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We the People Supreme Court Debate

Candidates for Wisconsin state supreme court Burnett County judge Mike Gableman and incumbent justice Louis Butler take questions from citizen-participants and each other in this We the People forum.

Original air date: March 29, 2008

We the People Supreme Court Debate
Gableman and Butler meet in last broadcast debate before election

Mike Gableman profiled
Supreme court candidate Mike Gableman profiled on WPR

Louis Butler profiled
Supreme court candidate Louis Butler profiled on WPR

A discussion of race for supreme court
Polical scientist Howard Schweber on state supreme court race

Art Hackett's one-minute overview
Art Hackett explains the politics behind non-partisan election

Contentious debate before state bar
Butler and Gableman spar over ad claims, Shawn Johnson reports

Both Gableman and Butler on Joy Cardin
Two candidates for supreme court split the hour

Eugene Kane on Obama minister controversy
Journal Sentinel columnist Eugene Kane on race, religion & politics

Presidential candidates' Iraq strategies
After five years in Iraq, what does the future hold?

Gableman defines himself
Supreme court candidate Mike Gableman talks about his background

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