Wisconsin State Journal: Prosecutors could appeal to federal court on justices' failure to recuse

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Tara Malloy, senior legal counsel for the Campaign Legal Center, agreed that at least Prosser and Gableman should have recused themselves. Prosecutor Francis Schmitz’s requests for both to recuse were denied.

“The U.S. Supreme Court has not looked kindly on such blatant conflicts of interest, holding as recently as 2009 that the due process concerns required that a judge recuse himself from a case involving an individual who had spent millions of dollars to aid his election,” said Malloy, referring to Caperton v. Massey.

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