Despite her situation, she is ever the champion of justice, wanting to remove the judiciary from a political battle over her fate. I'm sure this is terribly hard for her but she is true to her faith and her principles.
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I am both saddened yet unsurprised that Hannah Dugan did the right thing for the citizens of Milwaukee. As she said in her statement, MKE deserves to have a permanent judge in place as her appeals continue.
Statement by the Wisconsin Democratic Party chair & the Jewish Caucus co-chairs.
We really don’t want to have nomination paper challenges - we don’t like kicking people off the ballot. But a candidate, and only the candidate, is responsible for their signatures. So please get extras? Our meetings will be shorter and you will be on the ballot!!! 4/fin
For example, people will list their address as “Milwaukee” even if they live in Shorewood (the post office will deliver if the address has either). Avoid this problem! Submit enough additional signatures that if someone wants to challenge you they’ll have a very hard time. 3/
So if you need 50, submit 75. If you need 2,000, submit 3,000. Why? Because without a doubt, if you submit 51, or 2,001, your opponent will find 2 failed signatures. Ordinary people are not always aware of what voting district they live in!! It’s not intentional!! 2/
Yesterday the Wisc. Elections Commission yet again dealt with a situation where a candidate only submitted 51 nomination signatures for a race that required 50 signatures. DO NOT DO THIS. No matter the # of signatures required, plan on submitting an additional 50%. 1/
I just finished writing a CLE on AI. So many lawyers believe in its infallibility so they simply paste it into every brief, including the order to show cause on why they should be sanctioned for using fake AI hallucinations in the first instance. I feel like people really want to believe in magic.
This is awkward
And a reminder - this is a non-partisan election! So use the non-partisan template you can find at our website! Elections.wi.gov!
Wisconsin friends - we are coming upon nomination paper circulation time for the April election. For the love of Pete, please double check your papers, then have someone else double check them, then check one more time. It’s easy to do right and you don’t want a challenge!!!
Umm - we need to check your current abode for plants & rustic pottery first.
Don’t you find it odd that it’s a charity & not a government service?
Tweet from Tammy Baldwin at 6:35 pm 11/9/25: "A wink and a nod to deal with this health care crisis later--with no actual guarantees--is not enough for me or the Wisconsin families I work for. I refuse to sign off on a deal that doesn't lower working families' health care costs."
It ain't so
It is communal - when we all have come together, as Jews across the nation and the world have come together to rejoice, to breathe a sigh of relief, and to look forward to a peaceful future.
If you are watching any of the incredible videos of the Israeli hostages reuniting with their families - they are all saying this prayer. It is a prayer we say in so many circumstances. When we start a new year, when family comes together, or, today, when a miracle has happened.
Anonymous trolls are like cockroaches - they scatter from the light. Why not use your real name when you make absurd declarations? Afraid of the repercussions?
I had a bunch of thoughts about Trump’s Monday morning rant. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19575...
A thread about why the latest conspiracy-theory du jour about the Chinese sending fake ID's to the US so they can create fake absentee votes is complete nonsense. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19350...
Please share and, if you are eligible to give, please give! Her top-notch legal team does not come cheap and we need to ensure she has the necessary resources to fully litigate her case!! 6/fin
More limits on the Hannah Dugan Legal Defense Fund: Employees of MKE County or working in the court complex, any atty likely to appear before Judge Dugan, member of WI judiciary & their families. 5/
The limits on the Hannah Dugan Legal Defense fund address who CANNOT give (summarizing): lobbyists, non-citizens, party to any matter in MKE courts, attys for any matter pending in MKE courts (like me), residents of MKE county (more) 4/
**There are significant limitations on who can give!**
It's clear from the list of people who can't give that a great deal of thought has gone into the administration of this fund so any possible conflicts of interest or ethical problems can be avoided.3/ www.hannahdugandefensefund.org/contribute
The Fund "will be professionally managed by a separate entity experienced in fund management; its work will be monitored by counsel experienced in professional ethics. [former WI Supreme Ct justice] Janine P. Geske will oversee and serve as a trustee of the fund." 2/
Happy to report that there is now a Legal Defense Fund set up for Judge Hannah Dugan! It is created in compliance with the Wisconsin Code for Judicial Ethics & Ethics for Public Officials!
www.hannahdugandefensefund.org
So stay tuned to this motion & arguments. It's one that wasn't on my radar but if successful is an absolute bar to these very unfortunate charges. 6/
Further, the motion explains that this immunity is "immunity from suit" - meaning that it is not a defense at trial, but is for the court to determine ahead of time. As in, now. As in, if successful the charges are dismissed at this stage in the proceedings. 5/
In summary: “Judges are entitled to absolute immunity for their judicial acts, without regard to the motive with which those acts are allegedly performed.”
(The chef's kiss to this quote is the citation to Trump v. U.S.) 4/
In my earlier analysis, I did not consider the issue of judicial immunity. Judge Dugan's defense team, however, has considered it and filed a well-reasoned motion on the topic. 3/
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She has since been indicted under similar claims. Some as spurious as allowing a litigant to appear by zoom (something that happens all the time).
As Judge Sol Wachter said, a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich if asked. 2/
