Brian Hagedorn swearing-in illustrates power of appointments

Quoted: “You’d like to think you’ve got seven people sitting there and looking over the law and being fairly dispassionate about it. (Their decision) shouldn’t be predictable by someone who knows nothing about the law,” said Frank Tuerkheimer, an emeritus UW-Madison law professor who studies judicial ethics. “As we become more polarized, why shouldn’t appointment of judges be polarized, too? I would be surprised if it were otherwise.”