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Brad Schimel: “The only person who can decide whether a Supreme Court…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 32:23

Do you think he made the right decision? Here's the danger with the Supreme Court. As I said, only he can make that. And that outlines the danger because The only person who can decide whether a Supreme Court justice should recuse from a case is that Supreme Court Justice. So you're electing someone to a 10 year term. And if you're not sure that they'll be objective or you're not sure that they'll recuse on the cases they can't, you better be careful about giving them 10 years. (32:23–32:31)

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Asserts that only a Supreme Court Justice can decide on their own recusal from a case.

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