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Wisconsin's Battle Supreme

Wall Street Journal, by Stephen Moore Posted By: StormCnter- Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:09:38 GMT The rancorous political battles in Wisconsin haven't died down even weeks after Republican Governor Scott Walker's budget victories seemed to have settled the matter. Liberals in the state are trying to make the April election for a state supreme court justice a referendum on Governor Walker and his policies to reform public union pensions. A liberal front group called Greater Wisconsin Committee has announced it will spend as much as $3 million on the race. State supreme court justice elections are typically slam dunks for the incumbent unless there is a scandal or a high'profile court decision that galvanizes opposition.