Judge orders halt to group's radio ads in Wisconsin Assembly race Group protests move, says it restricts free speech By Dave Umhoefer of the Journal Sentinel Posted: Nov. 1, 2008 A judge's apparently unprecedented decision Saturday to order a halt to political ads before hearing from the ad's sponsors drew immediate criticism as an unfair restraint of free speech. Jackson County Circuit Judge Thomas Lister defended his emergency order, which was requested via telephone Friday by state Democratic Party attorneys representing an Assembly candidate in a hotly contested race in western Wisconsin. Lister will hold a hearing with all parties...