Bill Barth

1 week ago | beloitdailynews.com | Bill Barth

In any organization — with the possible exception of one-person owner-operator outfits — there likely is room to cut personnel costs. But that doesn’t mean people who are cut have no responsibilities, or that there will be no consequences from reductions. kAmr2D6 :? A@:?Ei %96 |:=H2F<66 !F3=:4 $49@@= DJDE6> 7@F?5 H:56DAC625 =625 4@?E2>:?2E:@? AC@3=6>D :? :ED 724:=:E:6D[ 2?5 C6BF6DE65 2DD:DE2?46 7C@> E96 7656C2= r6?E6CD 7@C s:D62D6 r@?EC@= 2?5 !C6G6?E:@? E@ :56?E:7J E96 D4@A6 2?5 A=2?

1 week ago | beloitdailynews.com | Bill Barth

What a disappointing chapter in the story of a man who could have been revered in Wisconsin’s judicial history. Michael Gableman served as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Now he’s disgraced, after agreeing to a three-year suspension of his law license over allegations that he violated all sorts of norms and rules of conduct while supposedly investigating alleged voter fraud in the 2020 presidential race. kAmv23=6>2?

1 week ago | hngnews.com | Bill Barth

Like former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said of pornography, “I know it when I see it.”Or, to deploy another aphorism, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. kAm}@H[ :? E96 ?6IE A2C28C2A9[ C6A=246 E96 H@C5D “t=@? |FD<” H:E9 E96 H@C5D “v6@C86 $@C@D]”k^AmkAmx? E96 =625\FA E@ (:D4@?D:?’D $FAC6>6 r@FCE C246[ t=@? |FD< @776C65 S`__ E@ A6@A=6 H9@ H@F=5 D:8? 2 A6E:E:@? @AA@D:?8 “24E:G:DE ;F586D[” 2?5 E96? HC@E6 S` >:==:@?

1 week ago | gmtoday.com | Bill Barth

Like former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said of pornography, “I know it when I see it.”Or, to deploy another aphorism, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck. Now, in the next paragraph, replace the words “Elon Musk” with the words “George Soros.”In the lead-up to Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, Elon Musk offered $100 to people who would sign a petition opposing “activist judges,” and then wrote $1 million checks to two people who joined his crusade.

2 weeks ago | beloitdailynews.com | Bill Barth

There’s an old joke in electoral politics when what lies ahead for the victors looks like one big sinkhole. The winners’ first thought might be to ask for a recount. kAmu@C E96 $49@@= s:DEC:4E @7 q6=@:E[ E96 6=64E:@? 2AA62CD E@ 92G6 366? 2 >:I65 328]k^AmkAm~? @?6 92?5[ G@E6CD D6?E 2 >6DD286 E96J H2?E ?6H =6256CD9:A 3J 49@@D:?8 EH@ ?6H4@>6CD 2=@?8 H:E9 @?6 :?4F>36?E] r@FA=65 H:E9 C646?E A2DE 6=64E:@?D[ E92E AFED C67@C>6CD 4=62C=J :? E96 5C:G6C’D D62E @? E96 3@2C5]k^AmkAm~?