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Brad Schimel: “I spent 25 years as a frontline prosecutor in Waukesha…”

Featuring: Brad Schimel, Republican | Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge, Waukesha County

Tuesday Luncheon - Supreme Court Candidate Judge Brad Schimel

Published March 19, 2025 | Video Starts at 40:36

She tells you in ads and speeches that she was a prosecutor that locked up dangerous felons. And as I called her on at the debate, that's not actually true. She never did that. I have been that. I spent 25 years as a frontline prosecutor in Waukesha County. I was the guy who got called at 3:00 in the morning to go to the crime scene many, countless times. I was the shoulder that victims cried on. (40:36–40:41)

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“Unless judges, and particularly justices, can approach this job with a commitment to be objective, with a commitment to be impartial, with a…”
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“The Supreme Court, it's a 10-year term, the longest term in Wisconsin government and it's statewide.”
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“I enforced the law as a judge. I interpret the law the way it's written.”
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“I've campaigned now almost 16 months, 15 and a half months already, traveling the state of Wisconsin. I've campaigned in all 72 counties.”
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“I'm running to enforce and uphold the law the way it's written by the legislature.”
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“The answer is found in the constitution and the laws, not in which side's a Republican and which side is a Democrat.”
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“If the legislative branch goes outside or beyond their authority, someone can take them to the court and sue them, to restrain them, to put…”
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“The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the final word when it comes to deciding what Wisconsin law says or what the Wisconsin constitution says.”
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“There's no appeal to the federal court. They don't have jurisdiction to decide what Wisconsin law or Wisconsin's constitution mean.”
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“If there is a ripe dispute in front of the court, court could tell the executive branch whether what they're doing is lawful or not.”
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“The legislature is responsible for making laws that dictate how voter integrity is to be ensured.”
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“The 1849 law oral arguments occurred over five months ago. That case has been submitted to the court since November 11th.”
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“The court's got to make their decision. I have no idea who's voting, which way or what's happening.”
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“The word abortion doesn't appear in the Wisconsin Constitution.”
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“This case isn't even at the Wisconsin Supreme Court yet. It's still in the appellate court level.”
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“The law is made by legislators. That's what ultimately the US Supreme Court decided in the Dobbs decision is this issue belongs to the…”
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“They held off for a long time before they had oral arguments till after the November 5 election.”
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“Circuit court judges have 90 days from the time all the final arguments are submitted to issue our decision.”
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“There isn't a similar timeline on the [Wisconsin] Supreme Court.”
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“My opponent has now spent $18 million [on] her campaign on television ads.”
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“97% of my donors are people who vote in Wisconsin.”
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“Almost half of my opponent's donors don't vote in the state of Wisconsin because they can't. They don't live here.”
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“Over three quarters of the elected sheriffs in Wisconsin are publicly endorsing my campaign.”
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“I have the support of all of the major law enforcement organizations in Wisconsin. They represent over 16,000 frontline law enforcement…”
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“I'm going to vote yes for a constitutional amendment because I believe that's as a private citizen who gets one vote and the polling place…”
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“In 2023, the Conservative candidate refused to take direct transfers from a political party, from the Republican Party.”
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“His opponent did take those transfers and got almost $10 million.”
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“I said that I would take all legal and ethical contributions in this race.”
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“I wish personally that this law would get rescinded. I think it's doing damage.”
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Tuesday Luncheon - Supreme Court Candidate Judge Brad Schimel | Uploaded March 19, 2025 | 46:40-46:51
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“We created the Dose of Reality campaign that actually ultimately six states ended up using lock, stock and barrel, a prevention and…”
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