High court backs public financing

Mark Pitsch reports in the Wisconsin State Journal.

All seven members of the state Supreme Court have endorsed public financing of elections for that court, saying it is needed to "protect " the judiciary.

In addition, another of the prospective candidates in the next Supreme Court election,

[Burnett County Circuit Judge Michael] Gableman supports full public financing of Supreme Court races, a spokesman said.

(via WisPolitics)

Here's the court's letter [pdf]