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2013 State Supreme Court's race

No Flip

Still thinks judges should decide for themselves

Patience Roggensack
Patience Roggensack

On recusing herself from cases after receiving a campaign contribution

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, March 29th, 2013

Half Flip

Early comments at odds with later attack line

Ed Fallone
Ed Fallone

On changing the rules governing judicial conflicts of interest

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, March 29th, 2013

True

Numbers check out

Patience Roggensack
Patience Roggensack

Says she has bipartisan support, including "53 sheriffs throughout the state, Democrats and Republicans."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, March 29th, 2013

Mostly True

Individual gifts outpace union PAC money

Ed Fallone
Ed Fallone

"The majority of my contributions have been from private individuals" giving $125 on average, "not from PACs, not from groups."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, March 13th, 2013

False

Numbers steady amid conflicts

Ed Fallone
Ed Fallone

Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices are "deciding fewer opinions in civil and criminal cases than they used to."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, February 18th, 2013

Mostly True

Decides a lot, authors fewer

Patience Roggensack
Patience Roggensack

Says she heard more than 2,400 cases as a Wisconsin appeals court judge  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Sunday, February 17th, 2013

False

Assumes facts not in evidence

Vince Megna
Vince Megna

"200 consumer laws were destroyed" in 2011 when Gov. Scott Walker signed Act 92.  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, January 14th, 2013