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hue

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Thu Feb 14, 2013, 07:13 AM Feb 2013

Disorder in the Wisconsin Supreme Court - Justice Ann Walsh Bradley Grants Recusal

http://www.politiscoop.com/wisconsin-politics/state-news/wisconsin-supreme-court/item/1445-disorder-in-the-wisconsin-supreme-court-justice-ann-walsh-bradley-grants-recusal.html

Madison – Today, Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley accused fellow Justice David Prosser of a "history of abusive behavior". The behaviors were so astringent that she and the chief justice had to lock themselves in their offices while they worked afterhours -- out of fear for their safety.

In June 2011, Politiscoop reported that Supreme Court Justice David Prosser allegedly put both his hands around the throat of fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley in an argument in her chambers. That infamous act rocked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to its foundation-the revelations of a workplace bully sitting on the bench of the state’s highest court sent shockwaves across Wisconsin.

Prosser’s abusive temperament and childlike behaviors have made headlines previous to the Ann Walsh Bradley choke-hold. In March 2011, we reported again about Prosser’s temper.

The anger of one conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice boiled over last year when he called a fellow justice a "bitch" and threatened to "destroy" her, according to a published report.

Justice David Prosser reportedly made the comments to Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson following a February 2010 debate over whether another justice should have been forced off criminal cases.

"In the context of this, I said, 'You are a total bitch,'" Prosser admitted to the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel last week....
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Disorder in the Wisconsin Supreme Court - Justice Ann Walsh Bradley Grants Recusal (Original Post) hue Feb 2013 OP
Less than a week from the primary for WI SC Justice, Roggensack ads HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #1
If the other justices were lying about it not happening LiberalFighter Feb 2013 #2

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
1. Less than a week from the primary for WI SC Justice, Roggensack ads
Thu Feb 14, 2013, 07:59 AM
Feb 2013

are the only ones I've seen. Are the other 2 candidates running ads in any media?

LiberalFighter

(50,950 posts)
2. If the other justices were lying about it not happening
Thu Feb 14, 2013, 08:24 AM
Feb 2013

Can they be trusted to be impartial in making decisions?

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