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Maria S. Lazar: “I think people look at courts and they say, which side put…”

Featuring: Maria S. Lazar, Judge, Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II

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Published | Video Starts at 43:01

But we should look at that court and we should say we have faith in it. And I don't think we do. Now. I think people look at courts and they say, which side put them in, who appointed them? What's their political point of view and their persuasion. And. And that's the side that's gonna win. And that's wrong. I mean, I want a court where people say, we don't know which justice we have to be aiming at because you're the swing, so you're the one who's gonna be in the middle. (43:01–43:12)

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Asserts that people perceive courts as politically biased based on who appointed the judges.

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