look at that again and really let it sink in:
"Joe usually, unless he has a serious problem with the person, usually supports the incumbents. Left, right, doesn’t matter," Suchorski said. "That was primarily it: as a fellow incumbent judge, he supported her."
The Donald campaign is telling us that Judge Donald's word means absolutely nothing. That Judge Donald has decided if you have the job of Judge you might as well have it forever and it does not matter how qualified you are (or are not), Judge Donald will write you a recommendation.
Many positions rely on recommendations in hiring qualified people. If you recommend people who you feel are not qualified you are doing a great disservice to the people who are being recommended, the people looking to hire and your own reputation?
According to Donald's campaign manager, Mr. Donald does not care about any of the above issues and will just give anyone a standard recommendation that asks.
How does that laziness, and lack of effort translate into how he will research a tough issue and rule on it according to the law?
That is up to you to decide, but in my mind it is very troubling.
That is why I support Judge Kloppenburg to be our next Supreme Court Justice!!!
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