WI Supreme Court Fires Scott Walker Prosecutor to Stave-Off SCOTUS Review

http://www.prwatch.org/news/2015/12/12986/Walker-JohnDoe-WisconsinSupremeCourt

"The Court rewriting its decision and firing Schmitz might be viewed not only as the majority protecting their biggest financial supporters and Scott Walker, but also as an effort to protect themselves.

That's because the Court's four-justice majority was elected to the bench with at least $10 million in spending from precisely the same groups accused of coordinating with Walker, and precisely the same groups that were under investigation in the John Doe--namely, Wisconsin Club for Growth and Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.

By rescinding Schmitz' appointment as Special Prosecutor, it makes it much harder for him to challenge the justices' conflicts-of-interest before the U.S. Supreme Court."



"The Wisconsin Supreme Court's majority might have reason to be scared about the prospects of a U.S. Supreme Court appeal. In the 2009 Caperton v. Massey decision, the nation's highest Court held that constitutional Due Process requires that judges recuse themselves in cases like this one."

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