Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky is raising issues with a judicial oversight commission's warning for her to conduct herself in a more neutral manner.
The Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor.
The judicial oversight commission decided in November 2022 not to punish Karofsky for the incident, but warned her to maintain a neutral and professional tone in court. Karofsky's attorney sent a letter to the commission on Tuesday criticizing the completed investigation and claiming that the oversight body was becoming a political weapon."We believe the Commission risks setting a dangerous precedent," Karofsky's attorney wrote."By allowing the Commission to be weaponized in this fashion, the Commission became a pawn of those determined to undermine an independent judiciary.
FILE - Trump campaign attorney Jim Troupis speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing to discuss election security and the 2020 election process on Dec. 16, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Karofsky told the AP that her demeanor was justified in the circumstance of preventing a"slow-motion coup" in the
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