Conservative Activist Judge Appointed by Walker to the Appellate Court: Former Republican Rep. Mark Gundrum!

I couldn't let this one slip under the radar. Scott Walker just appointed far right wingnut and former Assistant Assembly Majority Leader Mark Gundrum to the District II Court of Appeals. But conservative activism is more in line with what our founding fathers thinking anyway, right?:

Waukesha Patch: Gov. Scott Walker (said) “Judge Gundrum will treat the citizens of Wisconsin with respect, act fairly and be a blind arbiter of justice,” Walker said.

In the Orwellian world of Republican double speak, Gundrum is anything but fair or a blind arbiter.

Here are a few classic quotes from Gundrum on just a few memorable wedge issues:

His opposition to clone for research purposes at the UW: “Because research has become a god. And our public tax dollars are supporting that god. And the question is: How far will we bow down to the god of research … If this amendment (to allow research cloning) were adopted... it will become a reality that we will have artificial wombs, perhaps chambers with many of them. Human beings will be cloned, will be developed, will continue grow­ing for the purposes of harvesting organs for research...”

Allow Domestic Partnership, after gay scholars left the UW: "I'm not looking to tailor our budgeting policy to make sure we retain left-wing social activists. I'm not losing sleep over those folks choosing to go somewhere else."

Completely Defund UW Law School: Rep. Frank Lasee persuaded the Assembly to eliminate all state funding for the University of Wisconsin law school because, “There's too many lawyers in Wisconsin.” Gundrum voted to slash his alma mater's funding.

10 Year old Hunting: Gunderson supported it.

Constitutional Ban on Same Sex Marriage: Gundrum-"We need to have this in our state constitution or we are every bit as vulnerable to activists judges instituting same-sex marriage as they did in Massachusetts."

 From In Focus, Gundrum stresses the benefits of strict conservative justice. From VCY's In Focus:



Below, Gov. candidate Scott Walker said he would pick a purist, a "strict constructionist." Unbelievably, Walker  thinks the highly partisan constructionist theory is pure, like the predictably conservative vote from Justice Thomas, I guess?  How would Walker describe a more liberal judge? Oh well: