Mostly True. Half True. Mostly False. Pants on Fire. David Prosser stated on March 21, in statement during a candidate forum:. Load more. Greater Wisconsin Committee stated on March 30, in a television ad:. In , he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly , where he served as a representative for 18 years.
He was in this position when he was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in Prosser ran for re-election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in He received He then defeated JoAnne Kloppenburg in the general election on April 5, Later, Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus revealed that, due to human error, she had failed to include 14, votes from the city of Brookfield in her unofficial vote tally. With those and some other smaller errors in unofficial vote reports, Prosser gained a 7, lead.
Prosser, along with challengers Joel Winnig and JoAnne Kloppenburg , received public financing for their election campaigns under a Wisconsin law that had been recently enacted.
The fourth primary candidate, Marla J. Stephens , declined to seek public financing. Although judicial elections in Wisconsin are nonpartisan , Prosser and opponent Kloppenburg each accused the other of political leanings.
Prosser suggested, "There are some people who support my opponent who want the court involved in legislative reapportionment. Walker and the Republican Legislature. I will apply the law to the facts of the cases before me and decide them without prejudice.
Only nine states use partisan elections for their appellate courts. Elsewhere, judges may be appointed or elected without ever declaring a party affiliation. Ballotpedia collects information about the political and ideological leanings of judges to offer better context for court decisions. Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are selected in nonpartisan judicial elections by the voters of Wisconsin.
In the case of a vacancy, the governor can appoint a new justice, but that justice must stand for election shortly after appointment. Prosser was a Republican member of the Wisconsin Assembly from to He won the Republican primary but lost to Democratic candidate Jay Johnson. He was appointed to the Wisconsin Supreme Court by Gov. Tommy Thompson R in He was elected to the seat in and re-elected According to publicly available campaign finance records, Prosser has donated to several Republican candidates and election committees.
He has also donated to a number of judicial candidates running in nonpartisan elections. The following includes the four organizations that donated the most to Prosser's campaigns to the Wisconsin Supreme Court , according to publicly available campaign finance information.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel also endorsed Prosser for the general election. Business lobbying organization Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce indicated that it raised money for ads supporting Prosser in the general election. An ad paid for by Wisconsin Club for Growth promoting Prosser aired on television prior to the primary vote. In October , political science professors Adam Bonica and Michael Woodruff of Stanford University attempted to determine the partisan ideology of state supreme court justices.
They created a scoring system in which a score above 0 indicated a more conservative-leaning ideology, while scores below 0 were more liberal. Prosser received a campaign finance score of 0. This was more conservative than the average score of 0.
The study was based on data from campaign contributions by the judges themselves, the partisan leaning of those who contributed to the judges' campaigns, or, in the absence of elections, the ideology of the appointing body governor or legislature. This study was not a definitive label of a justice, but an academic summary of various relevant factors. Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser voluntarily recused himself from a case before the high court on February 27, Allegedly, Prosser contacted a lab that conducted tests on specimens in a drunk driving case and asked questions specifically related to the case.
Judges are barred by the judicial code of conduct from seeking out evidence on their own; they must make decisions based upon the evidence presented at trial. In the case of appellate judges, they are bound to review only the record, which includes evidence presented at pre-trial evidentiary hearings or trial. With Justice Prosser recused, there were only six justices left to hear the case, meaning the decision might have been a split.
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