Contact: Speaker Robin Vos, (608) 266-3387
Madison…Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) released the following statement regarding the dismissal of complaints filed over the Protasiewicz campaign.
“Consistent with the Due Process Clause and Wisconsin’s judicial ethics rules, Justice Protasiewicz must recuse herself from any legislative redistricting cases in Wisconsin.
“The Judicial Commission’s memo, released today, only muddies the waters. The Judicial Commission decided Justice Protasiewicz could not be sanctioned for what she said on the campaign trail. The Commission did not address whether she can sit on a case after accepting $10 million in campaign funds from the Democrat Party—the interested party in the redistricting case. Nor did they address whether she may sit on a case having made commitments for how she would rule that are inconsistent with the obligation to be impartial.”
