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Who could forget J.B. Van Hollen all but threatening TV stations about a legitimate commercial being run about his record as Bayfield County DA? Also who could forget when he took the unprecedented step of filing an actual lawsuit against Greater Wisconsin Political Fund (GWPF), the group that ran the commercial? Now that GWPF has been totally vindicated, I'm pretty sure that Van Hollen would like to forget the frivolous lawsuit.
Van Hollen filed the lawsuit in the waning days of a very close race for State Attorney General. It seemed to be his plan B after intimidating TV stations didn't work. Anyone looking honestly at the legal action could see the real motivation behind it and could tell that it was wholly without merit. Heck, this was even obvious to J.B. himself because immediately after he won that close race, he tried to quietly forget about the case. Thankfully the victim of this clear misuse of our legal system would not agree to let go of the case until they were totally and completely vindicated. That has recently happened and GWPF has prevailed. No more excuses and spin are required, the final word has been given on Van Hollen's misuse of the legal system and he owes GWPF and the public an apology. His apology should be just as public as the press conferences at the time he filed the frivolous suit.
A person certainly is not required to be silent when criticized but they also should not be filing lawsuits in an attempt to silence opposition. One would think that a person running to be the state's top lawyer would know something so elementary. I suspect that Van Hollen knew that his legal action was frivolous, which makes his actions much more disturbing. If he was willing to abuse our legal system in such a way at that time, it makes one wonder how he might use it in his current position of power.
