Why Are Joe Biden and the NRA Endorsing State Judges?
Wisconsin shows off the new normal in judicial elections: political, expensive and often about something else.
Wisconsin voters will choose a new state supreme court justice Tuesday, in a technically non-partisan race that has drawn national political attention, million-dollar campaigns, and “soft-on-crime” attack ads from both sides. The election is just the latest in a nationwide trend of once-quiet judicial elections transforming into expensive, politicized fights, which experts fear could threaten the impartiality of the courts.
Research by the liberal Brennan Center for Justice found that has been spent so far on TV and radio advertising in
