In its two-page order, the court said it was acting to protect public confidence in Wisconsin courts during the criminal proceedings against Dugan. The order noted that the court was acting on its own initiative and was not responding to a request from anyone. Liberal justices control the court 4-3.
“It is ordered … that Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah C. Dugan is temporarily prohibited from exercising the powers of a circuit court judge in the state of Wisconsin, effective the date of this order and until further order of the court,” the justices wrote.
Eh, AP is a wire service. They report on the basics of events so other news agencies don’t need to.
They reported why they were arrested, according to the affidavit, and basic description of the interaction between the judge and law enforcement.
They also reported statements from people defending the judge, but none of them brought up the details of the cops being cruddy.
The relevant facts of the story are that a judge was arrested for showing someone through a door they usually wouldn’t use, the high court put them on indefinite leave for the duration of the case, and these people say it’s a breach of separation of power.
Until someone connected to the story in some way actually makes the argument that the cops weren’t impacted by the door choice, it would be editorializing to add that question.