A landmark prosecution seeking federal criminal obstruction charges against a Milwaukee County judge must go through the courtroom of a jurist who was disciplined for openly criticizing a rightward swing on the US Supreme Court.
Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan’s case was randomly assigned to 85-year-old Lynn Adelman, a US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin judge and former state senator nominated by Bill Clinton in 1997.
On Thursday, Dugan’s legal team—which includes former solicitor general Paul Clement—will appear in court less than two miles from where federal authorities arrested Dugan for allegedly attempting to usher a ...
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