Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Gableman ethics case hinges on defining lie

Patrick Marley reports in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on today's Wiscconsin Judicial Commission hearing.
[Now-Justice Michael] Gableman is accused of lying about his opponent, then-Justice Louis Butler Jr., in a March 2008 TV ad. Gableman contends his ad was truthful and that under the First Amendment he can't be held liable for incorrect inferences viewers might have taken from the ad.

Update: Gableman complaint: Sides debate truthfulness of campaign ad, by Jack Zemlicka, Wisconsin Law Journal, September 16, 2009

Update 2: Panel grills attorneys in Gableman disciplinary case, by Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Posted: September 16, 2009