Unlawful charade: Member of secret panel studying removal of Justice Protasiewicz supported her rival
One of the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tapped to investigate impeaching newly elected Justice Janet Protasiewicz for taking Democratic Party money accepted donations from the state Republican Party when he was on the court. The former justice, Republican David Prosser, gave $500 to the conservative candidate who lost to Judge Protasiewicz, did not recuse from cases involving a law he helped pass as a lawmaker, and was investigated after a physical altercation with a liberal justice. Prosser is one of three former justices tapped by the Republican Assembly speaker to investigate the criteria for taking the unprecedented step...
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