Meanwhile, Dugan has an insanely high-level defense team. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel says:
Leading Dugan's legal team is Steven Biskupic, the former U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Wisconsin from 2002 to 2009. Republican President George W. Bush selected Biskupic, who oversaw a series of public high-profile corruption and police misconduct cases, including the convictions of seven Milwaukee police officers in the beating of Frank Jude Jr. Biskupic was a career prosecutor before his term as U.S. attorney. He is now in private practice.
The most prominent member of the defense team is former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement, a Cedarburg native. As solicitor general from 2005 to 2008, Clement argued more than 100 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. Clement, a conservative who was appointed by former Republican President George W. Bush, currently represents the law firm WilmerHale, which is suing the Trump administration after it was targeted by an executive order. Clement has been dubbed by some "the LeBron James of lawyers."
You're presumed to know that Cedarburg is in Wisconsin. One explanation for why Clement is taking on this case may be the Wisconsin connection.
Also, the name George W. Bush jumps out. There are plenty of conservatives who are hostile to Trump and particularly to his approach to illegal immigration.
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Nothing but the best. Who's paying.
Pound the facts.
Wow that dude is ugly.
Suddenly the ranks of Neo Anti-Federalists swells. As the great-grandson of a territorial leader and delegate to Congress, who was thrown in jail in the late 19th century because his religious marriage practices offended Washington DC and other states, I welcome the new converts with open arms.
Conservatives also believe in due process. You can convict only against the best possible defense, else it's not a conviction.
This judge is above the law and will never serve a single day in jail. Every other judge is saying to themselves: "Oh, but for the grace of Trump, go I." They absolutely have zero intention of placing a single finger on this corrupt judge.
She wasn't even required to post bail - like virtually any other person would have to charged with similar offenses.
Given her morbid obesity, I guess they figure she's not a flight risk. At least we aren't paying for her 6 meals a day.
It's been 7 years now that Judge Shelley Joseph was indicted for doing the exact same thing and the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court of Democrat Clowns hasn't even appointed a hearing officer to hear her case.
Her charges were dropped by the Biden DOJ on the agreement that she would submit herself to the Mass SJC for punishment in a setup of the Department of Justice by that court, which has no intention of ever punishing Judge Joseph. She's been given a new court job and is making $220,000 a year off taxpayers.
None of these Democrat kangaroo courts have any public confidence whatsoever.
I went to Beloit, vacationed as kid every year north of Rhinelander, and practice in Beverly Hills. She tried to engage me, but I don’t represent losers….well, actually, she didn’t, but I still don’t represent losers.
- Krumhorn
All precious corrupt lying democratics are above the law.
If liar Liz Cheney didn't receive a Biden pardon - perhaps in an alternate situation - these two could have shared a legal team.
i'm So Old,
that i can Remember back when the democrats pretended to say;
No One Is Above The Law!
now they are OUTRAGED that their judges can't do as they please.
See what has changed? Nothing has changed
" insanely high-level defense team"
who's paying for this?
We just need to keep a running list of the current Democrat Confederacy membership.
Bush “Republicans” were always democrats. They are just taking their masks off.
Of course Ann doesn’t understand the difference and still calls these traitors “conservatives” as if making the confederacy bi partisan makes it ok.
Pricey defense team for a person who makes $165k per year. Wonder if they all intend to jump in and represent the illegal immigrant domestic abuser or his ilk. Seems like they should, if they are pro bono'ing the person who tried to help him flee arrest and deportation, but I doubt it.
"You can convict only against the best possible defense, else it's not a conviction. [emphasis added]"
Wow, rhh, that's the stupidest thing anyone will read all day long, and I say that with confidence even before Freder, Rich, Victoria, et al have contributed anything.
If only someone would look at you and love you like insanely high-level defense lawyers look at and love activist judges who openly defy literally Hitler by letting criminals loose to continue to prey on American citizens....
You can convict only against the best possible defense, else it's not a conviction.
There are a ton of crap lawyers in the country. No one believes that defendants must get the "best" possible defense.
The same people that worked to disbar Trump's attorneys line up to represent this judge. Former judge. The suspension will become a permanent removal, because there is no defense for blatantly breaking the law. The DOJ has an amazingly high conviction rate.
Dugan can be defended on political grounds, but not legal ones. Her actions are clearly unethical and violate laws put in place to allow federal agents to do their job. I’m not necessarily a fan of those laws, but I recognize the need for them to maintain order. A judge should want to maintain that order too. Alas, a jury can be won over by political arguments.
This “judge” is a slave to an ideology that doesn’t hold a traditional worldview. That makes her “less than American” in my book.
That’s the way it works… at least according to the Atlantic, the NYT and several other progressive birdcage liners.
Althouse is correct -- a lot of Republicans support open borders. For example, George W. Bush argued, more or less, that open borders and amnesty for undocumented immigrants was good politics and would help the Republican Party win the votes of the growing Latino demographic. Of course, big business is always for cheap immigrant labor, devout Christians seek out converts (you'd be surprised how many Latinos are Evangelicals) and libertarians are always enthusiastic for this sort of bull.
Republicans were always a big part of the immigration problem. Heck, I think they're responsible for like 90% of the fiasco were experiencing.
The prosecutor and two victims were in the courtroom when all of this happened. It should be obvious that their chance of getting justice from this judge is zero. Her sympathies obviously favored the defendant. So what if he beat the crap out of the victims. He’s an illegal, and to this judge, that is more important than justice. She isn’t the only one.
The case, if it ever gets to trial, will be decided in voir dire.
This has all the appearances of being a case about the scope and extent of judicial immunity. I also expect a fair bit of discussion on just who the "public" is that is permitted to attend public proceedings in public courts. Toss in a dash of federalism and federal supremacy. It will be interesting to see how this law recipe turns out.
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CS
Bush “Republicans” were always democrats. They are just taking their masks off.
Half of Trump's cabinet, and Trump himself, are Democrats - just Wayback Machine Democrats. I probably am myself, Kennedy-era or so (I was a toddler back then and haven't studied up on his overall policies, just the ones that made my history textbooks). I prefer to think of the Bush folks as neocons, as I used to be in my naive youth - I really believed, back then, that we could simply (well, ok, maybe with a bit of "Look at me, young man! I said LOOK AT ME!") model prosperous, stable, free market democracy to the world and they'd see the benefits and jump on the train. In sum, I really believed that everyone was like the Anglosphere.
I'm really not cut out for cynical realpolitik, but here we are.
The deceptions visited on the news-watching public, especially apparent in the last administration, reduce me to despair at times. My husband, as I've mentioned before, treks deep into the swamps, watching CNN and MSNBC, reading the NYT and WaPo and USA Today (for the Everyman perspective), and he tells me that no one on that side believes this judge has done anything wrong - she's literally a hero. They'll never learn of her angry exchange with the feds that establishes beyond any doubt that she knew they had a warrant and that the guy was about to be legally detained. They'll never learn of the feds' prior arrangement with building security that clarified that he was subject to arrest in the hallways but not the courtroom, hence the feds' not even trying to arrest him there. They'll never learn.
People need to stop thinking Republican = Conservative. George Bush was always a globalist and an internationist. "Invade the world, invite the world". To Bush, average Americans exist to consume product and help Big Business. And fight to spread "Democracy" around the world.
So, i'm not suprised that elitist lawyers who worked for Bush are helping a Judge who's broken the immigration laws. Clement - like Paul Ryan - loves cheap labor.
Special Peculiar Liberal Corporations... Confederates.
So what approach to illegal immigration do “conservatives” prefer? I prefer the one where they ALL go home. Now. No more bullshit. No ten fucking years of due process. Run their asses off. North, South, no difference to me.
The amazing thing about Bush and Cheney is how much they hate their conservative voters. Neither has ever treated a Liberal Democrat as badly as Trump. The MSM just reported the fact that Bush-41 regarded bill Clinton as a son. And both he and "Barb" voted for Hillary in 2016.
George Bush seems to have the same sort of love affair with Obama. Noticed at the Carter funeral that Obama got a playful jab and smile from Bush while Trump was ignored.
Globalists of a feather stick together.
What Larry J said. The Judge should have been removed when this happened.
I have no problem with her getting the best possible defense, provided to her pro bono by lawyers and monied interests who want to see her acquitted. I'll also not lose sleep if she never sees the inside of a prison cell. If I'm looking at this through the lens of cruel neutrality, what she did looks like an impulsive act taken at a moment of peak emotion, that ultimately caused no harm. She may be guilty of a crime, but it's not necessarily one that warrants a severe punishment. I'd be satisfied if she has to wear the shame of a conviction and gets probation, for example, plus whatever judicial ethics consequences may befall her. Not that it's a competition, but I think the creeps who are going around in premeditated fashion terrorizing Tesla owners are far more deserving of jail time. As for the need to make an example out of this judge, that's obviously already happening, regardless of whether she ends up getting convicted.
The Trump administration wanted this to be a high profile get, so it seems fitting that Judge Dugan also have a high profile team. The message when she goes down will be that much more impactful.
Am I the only one who laughed out loud at "the LeBron James of lawyers?" That dude gets away with more blatant rule violations than any other player in the league.
I was wrongly assuming this was the case from a few years ago that the Trump administration resurrected.
That was another judge in Massachusetts who did the same thing. The Mass judge was charged as well. Of course the Biden corrupt DOJ dropped the case.
Ah Wilmer Hale, that was Mueller's firm (Mueller who covered for Saudi agent Omar Bayoumi,) according to recent reports, who hired two chinese deep cover operatives in their translation department, who was an architect of the fraudulent case against Stephen Hatfill,
that was the firm of Jamie Gorelick, when she s
a former 9/11 commissioner and she represented parties that were part of civil litigation, the Islamic Shamal Bank, by some of the families affected by her criminal negligence,
Dogma and Pony Show said... As for the need to make an example out of this judge, that's obviously already happening, regardless of whether she ends up getting convicted.
Agreed. She is disgraced. The point of making a big deal out of this is pour encourager les autres. Dugan doesn't need to go to jail to accomplish that goal.
Whether it's activist judges, activist immigrants, or enviro-terrorists--the lawlessness grew out of an atmosphere of impunity. End the impunity and almost all of them will find another hobby.
I recall that President Trump had a hard time getting good defense attorneys and many of those were being targeted to get their law licenses revoked. I agree that every defendant should get a defense. Amazing Dugan got such a good team. Clement is a very good attorney. I do wonder who is paying for this legal defense.
as we see from matt godwin across the pond, the same sort of malfeasance happens with certain persons, who count more than other citizens,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqK7VJllGjw
If cameras were running - I hope the right people (non corrupt) have secured it.
Rocketeer said...
“Am I the only one who laughed out loud at "the LeBron James of lawyers?" That dude gets away with more blatant rule violations than any other player in the league.”
So fittingly symbolic of our two tiered justice system.
I cannot believe the personal energy I expended defending bush. I’m so glad that the whole clan and Clinton and soon Obama are gone. It would be nice to see these lawyers take some serious heat for defending this lawless judge.
I haven’t read into this (because I’m lazy) but do wonder, was court in recess when she did this and was she wearing her robes?
"There are plenty of conservatives who are hostile to Trump and particularly to his approach to illegal immigration." Since illegal immigration makes a mockery of the rule of law, trust in government, and American traditions, they are CINOs. Their eagerness to defend prog lawlessness is telling. Of course, we knew. And that's how we got Trump.
Once again it boils down to civilization vs barbarians. Judges are supposed to stand for civilized justice, not politically charged anarchy.
Leland said...
Dugan can be defended on political grounds, but not legal ones. Her actions are clearly unethical and violate laws put in place to allow federal agents to do their job. I’m not necessarily a fan of those laws, but I recognize the need for them to maintain order. A judge should want to maintain that order too. Alas, a jury can be won over by political arguments.
4/30/25, 8:12 AM
Jury nullification is a thing, absolutely. Question here is whether this will go to trial or her "high power team" will get her a favorable deal to take. Regardless of how the federal case goes, I am hoping the state has the good sense to remove her judgeship (disjudge? dejudge? unjudge? forcefully experience a period of non-judgeship?). Had she done this in a manner that didn't impact a case in her courtroom, that would be one thing...but it seems her actions did have an impact on a case before her which makes this worse in my mind. Were she a commanding officer, I would anticipate a quick removal from command citing 'lack of confidence' or some such (rather than specifically for cause).
We shall see, I guess. Good that relatively quick action was taken on the initial consequences.
Somewhat tongue-in-cheek, it would be nice to see her get the full J6 treatment as a state official violating federal law in that manner sure feels a bit insurrectiony in a 'the federal government has no authority in my courthouse' kind of way!
Everybody, including her legal team knows what she did and why. She was fighting the Trump administration. There will be two stories: one saying that was a blatant felony, and one saying it was a righteous protection of her state court. It was both, so the court must decide if you can break the law to protect the law.
Meanwhile, Dugan has an insanely high-level defense team.
How to admit that you’re guilty without actually admitting that you’re guilty.
Ah, that “insanely high-level defense team,” who’s paying for it? MS-13? Tren de Aragua?
I mean when there's an opportunity to virtue signal by representing such as Judge Dugan, every liberal high flying attorney in the USA will jump at the chance.
Astonishing that this judge displayed more empathy and concern for the batterer than the batterees.
I am also curious: Who is paying for this defense?
This is not a surprise. Nor were her actions a surprise. The COMMIES of the Democrat party have very fluid standards. Right now, the ONLY standard is to resist everything Trump even if what he does is simple common sense. She has a screw loose.
I think many of you give Bush entirely too much credit for globalism. I think he was just a useful idiot for his handlers, much like Biden was for his. Bush just doesn't didn't have Biden's excuse of an addled brain. Oh, wait, forget I said that.
"I mean when there's an opportunity to virtue signal by representing such as Judge Dugan, every liberal high flying attorney in the USA will jump at the chance."
You have zero clue who Paul Clement is.
If you have never heard of Paul Clement, his resignation letter to King & Spauling so he could continue represent Republicans defending the federal ban on same sex marriage is a good primer:
https://www.politico.com/pdf/PPM153_clement.pdf
Steve Biskupic is also a conservative lawyer. He was a U.S. Attorney under Bush. These are not virtue signaling lefties. These a very serious, very smart, very principled lawyers. There are very few like them left.
I think the SC's intervention may have more to do with how the judge handled the assault case than the federal crimes.
This could have a small effect on a future jury if it reaches that point.
"These a very serious, very smart, very principled lawyers."
If so then they will advise their client to plead guilty and take a plea deal that keeps her out of prison.
Gentlemen, you can't enforce the law here. This is a courthouse.
Jury nullification in Milwaukee. But try the case so that people can learn the facts.
"While the case will be tried in deep-blue Milwaukee County, the juror pool will also include several conservative rural and suburban counties."
- Bloomberg
“Meanwhile, Dugan has an insanely high-level defense team.” Of course she does. Defense attorneys are hired guns. Scofflaw Democrats will spend whatever it takes to thwart the administration. Ethics don’t matter.
Astonishing that this judge displayed more empathy and concern for the batterer than the batterees.
Leftists repeatedly demonstrate that they would side with the Devil himself to simply be in opposition to Trump. Even after she's convicted some Lefty NGO or law firm will hire her. You don't have to practice law to make good money in the law, especially as a former judge.
Jury nullification in Milwaukee. But try the case so that people can learn the facts.
I don't think they can achieve it, Dave. The jury will see and hear the battered woman denied justice by this judge who sided with her abusive ex. Given DOJ procedures she may be a offered a plea she can't refuse. SOP for the Feds is to charge heavy and coerce a plea deal. I don't think she's a very sympathetic defendant either, should she take that other fork in the road. They also have the Rodney King option, where they sue her in civil court for depriving the battered woman her constitutional right to face her accuser etc. She broke a LOT of rules and a few laws. She will need every brain cell of her "high powered" defense team.
I hope it bankrupts her. Jail time is in order.
"Pricey defense team for a person who makes $165k per year."
Before she was a hag in a bag, she was an immigration grifter. She probably owns a villa in Tuscany.
"Prior to her judicial service, Dugan served as an executive director for Catholic Charities USA in south-east Wisconsin,
You know who else had an "insanely high-level defense team?"
Yes, OJ. Who won and then lost. And who everyone, even the jurors who acquitted him, knew was guilty.
"Dogma and Pony Show said...
I'll also not lose sleep if she never sees the inside of a prison cell. If I'm looking at this through the lens of cruel neutrality, what she did looks like an impulsive act taken at a moment of peak emotion, that ultimately caused no harm. She may be guilty of a crime, but it's not necessarily one that warrants a severe punishment."
No harm? Loss of faith in the legal system creates huge harm. And there can be no worse case than a judge knowingly breaking the law. And this impulsive peak emotion is just bullshit. She took very measure steps.
Jamie said...They'll never learn of the feds' prior arrangement with building security that clarified that he was subject to arrest in the hallways but not the courtroom, hence the feds' not even trying to arrest him there. They'll never learn.
I noticed that the MSM will phrase it so that it sounds like the feds meant to arrest the illegal alien INSIDE her courtroom, which was not the case.
Was there a vote within the court on this? How many justices are required to agree on something like this? It seems to be unsigned ... what does that mean?
GingerBeer said..."Gentlemen, you can't enforce the law here. This is a courthouse."
Yeah…
You can convict only against the best possible defense, else it's not a conviction.
Derek Chauvin would like a word with you.
High-level defense team? Well, if lawfare cuts both ways it descends to trench warfare.
With Trump 2025 blitz, lawfare has indeed become trench warfare. Next stop: EU-style negotiations for when to poop and whether to wipe forward, backward, or sideways. And many, many, many special food terriors.
Meanwhile, Dugan has an insanely high-level defense team
Which isn't going to do her a damn bit of good, because she flagrantly violated the law with lots of witnesses who are looking forward to testifying against her.
Including the people he was in court that day for beating, and the prosecutor for the case, who saw all her games.
She's going to jail
Gerda Sprinchorn said...
Was there a vote within the court on this? How many justices are required to agree on something like this? It seems to be unsigned ... what does that mean?
It means at least 4, and probably all 7, members of the court said "girl, you stupid."
reader said...
I haven’t read into this (because I’m lazy) but do wonder, was court in recess when she did this and was she wearing her robes?
Court was in session, she was in her robes, she teamed up with the defense attorney to cancel his hearing that day without telling either the prosecutor or the two victims who were there.
She she personally escorted the defense attorney and thug out through the jury room, where they're not allowed, to try to help them escape ICE
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