Pro-Walker '19 WI Supreme Court race may be taking shape
Stung by the April, 2018 blue wave swamping of Michael Screnock's WI Supreme Court bid, far-right Walker bellhops might be organizing their run now against Justice Shirley Abrahamson, dean of the high court.
There was this trial balloon:
No doubt Walker and the Right would feel better with a 5-2 State Supreme Court majority, rather than the tenuous 4-3 cushion it has now, so who better to add a stronger thumb on the scale for Walker than his former in-house counsel?
There was this trial balloon:
Brian Hagedorn, former chief legal counsel to Scott Walker, considering Supreme Court runAnd Hagedorn, a Walker appointee to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals branch in Waukesha, steered lawyers and judges to GOP WI AG Brad Schimel's recent right-wing and subsidized Federalist Society shenanigan, exposed here:
15 JUDGES OBJECT TO STATE FUNDS FOR FEDERALIST SOCIETY CONFERENCE WHERE WI AG BRAD SCHIMEL PLUGGED CAMPAIGN, PRAISED HATE GROUP
The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy, a right-wing legal association which has been helping Republican presidents and politicians pack the courts, held its “Inaugural Wisconsin Chapters Conference” amid controversy at the Monona Terrace in Madison on May 4, 2018...
But on April 25, 2018, State Appeals Court Judge Brian Hagedorn sent out an email to judges encouraging them to attend the Federalist Society conference. The email indicated that mileage and meals would be reimbursed by the state and that two judicial education credits would be awarded for attendance. The program also indicated that continuing legal education credits would also be awarded to lawyers who attended.
No doubt Walker and the Right would feel better with a 5-2 State Supreme Court majority, rather than the tenuous 4-3 cushion it has now, so who better to add a stronger thumb on the scale for Walker than his former in-house counsel?
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