tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post3979331178894711173..comments2023-11-03T06:35:48.003-05:00Comments on Shark and Shepherd: What Started the Argument - A CorrectionRick Esenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280070509167910367noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-83990659916035827192013-01-11T17:13:51.172-06:002013-01-11T17:13:51.172-06:00Clearly this problem could be avoided by folding t...Clearly this problem could be avoided by folding the Supreme Court under and into whichever remaining branch of government is controlled by the Fitz Bros. and the WisGOP.Bryanyvhbhttp://www.plurk.com/p/hdt2x7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-58402898300732043502011-09-06T09:34:11.436-05:002011-09-06T09:34:11.436-05:00Hardly. Wisconsin Supreme Court justices, other t...Hardly. Wisconsin Supreme Court justices, other than the chief, who makes slightly more, make $144,495 a year. Starting associates in Foley & Lardner's Chicago office make $160,000 a year. Who would put up with the character assassination candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court have to put up with, to make less than a starting associate at Wisconsin's largest law firm? No wonder the membership of the court is what it is today. Making service on the Wisconsin Supreme Court appointive rather than elective would be a good idea. Either that, or pay them more -- or both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-19628079727267298962011-09-03T11:49:01.299-05:002011-09-03T11:49:01.299-05:00What does this say about Wisconsin's legal com...What does this say about Wisconsin's legal community if these are the best and brightest representatives that can be found to serve on the court?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-39866399902764301012011-08-31T12:29:41.872-05:002011-08-31T12:29:41.872-05:00Clearly this problem could be avoided by folding t...Clearly this problem could be avoided by folding the Supreme Court under and into whichever remaining branch of government is controlled by the Fitz Bros. and the WisGOP.Display Namehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15842340986220388709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-45578065830408117362011-08-31T09:17:03.022-05:002011-08-31T09:17:03.022-05:00The Abrahamson court has been a disgrace.The Abrahamson court has been a disgrace.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-78510466923713956382011-08-30T12:41:49.536-05:002011-08-30T12:41:49.536-05:00It's more important for a Court to weigh in on...It's more important for a Court to weigh in on an important issue even if it causes a fight among the Justices...it's better that they fight and not the people in the street.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20692053.post-58542702994969979262011-08-30T12:03:11.936-05:002011-08-30T12:03:11.936-05:00in addition to submissions to the Court (which the...<i>in addition to submissions to the Court (which the critics ignore), public statements by certain legislators</i><br /><br />You obviously haven't listened to the Prosser interrogation. Here's how he lays it out:<br /><br />- Roggensack circulates a draft order "by Friday" the 10th. In conference, the justices agree to release an order on the 13th.<br /><br />- Prosser believes the reasoning needs to be fleshed out and decides to write a concurrence, which he does over the weekend. He claims to have sent an e-mail - which the libruls deny - and anyway "anyone with a brain" should have known he was doing it.<br /><br />- On the 13th, Abrahamson claims to have been blindsided by the Prosser concurrence and says the minority needs more time to respond. She refuses to sign off on a press release announcing the decision the next day and says the dissent may not be ready until the 15th. <br /><br />- "Completely separately" from the discussion and agreement on when to release a decision, Jeff Fitzgerald announces the vote will be held on the 14th. This, Prosser says, "puts the court in an <a href="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2011/03/paddling.jpg" rel="nofollow">awkward position</a>."gnarlytrombonenoreply@blogger.com