Wisconsin panel clears judges who signed recall petitions
Source: Reuters
By Brendan O'Brien
MILWAUKEE | Wed Jul 25, 2012 8:12pm EDT
(Reuters) - Wisconsin state judges who were among nearly a million residents who signed petitions that triggered an unsuccessful recall election against Republican Governor Scott Walker did not breach their judicial obligations, a state ethics panel has found.
The Wisconsin Judicial Commission concluded the judges "had not otherwise acted in a manner that would reflect adversely on ... impartiality or the appearance of impartiality," according to a brief letter to the judges on June 26.
The Judicial Commission does not publicly disclose its rulings. It reviewed the applicable rules and concluded that the judges' activity in signing a petition was not prohibited, two judges who received the letter told Reuters.
The commission's probe into the matter was launched after the Landmark Legal Foundation, a conservative organization based in Virginia and headed by radio personality Mark Levin, filed a complaint on March 20.
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