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watch for the results of our monster election April 5th for supreme court....the front runner and Walker cohort is David Prosser, his opponent Joanne Kloppenburg...I have already voted and plan on doing a road trip to deliver Kloppenburg yard signs to rural areas this weekend..some facts on Prosser....

Prosser and the Pedophile Priest. Prosser refused to prosecute a priest even though he had evidence that the priest had sexually assaulted three boys. As a local DA, Prosser didn’t interview the priest or have the police investigate. Instead, Prosser met with the local bishop and they agreed to send the priest to another parish to prevent the church embarrassment. Prosser even told the victims’ mother that he didn’t want to prosecute the case because the priest’s brother was a “celebrity” because he appeared on the Lawrence Welk TV show. The priest abused more victims for years, but was eventually convicted in the original case that Prosser refused to prosecutor.

http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/blog/2010/04/CHWD.html

The Facts on Justice David Prosser
Prosser has promised to act as a "complement" to Walker because his views "closely mirror" Walker's…………….besides making some very questionable rulings, .checks and balances are a good thing

Even though judges should be impartial, a Prosser press release promised that he would act as a "complement" to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican legislature. When his top aid was asked to explain his statement since judges are supposed to be independent, he said Prosser's ideology "closely mirrors" Walker's. Not surprisingly, when Prosser and Walker served in the state legislature together, David Prosser and Scott Walker voted the same way 95% of the time

Prosser & Worker's Rights

Prosser has a record of opposing workers' rights in both the state legislature and as a judge. As a legislator, David Prosser voted to restrict the collective bargaining rights of teachers. As a Wisconsin judge, Prosser sided against collective bargaining rights

and against workers who were being deprived of their retirement benefits. Recently, Prosser told a Republican group that there was a "100 percent" chance that Walker's collective bargaining legislation would come before the court. Prosser said to the Republicans that he could not signal his likely position, but criticized his opponent for being supported by unions.

Prosser & Disabled Workers

Prosser sided with businesses when they discriminated against disabled workers in two different cases. In one, he ruled a company could fire a worker after she became disabled. In justifying the discrimination, Prosser wrote, ""Businesses must worry about profit, which is achieved through efficiency." In another case, Prosser said a company could fire a worker with a disability if she couldn't work a 12-hour shift. The worker's doctor stated that she should only work a standard 8-hour day.

Prosser & the Tea party

In another example of Prosser abandoning his judicial impartiality for partisan politics, David Prosser appeared at a tea party event with Scott Walker and other ultra-conservative leaders in March 2010. The event was sponsored by Americans for Prosperity; the group bankrolled by the billionaire Koch brothers.

Prosser & the Caucus Scandal

Judge David Prosser testified as a character witness on behalf of former Republican Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen who was convicted in a political corruption case. Prosser called Jensen "a person of the highest integrity" and "honest." When asked by the prosecutor if his opinion of Jensen would change if he knew Jensen had given false information to law enforcement, Prosser said "No." Prosser also said in court documents that when he was in the legislature, he used state employees to work on political campaigns while they were being paid by taxpayers, just like Jensen did.

Prosser & Gableman

Prosser voted against disciplining fellow justice Michael Gableman, even though the independent Wisconsin Judicial Commission had concluded Gableman had violated the ethical standard for judges by running a false campaign ad against former Justice Louis Butler.

The commercial was not only false and misleading, but used racial imagery to attack the state's first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Prosser also voted to let Michael Gableman participate in criminal cases, even though Gableman made statements in his campaign that indicated a likely bias against defendants.

Prosser and Abortion Rights

David Prosser has extreme views on abortion. In the Wisconsin state legislature, Prosser supported a law that would imprison doctors who allowed victims of rape and incest to choose whether to have an abortion.

Another time, Prosser even said that women would lie and claim they were raped so that it would easier for them to obtain an abortion. Recently, on a conservative radio show, Prosser said that he could not comment on abortion, but someone could review his past history and "read between the lines" of how he would rule.

Prosser & Judicial Ethics

Prosser let the big business lobbyists at the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) and the Wisconsin Realtors write new "ethical" rules for the Supreme Court. These rules allow justices to rule in cases even if the special interests who have spent millions of dollars to elect them are a party to the case before the court.

Prosser & Redistricting

The Supreme Court has played a vital role in the redistricting process in Wisconsin, insuring that the politicians conduct the process in a fair way. Since the Republicans now control both the legislature and the Governor's office, the courts are the only remaining check on a potential abuse of power.

However, Prosser told a Republican group in February that conservative justices like himself want no part in any redistricting case, even though he does not yet know the facts of any potential case.

Prosser & Victims

Prosser has sided against victims in several major Wisconsin Supreme Court cases.

Judge Prosser's legal positions would make more difficult for victims to hold companies that make defective products or injure people accountable for their actions.

David Prosser and the Pedophile Priest

Prosser refused to prosecute a Wisconsin priest even though he had evidence that the priest had sexually assaulted three boys.

As a local DA, Prosser didn't interview the priest or have the police investigate. Instead, Prosser met with the local bishop and they agreed to send the priest to another parish to prevent the church embarrassment.

Prosser even told the victims' mother that he didn't want to prosecute the case because the priest's brother was a "celebrity" because he appeared on the Lawrence Welk TV show.

The priest abused more victims for years, but was eventually convicted in the original case that Prosser refused to prosecute.