Well, we made The Wall Street Journal, and again, it’s on the editorial page regarding the recent SCOW race.
As you may recall, the WSJ covered this race in an earlier editorial, blogged here.
Governor Jim Doyle called the result of Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court election “a tragedy.” It’s surprising to hear how little he thinks of his constituents, who had the sense to depose one of the court’s ultra-liberal justices and in the process helped toughen the standards for judicial accountability.
The election was a referendum on Louis Butler and the high court’s sharp political turn. Justice Butler was appointed by Governor Doyle, a Democrat, to fill a vacancy in 2004. This gave liberals a majority and Justice Butler proceeded to indulge the legal theories of the tort bar and activist left, for instance laying waste to Wisconsin’s medical malpractice laws and endorsing a “risk contribution” liability standard for lead paint that made the question of guilt or innocence irrelevant.
Note to WSJ editorial writers. We know how little he thinks of us. That’s why I call him “Pol Pot” Doyle. He’s on a mission to de-populate the state by taxing everyone into oblivion.
Anyway, it’s always nice to make the WSJ for a good reason…like the defeat of Loophole Louis Butler.
