I just read an article in the Wisconsin State Journal that is titled "Justice Prosser says investigation of him violates his rights." Part of the article reads:
State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser said Monday that the Wisconsin Judicial Commission's investigation into his alleged ethical violations is itself a violation of his constitutional rights, according to a court filing.So, wait... let me get this straight. He acknowledges that he put his hands around Bradley's neck (AKA choked her), and admits to calling Abrahamson a "total bitch", but when the Wisconsin Judicial Commission decides to investigate these incidents, which he admitted to, then his rights are being violated?! What kind of world does he think we live in?Prosser, the subject of an ethics complaint filed in March with the Supreme Court, said in his response to the complaint Monday that the commission "may not investigate or prosecute protected speech, advocacy and etiquette of Wisconsin Supreme Court justices when they are deliberating in confidential closed conferences."
The three alleged ethics violations stem from a June 13 incident in which Prosser acknowledges putting his hands around the neck of Justice Ann Walsh Bradley "to protect himself" and a February 2010 incident in which he admits calling Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson "a total bitch."
Oh, yeah, we live in Fitzwalkerstan, where I was given a ticket for holding a protest sign in a public area on the first floor of our Capitol building. Our state has become a place where Prosser thinks he can admit to doing something that he could quite possibly be convicted of, and then claim that his rights are being violated when he's investigated for it.... yet I do something that is actually protected by both the US and Wisconsin constitutions and I get a ticket for it, which is clearly a violation of my rights.
Does anybody else in Wisconsin ever feel like they're going crazy after hearing shit like this? Because I sure do...