Wisconsin's judiciary — the third branch of state government that quietly goes about its business while the governor and Legislature loudly engage in politics. One might almost forget it's there, until you have a week like this where politicians and judges clash, pulling with coequal force in different directions. Gov. Scott Walker's administration was rebuffed by three judges in the course of a week over whether or not to call special elections. Meanwhile GOP lawmakers threatened to change the very laws those judges were interpreting and, to top it all off, two other county judges are facing off in an election to sit on the state Supreme Court. It's a week that screams, "third branch!"
