Tag: courts

  • Walker’s Supreme Court Pick: Affirmative Action as Bad as Slavery

    Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, a past and possibly future GOP presidential contender, has just tossed a dripping hunk of red meat to his party’s conservative base by appointing to the state Supreme Court a lawyer who believes affirmative action is as morally reprehensible as slavery and that allowing same-sex couples to wed “will eventually rob the institution of marriage of any discernible meaning.” More>>

  • “Nobody here but us nonpartisans”

    ?Three candidates are vying for one Supreme Court seat this spring. Although all three insist they’re nonpartisan, they each have strong partistan ties. More>>