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03/27/2008

News Roundup

Since State Bar of Wisconsin President Tom Basting announced the formation of the Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee, the WJCIC has been in the news alot. Below we have rounded up some of the coverage.

Justice at Stake: Special Interests Continue Dominance of Airwaves
Brennan Center for Justice: Special Interests Dominate: Wisconsin Airwaves in High Court Race
Full Annenberg Report
:  First installment of our Court Watch series: Misleading voters about corruption, rape and murder in a battle to oust a Wisconsin justice.
Part Two, Full Annenberg Report:  White Challenger Launches Willie Horton-Style Hit, While A Business Group Twists The “Letter From The Grave” Case
Court Watch: Wisconsin Edition (Video)
Factcheck.org (Annenberg Political Fact Check), March 13, 2008

Updated: July 2, 2008

03/26/2008

WEAC Ad Fails to Adequately Inform Voters

By THOMAS SOLBERG

The Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee (WJCIC) finds that a new ad produced by the Wisconsin Education Association Council PAC does not inform voters about all relevant facts concerning two criminal defendants sentenced by Judge Michael Gableman.  The ad continues an unfortunate trend on both sides of the current Supreme Court campaign of politicizing and oversimplifying complex legal cases.

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03/26/2008

WMC Continues Campaign to Mislead Voters

By THOMAS SOLBERG

The Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee (WJCIC) finds that a new issue ad produced by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce deceives voters regarding two cases recently decided by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  The ad misleads voters about key opinions in these cases and adds nothing constructive to the current campaign for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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03/21/2008

WJCIC: New WMC TV Ad Deceives Public

By THOMAS SOLBERG

The Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee (WJCIC) finds that a new ad produced by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce is a deceptive attack upon Wisconsin’s tradition of fair and impartial courts. The ad makes deceptive statements regarding Constitutional principles and adds nothing to the public understanding of the issues in this campaign.

03/17/2008

WJCIC Finds Gableman Campaign TV Ad Offensive and Misleading

By THOMAS SOLBERG

The Wisconsin Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee (WJCIC) has reviewed a television advertisement from the campaign of Judge Michael Gableman regarding a criminal case Justice Louis Butler was involved in decades ago in his role as a Public Defender. The committee finds this ad to be both highly offensive and deliberately misleading and urges Judge Gableman to take it off the air.