Yesterday, in an odd order, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ordered a previously sealed document from the Special Prosecutor in the John Doe case to be unsealed. Three Justices voted to unseal; three recused themselves; and Justice Abrahamson refused to vote.[Update: Judge Abrahamson Abrahamson filed a separate document that says: ““Contrary to my request, the following was omitted from the order dated September 20, 2016, released by Chief Justice Roggensack in the three matters identified above. The following should be added to that order: 

Shirley S. Abrahamson, J., did not participate in this order.”]

I haven’t had time to go through the whole thing, but a reader on Twitter notes the the filing includes information about ex parte communications not part of the record via email from one of the John Doe plaintiffs [apparently Eric O’Keefe/Club for Growth] to the Chief Justice. The special prosecutor wanted the emails put into the record:

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