Judge strikes a blow to non-partisan judicial elections

A federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled that judges should be allowed to join political parties and solicit campaign donations from special interest groups.

The decision might accelerate the state’s trend toward nasty, special-interest fueled, nonpartisan-in-name-only judicial campaigns, said Mike McCabe, of the
Wisconsin Democracy Campaign.

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Could this lead to the further politicalization of our judicial branch in WI?