Wisconsin Republicans this week filed a complaint this week with the state Judicial Commission over state Supreme Court justice candidate and current Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz over her campaign statements calling the state’s Republican-drawn legislative maps rigged (of course they fucking are) and criticizing last year’s Dobbs abortion ruling, WUWM reports.
The race is officially non-partisan but you don’t need to look past Protasiewicz’s statements or that her potential opponent, Waukesha County Judge Jennifer Dorow, and her husband have applied to open an indoor gun range that serves alcohol to see where the two sides are at. There’s a four-way primary on February 21st, followed by a general election on April 4th, and Dorow and Protasiewicz are considered the favorites to advance to a contest which could tip the court’s current 4-3 conservative majority, hence why the GOP are trying to derail Protasiewicz now.
Problem with the complaint is that there’s no violation on Protasiewicz’s part, according to legal experts in the state, as the only proscription on campaign statements for judicial candidates is against making specific pledges. Merely stating her beliefs falls short of that, but obviously that isn’t going to stop the shitweasels from creating the appearance of impropriety by making the complaint to the Judicial Commission and then just calling the process “rigged” after it gets tossed.