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Christofferson, a recovered journalist and ex-political reporter, has been a Democratic strategist and consultant for 20 years and is now retired. He lives in Milwaukee.
He is the author of a political biography, "The Man From Clear Lake: Earth Day Founder Sen. Gaylord Nelson," published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

Ziegler uses 'gut check' instead of following judicial code of ethical conduct

Posted March 6th, 2007 by xoff
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This story gets more disturbing every day.

Supreme Court candidate Annette Ziegler, who's heard 45 cases involving a bank for which her husband is a director, has not followed the judicial code of ethics set by the high court she wants to join. She has her own system to decide when to disclose a conflict of interest or take herself off the case: a "gut check."

That from someone who says she's a "strict constructionist" when it comes to interpreting the law and the constitution. The Wisconsin State Journal reports:

SPRING GREEN - In two campaign stops Monday, Supreme Court candidate Annette Ziegler repeatedly defended her choice as a circuit judge to preside over dozens of cases involving a bank with which she had personal and financial ties. Ziegler said she uses a "gut check" to decide if she has a conflict of interest. Her husband's position on the bank's board of directors didn't affect her judgment in the cases, she said.

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Ziegler

Submitted by James Rowen on Tue, 03/06/2007 - 10:09am.

Is Stephen Colbert writing her lines?

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Can't be

Submitted by Steve Hanson on Wed, 03/07/2007 - 7:59am.

If Colbert were writing her lines, they'd be funnySmile

Ziegler/Colbert

Submitted by James Rowen on Tue, 03/06/2007 - 10:13am.

From Stephen's 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner speech: “That's where the truth lies, right down here in the gut. Do you know you have more nerve endings in your gut than you have in your head? You can look it up. I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut. I did. My gut tells me that's how our nervous system works.”

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