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  1. “Mysteries of the John Doe investigation:
    The probe has left many mysteries and unanswered questions. First of two parts.”

    “There is the mystery of the right-wing lawyers—why did they file the Cindy Archer lawsuit and why does it seem designed for failure? And the mystery of Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm—why has he been so reluctant to let the public know about the investigations?”

    “The concurrence by Justice Ziegler offers a window into the world of the judges. Early on, she concedes, “I recognize that because no challenge has been made to the execution of the warrants, the record is without explanation as to why the search warrants were executed as they were.” She then proceeds to fill 25 pages condemning the way the search warrants were executed.

    In her dissent, Justice Shirley Abrahamson takes note of this oddity: “I note at the outset that the statutory and constitutional issues presented in the John Doe cases do not include whether the subpoenas and search warrants issued by the John Doe judge were unconstitutionally overbroad or executed in an unconstitutional manner. The parties did not raise these issues and this court did not seek comment on them. These issues have not been briefed by some parties and have not been fully briefed by others. Nevertheless, these issues are discussed at length in the separate writings by Justices Prosser and Ziegler.

    The lack of briefing on his subject does not faze Ziegler, however. Instead, she depends on unsubstantiated assertions made in a series of articles published in the highly partisan National Review and on the Wisconsin Watchdog web site. Her assumption that anything published in the National Review must be true tells a lot about the mindset of Ziegler and her three concurring colleagues.”

    http://urbanmilwaukee.com/2015/08/31/data-wonk-mysteries-of-the-john-doe-investigation/

  2. I applaud Ed for recently pointing out the obvious – that Walker Derangement Syndrome is a thing. Also things – Bush DS, Cheney DS, Rove DS, Koch Bros DS, Halliburton DS, ALEC DS, and coming soon, Republican nominee DS and so on. And there is even a virulent strain of Navratil DS evident here at BB. At some point, to those not infected, holders of multiple derangement syndromes appear to be, well, just deranged.

    1. Denis, w/r/t your claim that “And there is even a virulent strain of Navratil DS evident here at BB.”

      Please provide a link to examples of this “strain,” at BB.

      In response to Steve Carlson’s request for a link from you, you responded:

      “Denis Navratil
      September 8, 2015 at 1:19 pm
      Where is your link proving that a dramatic increase in the price of labor would not result in business closings?”

      http://bloggingblue.com/2015/09/the-40-hour-work-week-brought-to-you-by-labor-unions/

      Denis,

      I left four links on that thread that countered your claim. You ignored all four.

      Per Steve, where are your links?

      1. John, it is true that I often ignore your questions and requests. A clue as to my reasons can be found in the last sentence of my most recent comment. You can find it here.

        1. Denis, you wrote, “And there is even a virulent strain of Navratil DS evident here at BB.”

          Where is your evidence?

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