They say justice delayed is justice denied. So the collective nightmare that was inflicted upon Wisconsin conservatives by criminal, jackbooted thug Wisconsin Democrats, both prosecutors and judges alike, which destroyed most if not all of them financially and permanently ruined their reputations and livelihoods, all in retaliation for their support of Governor Scott Walker and Dems' inability to destroy him in three separate Statewide elections and abort his presidential run - only recently halted by a federal judge long after the irreversible damage had already been done - constitutes a pyrrhic victory at best.
For which, in turn, the Wisconsin Supremes are producing the postmortem:
To be clear, this conclusion ends the John Doe investigation because the special prosecutor’s legal theory is unsupported in either reason or law. Consequently, the investigation is closed. Consistent with our decision and the order entered by Reserve Judge Peterson, we order that the special prosecutor and the district attorneys involved in this investigation must cease all activities related to the investigation, return all property seized in the investigation from any individual or organization, and permanently destroy all copies of information and other materials obtained through the investigation. All Unnamed Movants are relieved of any duty to cooperate further with the investigation. [emphasis added]
Sounds pretty conclusive to me. Although the criminal, jackbooted thug Wisconsin Democrats are, predictably, not taking no for an answer.
Perhaps that's why the Wisconsin Supremes were just getting started:
The special prosecutor has disregarded the vital principle that in our nation and our State political speech is a fundamental right and is afforded the highest level of protection. The special prosecutor’s theories, rather than “assur[ing] [the] unfettered interchange of ideas for the bringing about of political and social changes desired by the people,” Roth, 354 U.S. at 484, instead would assure that such political speech will be investigated with paramilitary-style home invasions conducted in the pre-dawn hours and then prosecuted and punished. In short, the special prosecutor completely ignores the command that, when seeking to regulate issue advocacy groups, such regulation must be done with “narrow specificity.” Barland II, 751 F.3d at 811 (quotations omitted). [emphases added]
Of course, the criminal, jackbooted thug Wisconsin special prosecutor ignored that command, and Article I, Section 3 of the Wisconsin Constitution, and the First Amendment. The law was getting in the way of his destroying his political enemies for the "crime" of publicly uttering political speech he disagreed with, campaigning for and winning elections that defeated his leftwing extremist fascist party, and dismantling its corrupt public employee union-driven gravy train. Justice cannot be allowed to stand against the raw power of the almighty state.
And yet some patriotic conservative Wisconsinites dared to do so anyway, and paid a terrifying price for it, for which the Wisconsin Supremes belatedly lauded them:
Our lengthy discussion of these three cases can be distilled into a few simple, but important, points. It is utterly clear that the special prosecutor has employed theories of law that do not exist in order to investigate citizens who were wholly innocent of any wrongdoing. In other words, the special prosecutor was the instigator of a “perfect storm” of wrongs that was visited upon the innocent Unnamed Movants and those who dared to associate with them. It is fortunate, indeed, for every other citizen of this great State who is interested in the protection of fundamental liberties that the special prosecutor chose as his targets innocent citizens who had both the will and the means to fight the unlimited resources of an unjust prosecution. Further, these brave individuals played a crucial role in presenting this court with an opportunity to re-endorse its commitment to upholding the fundamental right of each and every citizen to engage in lawful political activity and to do so free from the fear of the tyrannical retribution of arbitrary or capricious governmental prosecution. Let one point be clear: our conclusion today ends this unconstitutional John Doe investigation. [emphases added]
There are two basic things for which I consistently level stiff but well-earned criticism at Tea Partiers: (1) Letting their emotions drown their reason (as in flocking after a con artist like Donald Trump), and (2) deluding themselves into believing that if they just "Fight! Fight! Fight!"/"hit 'em hard, hit 'em fast, hit 'em from every angle" long and hard enough, victory will be inevitable. Either of those grievous errors is enough to hamstring any conservative renaissance; both of them combined dooms such a happy outcome altogether.
But I have never, ever said that I don't understand and share their anger. When I described this Gestapoesque witchhunt as "Wisconsin's Democrat Police State," I was not hyperbolizing, but rather wedding factual accuracy to the outrage that I and all TPers felt at such a fascist rampage taking place in what is supposed to be a constitutional federal republic. And while its conservative victims' "Fight! Fight! Fight!" did not, in fact, save them from comprehensive ruination, it did at least earn them a heroic eulogy and martyr status, if their fate can be a rallying cry to unite under Scott Walker's banner and his crusade to do for America - "Fight and win" - what he has done for Wisconsin, and make the nightmare of criminal, jackbooted thug Democrats come true.
And yet, the plaintive words of Ronald Reagan's first Labor Secretary, Raymond Donovan, the first casualty of the Democrat personal destruction machine, on the courthouse steps after his acquittal on all their trumped-up, smearing charges comes to mind: "Where do I go to get my reputation back?" Even after the Wisconsin Supremes' resounding ruling, Badger State conservatives will be asking that question for a long time to come.
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