Wife of Judge that Killed Walker Investigation is a Frequent Walker Contributor

[deminks]

http://uppitywis.org/blogarticle/wife-judge-killed-walker-investigation-frequent-walker-contribut

Last week, in a move that even Republicans have called shocking, U.S. Federal District Court Judge Rudy Randa put the kibosh on a John Doe investigation looking into whether Governor Walker's campaign used a scheme of coordination with third party advocacy groups as a way to funnel millions of illegal corporate money into his recall campaign.

It's no secret that Randa is a conservative, but it turns out that he's also married to one of Walker's frequent contributors: Melinda Randa has given to Walker four times in the last four years.
According to the American Bar Association's Key Issues in Judicial Ethics: Political Activities by a Judge's Family, political contributions by a spouse are frowned-upon because there is an "inevitable public belief" that overt political actions "would or must implicate the fundamental thinking of the judge." However, because everyone is entitled to their free speech rights, a judge's spouse isn't bound to the same rules shunning political activity:

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The ABA does, however, say that a judge's spouse can't use the joint checking account to make a contribution to a campaign:

A judge who is prohibited from making political contributions should ensure that the judge’s spouse does not use the couple’s joint funds to make a contribution to a political campaign.

It is unknown at this time what steps, if any, Melinda Randa took to build a firewall between her political donations and her husband.

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[Blue Owl]

1. What are the odds of that?

[okaawhatever]

2. K & R nt

[leftyohiolib]

3. anyone know what's next with this?

[deminks]

4. Prosecutors have filed another stay

http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/62aeaa7924d5426b8474a9c7bfb40664/WI--Wisconsin-Governor-Investigation

MADISON, Wisconsin — Prosecutors asked a federal appeals court on Thursday to allow an investigation into Republican Gov. Scott Walker and other conservative groups to proceed while they appeal an order that halted the probe.

Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and special prosecutor Francis Schmitz filed separate motions Wednesday and Thursday making the request with the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. They are seeking a stay in last week's ruling by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa that temporarily stopped the investigation focused on possible illegal campaign coordination between various campaigns, including Walker's, and conservative groups.

[leftyohiolib]

5. thanks

Deadlines for attorneys to file briefs in that case stretch through the end of July, and a final decision may not come until after the November election

[uponit7771]

6. Holder will push a federal investigation into judge and Walker then...

... hell will freeze over, George Bush will be come smart and republicans will lover America more than they hate Obama...

/sarcasm

IE nothing, I hate Holders silence on these issues... if a reThug was in Holders position there would be a glut of investigations and presecutions

[leftyohiolib]

7. that's the problem with dems as a whole they dont want to fight or argue or

investigate they just want to move forward

[uponit7771]

8. Yes without considering the effects on the country as a whole. Letting these guys get away with this

... type of stuff spreads