System Choice — Power to Direct State Violence Is Discretionary, Political and Vicious

The once exonerated Steven Avery faces
his most malicious enemy in the
Democratic Party and a corrupt
Wisconsin Judiciary that has abdicated
its duty to act with impartiality. Damage and
destruction are the aims against Avery
and his nephew who have committed a
mortal sin in Wisconsin: Fighting back
against state violence and corrupt cops.
SPIRITS Goya sneered at malevolent clergy
in Hobgoblins.

Madison, Wisconsin — In Wisconsin, human rights workers fight for the innocent — brutalized by liars populating offices of district attorneys, attorneys general and seemingly an entire state judiciary — yet these same human rights advocates often labor under delusion.

This delusion is that the criminal justice system and the judiciary function in an intellectually honest, non-political fashion objectively finding facts, doctrine and application of law like detached, non-political agents of pure epistemology, so dedicated as to approach hard science.

Lunacy. Worse, it's a lie.

While not every Wisconsin district attorney is a verminous Ken Kratz (driven from law and Wisconsin), or an odious Vince Biskupic (a sitting judge!), nor is every cop a Matt Kenny (still a Madison cop) or Mark Wiegert (still a sheriff) or a cold-blooded killer Stephen Heimsness (sponging off Madison people as he claims he was traumatized for killing the innocent Paul Heenan), misconduct and malignant action of cops and prosecutors incur little costs, commonly garner professional awards, and win plaudits from most judges.

Put another way, cops will kill, and prosecutors will destroy life; and the judiciary, best understood as a cult of high  clergy, will stamp its imprimatur as agents of the Sovereign, smiling down on imprisoned slaves of the state like black-robed kobolds, diminutive "goblin-like creatures with short-tempers and a mischievous spirit."

See, for example, Wisconsin sitting County Circuit Judge Vince Biskupic: "[J]ust stay away from anything to do with [Vince] Biskupic. He will pull you into this (a homicide charge). You have nothing to do with it. He doesn’t care about you or your kids," a lawyer warned an innocent, lest she become another victim of Wisconsin injustice. 

And that was before Biskupic became a Outagamie County judge, and before he resigned in scandal as Outagamie County District Attorney.

Scandal and crime rarely disqualify for service in Wisconsin's criminal justice system.

The Judiciary

Widespread faith in the state and federal judiciaries persist no matter deceit.

This may be changing.

As judicial supremacists in the United States Supreme Court have decided women no longer possess autonomy over their own bodies and no longer have liberty to choose whether they have children, millions of Americans are asking, who the hell do these justices think they are? Monarchs?

It's a good question, but one that up to now was more likely to be brought up by Sidney Powell than the Democrat establishment.

The question of judicial supremacy especially as embodied in the federal judiciary that routinely overrides the will of Congress and the presidency on liberty questions, per Court caprice or service to favored interests, has been staring America in the face for a long time.

Civil disobedience is only now becoming widespread.

During COVID 19 that spurred a body of law governing citizen behavior on public health grounds, sheriffs the nation-over stated as Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling said, "state law does not have the power to supersede or suspend the Constitutional rights of American citizens" (WISC-TV).

Racine's Schmaling and others were not going to let laws or any judge intrude upon liberty (Washington Post, The Guardian).

Following the heroic leaking of the draft Supreme Court opinion eviscerating reproductive liberty enshrined in Roe v. Wade, (Politico) (Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization), Democrat prosecutors across the nation raced to declare they will not prosecute women under existing state laws defining abortion as a criminal offense (Washington Post). See Thomas E. Dobbs, State Health Officer of the Mississippi Department of Health, et al., Petitioners v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, et al. No. 19-1392.

Wisconsin Attorney General Joshua Kaul (D) declared his office will not investigate or prosecute woman or doctors for abortion 'offenses.' Further, Kaul is discouraging district attorneys and law enforcement throughout the state from enforcing an 1849 ban on abortion.

Putting aside why Wisconsin Democrats did not legislate away this ban in 2009 when Democrats had unitary control of state government, Kaul said on social media this week that his determination to protect women's choice would be fought on several fronts, including the courts, "We must speak out against this effort to erode Wisconsinites’ freedom. If the Court abandons precedent and Roe falls, we must fight to protect reproductive freedom—and our other freedoms—in Congress, state legislatures, and state courts."

We must speak out against this effort to erode Wisconsinites’ freedom. If the Court abandons precedent and Roe falls, we must fight to protect reproductive freedom—and our other freedoms—in Congress, state legislatures, and state courts. 4/4

— Attorney General Josh Kaul (@WisDOJ) May 3, 2022

Human Rights

Disobedience of Court-sanctioned lawlessness is a healthy development for human rights.

Justice Clarence Thomas, the face of judicial malignancy, commenting on the Roe opinion leak, said people must "live with outcomes we don’t agree with" or the judiciary is imperiled.

Really? In Thomas' view, there is no recourse once the judicial kings and queens have spoken. It's how Thomas and his friends view the Court.

The United States Supreme Court is poised to issue an edict that women are no longer masters of their own bodies, and following the release of this information, Thomas reasons we have to "live" with it.

We can hope that recent disobedience to what Thomas terms an "outcome" will be the beginning of massive civil disobedience, transparency from the Court, and resulting reform that will include mandates that every oral argument, judicial memo and correspondence be revealed to the American people in as close to real-time as possible.

The institutional narcissism and unparalleled arrogance of the judicial branch, working for the police and totalitarian movements needs to come to an end.

Joe Biden's Vacant Comment on Rittenhouse Verdict Comes as Protesters Demand Fed Civil Rights Probe

Biden Responds with Platitudes
'Whole Damn System Corrupt as Hell'
'Kenosha Racist as Hell'

Madison, Wisconsin — A Kenosha jury gave its imprimatur to vigilantism against black liberation protesters, finding killer Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty of five charges related to firing his AR-15 at Black Lives Matter protesters in Aug 2020, killing two and grievously wounding another.

The verdict was announced November 20, 2021.

Joe Biden's statement on the verdict offered insult to injury to a shocked Wisconsin community that watched Rittenhouse gun down two people in cold blood in videos, only to have a Kenosha County jury call it self-defense.

The verdict comes as the Wisconsin Judiciary and Wisconsin criminal justice system have become widely regraded as corrupt institutions dominated by fiefdoms, political parties and myriad bad actors such as the buffoonish Judge Bruce Schroeder who presided over the Rittenhouse trial with a mixture of narcissism and pettiness.

Furthermore, the Blake family stated the Biden administration has "sold out" the black and brown communities, in reaction to the verdict. (ABC7, Chicago; Channel 5, Chicago).

Reports ABC7, Chicago on the Jacob Blake family speaking for Rittenhouse's victims:

'They chose to represent themselves and come out here to march in peace for Jacob Blake - it led to their death.'

Blake is a Black man who was shot seven times by a white Kenosha police officer last summer, which sparked demonstrations that drew the then 17-year-old Rittenhouse to the Wisconsin community.

Blake's uncle, Justin Blake, said he was in 'shock and awe' after hearing the jury acquitted the Antioch teen on all counts, including in the fatal shooting of two men.

'How many cases do you need to see of Caucasian cops or other people walking out the door after murdering people that are either African American or supporting African Americans,' Justin said.

Rittenhouse fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum, 36, Anthony Huber, 26, and wounded demonstrator Gaige Grosskreutz, now 28.

'This attack on these two young men who had no weapon to defend themselves against an AR-15. They chose to represent themselves and come out here to march in peace for Jacob Blake - it led to their death,' Justin Blakd said.

Justin Blake repeated his call for the U.S. Dpt of Justice to launch a probe of Rittenhouse and law enforcement's conduct leading to the Rittenhouse's killings.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden's statement on the verdict rang hollow.

Biden's statement is reproduced below:

While the verdict in Kenosha will leave many Americans feeling angry and concerned, myself included, we must acknowledge that the jury has spoken. I ran on a promise to bring Americans together, because I believe that what unites us is far greater than what divides us.  I know that we’re not going to heal our country’s wounds overnight, but I remain steadfast in my commitment to do everything in my power to ensure that every American is treated equally, with fairness and dignity, under the law.

I urge everyone to express their views peacefully, consistent with the rule of law.  Violence and destruction of property have no place in our democracy.  The White House and Federal authorities have been in contact with Governor Evers’s office to prepare for any outcome in this case, and I have spoken with the Governor this afternoon and offered support and any assistance needed to ensure public safety.

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The ACLU also issued a long statement which is reproduced below:

Kyle Rittenhouse Didn’t Act Alone: Law Enforcement Must Be Held Accountable

The massive show of force from 40 law enforcement agencies in Kenosha didn’t make anyone safer.

By Leah Watson , Staff Attorney,
ACLU's Racial Justice Program

For two weeks, we’ve heard trial testimony and seen evidence of the events that occurred on August 25, 2020 — the night that Kyle Rittenhouse shot and killed two people and injured another during a Black Lives Matter protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. While Rittenhouse was not held accountable, he was not the only one whose conduct on that deadly night should be scrutinized. The actions — and inaction — of the Kenosha Police Department and the Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department in the preceding 72 hours played a critical part in the tragic events that took place.

As we reflect on that night, we must remember what ignited these protests. Two months after the murder of George Floyd, on August 23, 2020, Kenosha Police shot a Black man, Jacob Blake, in the back multiple times, paralyzing him. Faced with this latest manifestation of law enforcement’s systemic mistreatment and disregard for the lives of Black and Brown people, people took to the streets of Kenosha. Kenosha County Sheriff David Beth oversaw law enforcement’s response to these protests, including the coordination of over 40 local, state, and federal agencies.

The day after Kenosha Police shot Mr. Blake, former city alderman and self-proclaimed commander of the Kenosha Guard Kevin Mathewson wrote a racially charged “call to action” inviting armed civilians to protect Kenosha from “evil thugs” the following day. The comments on his Facebook invitation, corresponding Reddit threads, and Infowars degenerated into racist threats to kill and maim protestors.

On the night of August 25, law enforcement not only failed to protect protestors calling for police accountability and more humane treatment of Black people, but actively put them in harm’s way. Officers enabled and encouraged predominantly white, right-wing armed civilians and militia groups that night, creating a situation in which tensions escalated and people were killed.

Following the violence in Kenosha, an investigative team at the ACLU filed approximately 40 public records requests to local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies; reviewed more than 800 records and 50 hours of video footage; and conducted over 40 in-depth interviews with community members to better understand what happened in Kenosha and how we can avoid these tragedies in the future. Here is what we found:

Kenosha law enforcement was aware of the threats that these armed civilians and militia groups posed to protestors exercising their First Amendment rights. Mathewson asked Sheriff Beth and Kenosha Police Chief David Miskinis to deputize these armed civilians and militia groups, noting that more than 3,000 people accepted the online invitation to “protect” the city. In addition to this correspondence, community members in Kenosha contacted law enforcement with concerns for their safety after reading this online vitriol. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security told local law enforcement that the Boogaloo Bois, a right-wing group with a history of violence, were planning an event in Kenosha on August 24. The Federal Bureau of Investigation also warned that the conflicting ideologies of protestors and these armed civilians and militia groups could “potentially be a flashpoint for violence” the next day.

Despite the obvious safety threats, law enforcement embraced the incendiary presence of armed civilians and militia groups. In a widely seen video, law enforcement thanked and even offered water to the armed civilians and militia groups attending the protests, as they instructed those protesting police brutality to leave. In text messages retrieved through our public records requests, after someone circulated a video of the Rittenhouse shootings, a Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department officer commented “nice video” in a message to colleagues and added that he was “[l]istening to gunfire. Such a nice night.”

In fact, it appears Kenosha law enforcement coordinated an effort to push protestors south on Sheridan Road, towards armed civilians and militia groups. Ryan Thomas Balch, an armed civilian affiliated with the Boogaloo Bois, was recorded saying on the night of the shootings, “Do you know what the cops told us today? They were like, ‘We’re gonna push them down by you, because you can deal with them, and then we’re gonna leave.’” In an August 26, 2020 written statement, Balch added, “K[enosha] P[olice] D[epartment] made a conscious decision to abandon the people of Kenosha to people they felt justified in using machines and weapons of war against. And were going to piss them off and drive them at us and let the chips fall where they may.”

The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department, led by Sheriff Beth, commanded law enforcement agencies to clear Civic Center Park and push protestors south towards the danger that lay multiple blocks from the park at the intersection of 60th and Sheridan. Multiple law enforcement officers documented their knowledge that armed civilians and militia members were concentrated in that direction, near 60th and Sheridan. Officers from various law enforcement agencies described the use of armored vehicles, foam bullets, tear gas, and flash bangs to herd protestors from the park toward the intersection, and to prevent the return of protestors to the park. After pushing the protestors south for over an hour, Kenosha law enforcement took a strategically timed break, consistent with Balch’s description. These efforts were well documented in the records our investigative team obtained:

• 9:43 pm: The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department documented “gas being deployed in front of the courthouse, goal to push crowd south.”
• 10:32 pm: Kenosha Police Department dispatched patrol to 58th and 8th to “keep crowd moving south on Sheridan.”
• 10:40 pm: Three bearcats moved south from 56th on Sheridan.
• 10:44 pm: Law enforcement continued to push protestors down the road.
• 10:57 pm: Law enforcement took a break.
• 11:12 pm: The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department reported that protestors “have been pushed south and we are holding our position at the park.”
• 11:40 pm: Bearcats from Racine, Walworth, Waukesha, and Sauk Counties held protestors at 60th and Sheridan, and noted a loud crowd at the gas station.
• 11:44 pm: An Oneida County bearcat moved to 60th and Sheridan.
• 11:50 pm: Rittenhouse shootings begin at 63rd and Sheridan.

The West Allis Police Department also described its actions:

At the request of tactical command, the armored vehicles and crowd control [o]fficers would direct the protestors south and hold or move the protestors south and back away north. Tactical command requested several times for this process to occur which led to the protestors being directed as far south as 60th St. & Sheridan.

Three important lessons emerge from this tragedy.

First, entrenched racism contributed to the events that unfolded. Make no mistake, the shooting of Jacob Blake and the related protests and fatalities stem from the deep-seated white supremacy that pervades our criminal legal system. Police officers brutalizing people of color who are protesting that very brutality and leaving people of color and their supporters at the mercy of armed white vigilantes is a pattern that recalls the origin of American police in slave patrols. These patrols sought to capture and return formerly enslaved people to the violence of enslavement, and their later connections to white supremacist agitation during the Civil Rights movement are echoed in the violence seen in Kenosha. In today’s world, Black and Brown people are not only targeted by police and frequently treated as presumptively guilty, but white people brandishing weapons of war are given the benefit of the doubt and even encouraged by officers of those same police agencies.

Second, law enforcement must not be permitted to weaponize the presence of armed civilians and militia. Jacob Blake’s shooting and the subsequent tragic, fatal shootings by Rittenhouse should usher in a significant wave of change, not only in Wisconsin but across the nation. Kenosha is not even the latest example of this pattern of police ignoring (at best) or facilitating (at worst) white mob violence: Following the January 6 insurrection, it was revealed that over 30 off-duty police officers attended the rally, and several joined the mob that stormed the Capitol. We must reexamine the roles and powers of police in American society, and listen to the communities of color in Kenosha and elsewhere that are calling for new approaches to public safety that protect all people, regardless of the color of their skin.

Finally, more officers and weapons do not increase safety. Law enforcement should play no role in protests, unless it is to protect our First Amendment rights, and they should not use violence to control the crowd or silence those they disagree with. Beyond the context of protests, there is little evidence that police effectively prevent or reduce violence, while there are many alternatives to policing that do make communities safer.

As our investigation illustrates, approximately 40 local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies responded to the protests in Kenosha, utilizing various forms of force against protestors. This massive show of force failed to keep people safe — and in fact facilitated grave harm by pushing protesters into close proximity with Kyle Rittenhouse and other armed white civilians. The violence that night is a further reminder that well-resourced law enforcement agencies are failing to protect and even harming the communities they are sworn to serve. It’s time to acknowledge this failure and invest in measures that actually keep communities safe.

Rallies in Philly, London and Manitowoc Cap Innocence Weekend for Wrongfully Convicted

UK supporter of Steven Avery and Brandan Dassey take to
the streets to demand justice for the wrongfully convicted
in London on Saturday. The naked display of corruption
in Wisocnsin law enforcement has led angry demands
from across the world to see the innocent set free.

Updated all day.

Signs reading "I am an innocent man," and "We Stand for Innocence" are to found in London, Philadelphia and Manitowoc, Wisconsin today and tonight.

A rally is scheduled for Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey at the Manitowoc County Courthouse on June 15, 2019 from 11 am to 3 pm today.

In Philadelphia on Rittenhouse Square, ralliers are working to bring awareness to judicial and prosecutorial misconduct, and the wrongfully convicted Steven Avery of Wisconsin, Brendan Dassey of Wisconsin, and Freddy Augello of New Jersey. For more information on the Augello shocking injustice, see Freddy Augello in Facebook.

Some supporters are traveling to Manitowoc from Australia.

Do fellow human beings really merit the effort and energy involved in flying overseas?

Among those for whom life is a phenomenon occurring on her watch, the answer is, yes.

This affirmative determination is the margin of survival for the many victims of American law enforcement, a state movement that has become a significant political force working for the lunatic in the White House.

Come on media, you have to report on this rally. @FoxNews @ABC @CNN @piersmorgan @AKellerLawCrime @JButing @SDrizin @LauraNirider @kirstiealley @rickygervais #WakeUpWisconsin #WeHearYouSteven

Retweets would be nice. Thank you x https://t.co/U4rq9ywC74

— Jean Palmer (@jeandpalmer) June 15, 2019

Updates coming.

Steven Avery Sends Message to Supporters after News of Stalling by Judge Angela W. Sutkiewicz

Steven Avery sends public a message from Waupun
maximum security prison.

News delivered to Steven Avery that Judge Angela W. Sutkiewicz is dithering on his case has not discouraged this innocent man featured in the Emmy-wining Making a Murderer.

Avery's attorney, Kathleen Zellner, posted Avery's message on Twitter this afternoon after visiting the wrongfully convicted man in a maximum security prison in Waupun, Wisconsin yesterday.

Avery has now served 34 years in prison. He was exonerated for the first frame-up after being cleared of an attack on an innocent woman in 1985.

Avery then sued Manitowoc County in a civil action that implicated several law enforcement officers.

While depositions were under way, police in the Manitowoc and Calumet sheriff offices in east-central Wisconsin framed Avery for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach.

Currently, the case has been sent back to Manitowoc County where Judge Angela W. Sutkiewicz is presiding.

The sheer demented consciousness of Wisconsin law enforcement has Avery's advocates both terrorized and incensed.

Wisconsin Attorney General Joshua Kaul (D) is leading the state effort to keep the innocent man imprisoned.

Steven Avery's message is reproduced below in Ms. Zellner's Tweet, and in text form.

Visited Steven Avery yesterday. This is his message to his supporters. #NeverGiveUp ⁦@MakingAMurderer⁩ #34YearsLost pic.twitter.com/YtAJXl6Iia

— Kathleen Zellner (@ZellnerLaw) June 12, 2019

Message from Steven Avery

To my supporters,
There are times that I feel like giving up. I've been in prison 34 years as an innocent man.
THIS IS NOT JUSTICE.
I was framed by corrupt prosecutors, bad lawyers, and crooked cops. I am fighting for my life. Can you hear me?
I need all the public support you can give me. I will not give up if you do not give up on me.
Thank you for your support.
Truth wins,

Steven Avery

Wisconsin Judge Sutkiewicz Leaves Steven Avery's Legal Team Guessing

A rally is scheduled for Steven Avery and Brendan
Dassey at the Manitowoc County Courthouse
on June 15, 2019 from 11 am to 3 pm

Madison, Wisconsin—A Wisconsin circuit court judge, Sheboygan County Judge Angela W. Sutkiewicz (substituting), has apparently adopted stalling and secrecy as a new tactic to sabotage the post-conviction litigation of an innocent man.

Not even litigants in the Steven Avery legal quest for exoneration know the judicial calendar, which in Sutkiewicz' court is a secret, a departure from the judicial norm in which litigants agree to or know a procedural calendar.

A tweet this morning from Avery's legal advocates, (not his attorneys) reads, "Since the 90 days has already passed, either the judge has decided to take more time OR she doesn't have a deadline at all and she'll rule on it when she feels like it."

Update: Since the 90 days has already passed, either the judge has decided to take more time OR she doesn't have a deadline at all and she'll rule on it when she feels like it. Visit https://t.co/FsGYhkRRSs for the full explanation.

— #WorkWithKZ (@workwithkz) June 12, 2019

The latest communication from Avery's legal team makes guesses, educated "conjecture" about what's next in the team's communication on its website.

Sutkiewicz' conduct has resulted in one of the most experienced wrongful conviction legal teams working without knowing the next procedural step.

The Feb 25, 2019 appellate court order mandating "any proceedings necessary to address [Avery's] claims" points to a hearing.

No such proceedings have been ordered to this date.

Steven Avery is featured in the Emmy-winning documentary, Making a Murderer.

Attorney General Joshua Kaul (D), heading Wisconsin's effort to keep an innocent man in prison, has the discretion to accede to Avery's requests for transparency and open examination of evidence and state misconduct without a judicial hearing or order.

From the June 11, 2019 communication from Steven Avery's legal team, the WorkwithKZ team:

Awaiting ruling from Circuit Court

Update June 11, 2019: The CoA [Court of Appeals] gave [attorney  Kathleen Zellner] a deadline to file but did not specify a deadline for the Circuit Court judge to rule.  Standard procedure and Supreme Court rule dictate 90 days from the completion of the filing (petition plus any responses and/or replies).  That may or may not apply in this instance.  Since the 90 days has already passed, either the judge has decided to take more time OR she doesn't have a deadline at all and she'll rule on it when she feels like it.

(I'm leaving the previous information below for everyone's reference.)

Update June 9, 2019: If we do not see a ruling filed on Monday, June 10, we're probably looking at a new deadline of Monday, September 9.

Explanation for that: The only expectation of information we can give you is mostly conjecture. A lot of this is dependent upon unknown factors like whether or not she's accepting the response and reply. It's not likely that the judge will grant the hearing at this point. We believe she would have granted it already to get it on her calendar if she was going to do that.  If she's not granting the hearing, she's probably not going to accept the response and reply.  If she tells the chief judge she's taking more time, we will have no indication of this. So, if we do not see a ruling filed on Monday, June 10, she has likely decided to take another 90 days. Since she's probably not considering the response and reply, that would put the due date at Monday, September 9. 

An excerpt of a letter from Steven Avery posted on
advocates' site on Facebook.

Advocates for Steven Avery are growing angry at the corrupt effort by Judge Sutkiewicz (substituting) who apparently reached a result adverse to Steven Avery in State v. Steven A. Avery, Appeal Number 2017AP002288 long ago.

But Sutkiewicz works backwards. Result first, then draft an order and opinion to support the position of corrupt Wisconsin law enforcement, an opinion that will, law enforcement and Sutkiewicz believe, prevail in appellate court for a time — a delaying tactic.

It's been over 90 days. So why is Judge Angela Sutkiewicz taking so long on KZ's motion over the bones? Come on, @GovEvers. It's time to end the embarrassment. #WorkWithKZ @ZellnerLaw

— TotallyScott (@ScottTotally) June 12, 2019

Wisconsin People Get Court Win Against Scott Walker Who Blocked Two Special Elections

Voters are entitled to vote in Wisconsin, judge tells Scott
Walker in unprecedented state court decision on
March 22, 2018. "To state the obvious, if the plaintiffs have a
right to vote for their representatives, they must have
an election to do so," Dane County Judge Josann Reynolds.

Update: Wisconsin AP reporter, Scott Bauer reports judicial mandamus order against Walker is expected to be appealed by Wisconsin DOJ.

Walker is attempting to continue to block the two special elections in question, as corporate media is silent; no editorial condemnation of Walker's unprecedented move against voters.
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Madison, Wisconsin—Gov. Scott Walker remains frightened of the Wisconsin people.

Voters, elections, open listening sessions, communities acting on behalf of residents, the University searching for truth—all are the bane of Scott Walker.

In an unprecedented ruling yesterday, Dane County Judge Josann Reynolds, (Branch two), ordered Walker, (who has sole authority), to call two special legislative elections that Walker was blocking, (Wisconsin State Journal, Salon).

Two legislative vacancies combined left some 229,000 Wisconsinites without representation, (Ballotpedia).

Walker fearing an anti-Republican voter tide told Wisconsin voters: No elections.

The Republican Dept of Justice made up what the Walker-appointed Judge Reynolds called arguments leading to "absurd" results.

The DoJ has gone dark and silent on press communications about the decision, despite its typical peripatetic use of its press office.

Josann Reynolds excoriated Walker's novel reading of the applicable Wisconsin statute, saying, "Defendant’s, [Walker's] reading creates a window of just four months in any two-year period in which special elections must be held and thus leaves open the possibility that residents of Wisconsin could go unrepresented for almost two years if any governor declined to issue an order calling for a special election," (Wisconsin State Journal).

The civil action on behalf of Wisconsin voters against Walker is a petition for a writ of mandamus, filed in late February.

A judicial writ or order of mandamus is extraordinary, and implies in this case that Scott Walker is not fulfilling the Constitutional obligations of his office, and that voters were deprived of their right to vote under the Wisconsin Constitution.

Readers searching for the mandamus order and opinion are advised to contact the Dane County Clerk of Courts and make a Freedom of Information request, or wait until someone posts the opinion that was being composed Thursday afternoon.