Supreme Court Won’t Block Probe of Scott Walker’s Recall Campaign

[Purveyor]

Source: Bloomberg

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to end a state investigation into Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s 2012 recall campaign, rejecting an appeal from a conservative group that says its constitutional rights are being violated.

The rebuff leaves the future of the investigation in the hands of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is considering a separate bid to stop the probe. The criminal investigation, on hold during the court fight, might complicate Walker’s potential campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

A court-appointed special prosecutor, Francis Schmitz, is tasked with investigating whether Walker and his operatives violated state campaign-finance laws by coordinating their efforts with Club for Growth, an advocacy group.

The Wisconsin chapter of Club for Growth and its director, Eric O’Keefe, are fighting subpoenas they received from Schmitz seeking financial records. The group and O’Keefe sued in federal court to block the probe, and a federal trial judge said the First Amendment bars the state from trying to learn whether the organization coordinated with the Walker campaign.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-05-18/u-s-high-court-won-t-block-probe-of-walker-s-recall-campaign

[cosmicone]

1. The clown-bus could use a clown in a striped suit n/t

[rurallib]

9. He could have a name like "Big Jail Bird"

[Faux pas]

2. ki ki ki kickin'!

[CharlotteVale]

3. K&R

[MBS]

4. great, except for this:

The rebuff leaves the future of the investigation in the hands of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is considering a separate bid to stop the probe.

Given the current composition of the WI supreme court, this is not necessarily a reassurance.
But, still, yeah, great that at least the SCOTUS won't play. ..

[okaawhatever]

10. Hopefully they will be scared of doing something blatanly partisan since the US SCOTUS has

spoken on the matter.

[dragonlady]

13. It hasn't stopped them yet

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Caperton case that judges should recuse themselves in a case involving someone who gave them a significant campaign donation. The four conservatives on the Wisconsin Supreme Court subscribe to their own rule, that they can make up their own minds about whether they can judge fairly. Surprisingly, all believe they can (despite hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions).

[Scuba]

16. You must not know much about the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

[Hoppy]

5. Get that piece of shit. So far, not a bad S.C. decision day.

[red dog 1]

6. Scott Walker is a union-busting, right-wing whack-job

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and the Wisconsin Supreme Court will probably rule in his favor on this.

However, the fact that SCOTUS refused to end the state investigation is good news.

K&R, thanks for posting.

[Angry Dragon]

8. +2,243

[Fred Sanders]

7. "Walker Cash" corruption, actual, provable corruption, pales in scale and consequence to "Clinton Cash"

make believe perceptions of corruption.

Corruption, what is it good for? Maybe folks have had enough of this political and business and media corruption.

[Duval]

11. K&R nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. What a great mental image!

In one cage, Chris Christie, and next to him, Scott Walker. And across the prison walkway, Marco Rubio (if his misuse of funds turns out to be fact).

now, a real delight would be putting Cheney, Yoo, and all those aides who conspired to invade Iraq and conspired to torture innocents in the same jail system.

be still my heart.

[bobthedrummer]

14. Scott Walker John Doe Documents (The Center for Media and Democracy/SourceWatch page)

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Scott_Walker_John_Doe_Documents

There is a Good Reads thread about this too.

Walker ich nicht mein Gauleiter!!

K&R

[turbinetree]

15. Now that this right wing court

said NO.

The citizens of Wisconsin should be in the streets today, tomorrow, and the next, demanding answers, they have a right to this information, to know if there government is corrupt---bottom line