“What is capturing national attention is the fact that one candidate is trying to ride a wave to the Wisconsin supreme court on behalf of resentment against another political figure, and resentment against a piece of legislation that is likely to come before the court,” he continued. “This is the wrong way to determine who should serve on the supreme court for the next ten years.”

Prosser argued that the court must preserve the right of other branches of government to enact law. “Our job is not to substitute our views for the policy decisions made in other branches of government,” he said. “That is what this race has become in the eyes of some people. If [Kloppenburg] succeeds, that will be a direct assault on the independence of the Wisconsin judiciary.”