February 19, 2008
The Wisconsin Judicial Integrity Campaign Committee (WJCIC), a “nonpartisan” panel designed to judge the ethical conduct of candidates and organizations for Wisconsin’s upcoming Supreme Court race has made false and misleading statements to the media, coordinated partisan attacks to silence critics, and even recommended strategies for Louis Butler’s campaign.
E-mails obtained through an open records request by Wisconsin Club for Growth demonstrate that the clandestine attempt to railroad the campaign of Judge Mike Gableman does not match the “nonpartisan” rhetoric espoused the committee’s chair, Tom Basting, President of the State Bar of Wisconsin in an recent interview with WisPolitics.com.
Read the emails here:
Gableman Pledge - 1/4 - 1/9/08
Gableman Response - WJCIC Rebuke 12/18/07
Member Complaint Letter
New Member Search 1/23 - 1/28/08
Own Complaint 12/12/07
WMC Video - Schmitz Meeting 1/11 - 1/21/08
Read a transcript of the interview here