WisEye Morning Minute: Wisconsin Judicial Commission Appointments

As reported by WisPolitics.com, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee grilled three nominees to the Wisconsin Judicial Commission on when Supreme Court justices should recuse themselves amid GOP complaints about liberal Janet Protasiewicz past statements on redistricting. Attorney Janet Jenkins, retained by the Judicial Commission for investigative purposes in the past, argued much of what judicial candidates say on the campaign trail is constitutionally protected. Sen. Eric Wimberger (R-Green Bay) questioned where commissioners would draw the line between when judges and justices are stating their opinions and when they are saying how they would decide cases.
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