Last week I called attention to the latest phase of the Kafka-esque “John Doe” ordeal that Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and his allies have been subjected to: a baseless effort to disqualify the state supreme court justices who might put an end to the bizarre witch hunt.

I’m pleased to note that the Ethics and Public Policy Center (the institution I head) has just filed an amicus brief in the state supreme court explaining how the (apparent) basis of the (secret) motion to disqualify is thoroughly unsound. Attached to EPPC’s amicus brief are excellent affidavits from legal-ethics experts Ronald D. Rotunda (pp. 26-38 of the filing) and Michael Krauss (pp. 85-90).

My special thanks to James R. Troupis and Paul M. Ferguson (both of Troupis Law Office LLC) for their excellent and generous work in preparing the amicus brief.