I'm going to ignore anybody who claims that Tuesday's Supreme Court election was a liberal-conservative issue. It wasn't, despite what the Michael Gableman supporters would lead you to believe. According to them, "conservative" judges follow the letter of the law, while "liberal" judges will bring their personal opinions and biases in to play. Alright, makes sense, I guess. What doesn't make sense, though, is how can Gableman call himself a conservative judge while he's kissing the asses of every police department in the state, essentially promising that he'll uphold any and every decision they make. Louis Butler, on the other hand, was labeled a liberal for finding "loopholes" in the cases he has heard. Loopholes or not, they are still the law. If you're really interested in following the letter of the law, you ought to be interested in all of it.

I was curious to see just what loopholes they were talking about. Lucky for me, Gableman supporters Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce actually explain it right on their website. From their advertisement:

A husband poisoned his wife. Butler cites a loophole, almost jeopardizing the prosecution.

Scroll down the page linked above. WMC themselves state that this "loophole" is actually the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Oh wait, I forgot...in order to be "conservative", the police and the prosecution must always be right.

Thank you, voters, for listening to the loud talking and electing a justice who is content to piss on the Constitution.