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Jill Karofsky: “Do I think that there is a problem with six of the seven…”

Featuring: Jill Karofsky, Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

WisPolitics Luncheon: Chief Justice Karofsky

Published October 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 27:02

A man. A woman. Right, Right. It is almost. Almost as if in the history of humankind, the history of America, the history of Wisconsin, women were non existent. So Do I think that there is a problem with six of the seven members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court being female? No. See, that was not a setup either. So you got your applause line. That was not even a setup. I'm happy to be your straight man here. Okay, so. Okay. (27:02)

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Asserts that she does not see a problem with the gender composition of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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“Our [Wisconsin] constitution is one of the oldest constitutions in the country. It's been amended over 150 times.”
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“In 2015 when Governor Walker signed into law a provision that allowed for unlimited contributions to political parties.”
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“We haven't had a constitutional convention since 1848.”
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“The code of judicial ethics prevents me from answering questions about any matter that is currently before the court or any issue or matter…”
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“We currently have four members from the Capitol Police Department who provide security for judges and justices throughout the state of…”
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“We have funding for those four officers. The court system does. Through August of 2026.”
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“I do think that we will be able to get continued funding for those positions through the biennium.”
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“Right now we only have funding through for those four positions until the end of August of 2026.”
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“The threats to us have increased. I got on the court in 2020, and I would say that they have continued.”
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“We get many, many threats. Yes. I would say that in the past few weeks, I have talked to three or four of my colleagues about specific…”
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“The Supreme Court is responsible for overseeing an entire branch of government.”
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“We're responsible for training all of those judges and justices.”
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“We are responsible for who becomes an attorney in this state through the Board of Bar Examiners.”
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“We are responsible for lawyer discipline through the Office of Lawyer Regulation.”
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“We are responsible for judicial discipline through the Judicial Commission.”
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“We're responsible for making sure that the State law library, the Lavinia Goodell State Law Library, and the two satellites in Madison and…”
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“The crown jewel of the Wisconsin state court system is ccap, the Circuit Court Access Program.”
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“There's a narrative out there that every decision that this court hands down is going to be 4, 3. And that's just not what the evidence…”
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“If you look at the decisions that we have issued the last two years, you will find that most of our decisions, we are far less likely to be…”
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“Justice Rebecca Dalit's election in 2018, my election in 2020, Justice Protosiewicz election in 2023, Justice Crawford's election in 2025…”
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“The Wisconsin electorate is intelligent, they are informed.”
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“I think what they saw was a court that was going too far to rubber stamping a right wing agenda.”
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“I pressed him for one example of one time when he did not find in favor of Governor Walker or the Republican legislature or the right wing…”
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“We had a case, a Couple of years ago where an individual who had been convicted of a crime of domestic violence went and applied for a…”
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“This perpetrator was convicted of a crime of disorderly conduct.”
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“Under federal law, did that qualify for a crime, a disqualifying crime under the concealed carry law?”
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“I had to say, this individual, under Wisconsin law and under the federal law is allowed to get a firearm, allowed to have a carry conceal…”
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“I wrote a dissent and I put in that dissent. I explained to the legislature how they could close this loophole.”
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“It is almost as if in the history of humankind, the history of America, the history of Wisconsin, women were non existent.”
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“We should be elected. It's been in our constitution since our state was founded in 1848.”
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“It started in 2010. It started with the United States Supreme Court decision in Citizens United.”
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“In order to fix the problem, we need to go back to the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision. They need to undo Citizens United.”
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“The legitimacy of the courts and the court system is really, really important, especially right now.”
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“The biggest problem I see with the shadow docket is that the opinions are not laid out.”
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“People don't know what the law is. They don't know what the analysis is.”
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“The question is whether or not the court is going to look at a recusal rule. And my answer to you is, yes.”
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“We had a case two years ago, I think Benuelos, that had to do with some electronic records, electronic medical records.”
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“The Wisconsin Constitution...provides more rights than the federal Constitution.”
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“United States Supreme Court has decided that they're not going to rule on cases like abortion or redistricting.”
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“In some states they have had very robust litigation regarding their state constitutions. We haven't had that as much in Wisconsin.”
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“The opinion in that case which I authored said that [the legislative committee review] was unconstitutional because it had the effect of…”
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“In general, we are understaffed across the board in the court system, but the court of appeals definitely is.”
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“We've added some more staff [to the court of appeals].”
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“We are always looking for ways to enhance and expand something like CCAP.”
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“We have a crisis in the state when it comes to attorney recruitment and attorney retention, and especially in rural areas, we do not have…”
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“Criminal defendants are being harmed the most because they are being forced to stay in jail far too long.”
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“When Annette Ziegler was chief justice, she started a committee, an attorney retention committee.”
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“One of the things that I'm working very, very hard on is to make it easier for people who take a bar exam outside the state to be able to…”
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“We need more mental health courts. We need more OWI courts. We need more drug courts, we need more veterans courts.”
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