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Susan Crawford: “Every case that the Wisconsin Supreme Court decides is going…”

Featuring: Susan Crawford, Judge for Branch 1 of the Dane County Circuit Court | Wisconsin

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Incoming Justice Susan Crawford sits down with TMJ4's Harm Venhuizen

Published | Video Starts at 04:35

And on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, I'm going to be looking closely at how the decisions that we are making are likely to be applied in future cases because they do establish statewide precedent. Every case that the Wisconsin Supreme Court decides is going to be a precedent that all the lower court judges and lawyers around the state are going to use in future cases. So the facts and the context of how the law is being applied are very important in my mind. I'd also describe myself as a textualist. (04:35–04:46)

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Asserts that Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions set precedents for lower courts and lawyers statewide.

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