Elections

Courts, Elections, Law, Legislature, Politics, Public Health, Wisconsin

‘This Principle Is More Important Than Winning’

by JOHN ADAMS • 04/27/2020 • Comments

In the New York Times, Justice-elect Jill Karofsky writes I’m the Judge Who Won in Wisconsin. This Principle Is More Important Than Winning (‘We must get away from a partisan view of the law‘): In cities like Milwaukee and Green Bay, the wait [to vote] ended up being as long as three hours. And because the…

Coronavirus, Elections, Irony, Public Health, Speaker Vos, WISGOP

Speaker Vos – wearing personal protective equipment – insists it’s ‘incredibly safe to go out’

by JOHN ADAMS • 04/07/2020 • 2 Comments

These Journal Times videos of Speaker Robin Vos in WI defending holding an election today are pretty remarkable. "You are incredibly safe to go out," he says.https://t.co/sbmEcW6AL1 pic.twitter.com/xdOYP40BPe — Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) April 7, 2020

Corruption, Courts, Elections, Law

Judge Jill Karofsky’s Commitment to Stop Corruption

by JOHN ADAMS • 04/01/2020 • Comments

Jill Karofsky believes in protecting our environment from corporate polluters, protecting women’s health care, and holding corrupt politicians accountable. As your Supreme Court Justice, she’ll make decisions based on the law.

Elections

The Flaw

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/05/2020 • Comments

The flaw? If they don’t show up, they’re not voters. pic.twitter.com/ciBMfJUGrG — Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 5, 2020

Democrats, Elections, Never Trump, Politics, Presidential race 2020, Republicans, Television, Trump

The Unexpected (But Welcome) Never-Trump Haven @ MSNBC

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/04/2020 • Comments

So we who are Never Trump, mostly conservatives but also some libertarians (as I am), find ourselves part of a much larger coalition united in opposition to Trump. By ourselves there are too few of us to overcome the most powerful person in all the world; as a small but committed part of a much…

Democrats, Elections, Presidential race 2020

About that Democratic ‘Establishment’

by JOHN ADAMS • 03/04/2020 • Comments

I’m neither a Democrat nor a Republican, and I never will be. One doesn’t have to be a member of a major party, however, to see that repeated talk about a Democratic ‘establishment’ is mostly bunk: millions of Democratic voters are casting their ballots based on their own estimation of the candidates, without regard to…

City, Courts, Elections, Wisconsin

The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/19/2020 • Comments

Yesterday’s spring primary included a statewide contest for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, with incumbent Justice Dan Kelly and challengers Judge Jill Karofsky and Professor Ed Fallone. (It was the only race on Whitewater’s ballot, as there were no contested local races). A few remarks — Statewide. Kelly and Karofsky will move on to the spring…

Elections, Fair Maps, Gerrymandering

Fair Maps

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/23/2020 • Comments

I am proud to stand with @GovEvers tonight as he calls for non-partisan redistricting in Wisconsin. In 2011 Republicans drew some of the worst gerrymanders in the country. It’s time to change that and make things fair. It’s time to give power back to the people-where it belongs. https://t.co/34jB9j04yZ — Eric Holder (@EricHolder) January 23,…

Elections, Presidential race 2020, Trump, Wisconsin

Battleground Wisconsin 2020

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/20/2020 • Comments

Although Trump carried Wisconsin in ‘16, and although 2020 is likely to see a hard fight against him in Wisconsin, Trump has significant obstacles he did not have in the last election. On Twitter, Joe Handrick (@joeminocqua) offers a sound analysis of Trump’s electoral position in the Badger State. Embedded below is the first of…

Congress, Elections, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia

In questioning of DOJ’s inspector general, Sen. Klobuchar debunks GOP lies about FBI Russia probe report

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/13/2019 • Comments

Smart line of questioning from @amyklobuchar, laying out how nothing in the IG report draws into question the key points of what we know about Russian interference or how the investigation into it was conducted pic.twitter.com/Rf81MVDaKW — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 11, 2019

America, Congress, Elections, Federal Government, Foreign Affairs, Impeachment, Poll, Presidential race 2020, Sen. Ron Johnson, Trump, Wisconsin

Sure enough…

by JOHN ADAMS • 10/04/2019 • 5 Comments

Ron Johnson really is America’s Dumbest Senator™: MIDDLETON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson said Thursday there’s nothing improper about President Donald Trump’s call on Chinese officials to investigate his top political rival in his 2020 re-election bid. Trump extended the invitation Thursday to the foreign country as he faces impeachment over a similar request of the president of…

America, Congress, Elections, Trump, Trump-Russia

Moscow Mitch

by JOHN ADAMS • 08/03/2019 • Comments

America, Courts, Elections, Federal Government, Law

Major Supreme Court Decisions (And Where to Find Them)

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/27/2019 • Comments

There were two major United States Supreme Court decisions handed down today, on partisan gerrymandering and on a possible citizenship question for the 2020 census form. There will be significant commentary – some informed, some not – about these decisions, but it’s worth reading them in full. Like most decisions, they’re lengthy, yet always worth…

Elections, Politics, Presidential race 2020, Trump

That’s Not Confidence…

by JOHN ADAMS • 06/20/2019 • Comments

One reads at Politico that Donald Trump is confident his core coalition of die-hard supporters can propel him to a second term in the White House, asserting in a new interview that he may not even bother reaching out to swing voters in his re-election campaign. “I think my base is so strong, I’m not…