Prosser Grabs Newsman's Mic, On Second Thought Gives it Back

The picture is of Justice David Prosser of the Wisconsin Supremes who allegedly got all chok-y with a female colleague he angrily disagreed with.  At the link you can see an extended video of the mic-grabbing incident and interviews with other Wisconsin Supreme Court Justices including the very circumspect Chief Justice. 

Things are so politically fractured in Wisconsin right now, that the local Sheriff investigating the alleged assault by Prosser on his colleague felt constrained to recuse himself after it was claimed by Wisconsin republicans that the Sheriff, a democrat, would be biased against the republican Prosser.  Here's a link to that story.

Did Prosser Commit a Tort?

Did Justice David Prosser (pic, left) of the Wisconsin Supreme Court assault and choke his female colleague,  Justice Ann Walsh Bradley (pic, right)?  The Blawgosphere and some mainstream media are asking precisely this question this morning.   Prosser, a close political ally of controversial Governor, Scott Walker, survived a squeaker of a reelection bid in April.

 Justice Prosser previously acknowledged calling his ideological opposite Chief Justice  Shirley Abrahamson a "total bitch."  According to local reports Justice Prosser threatened to "totally destroy her;" and, later acknowledging that he may have "overreacted."