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Susan Crawford: “Some of those laws had been in place for decades.”

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

Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford

Published March 5, 2025 | Video Starts at 34:20

So, you know, that left a bad taste in my mouth looking at the legislature coming and stripping the powers away from our attorney general. And Some of those laws had been in place for decades. not just enacted for a particular attorney general, not just for Brad Shemel, but it was, you know, it was obviously very politicized decision making by the legislature. (34:20–34:24)

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Susan Crawford

“The Wisconsin Supreme Court... has the final word on what our Constitution means.”
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“This election will not only decide the future of our state, but it will affect all of our personal rights and freedoms.”
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“I started my legal career as a prosecutor at the Wisconsin Department of Justice.”
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“I took the toughest felony cases all the way to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
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“I represented ordinary Wisconsinites in the courtroom when the government had taken their rights away from them.”
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“I also stood up in court and fought to protect Wisconsinites rights to vote.”
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“I represented Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and their doctors in the courtroom to protect women's access to health care services.”
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“I've argued in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court several times in both criminal and civil cases.”
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“Now as a circuit court judge, I work hard every day to uphold our laws and our constitution.”
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“My opponent... has taken positions on the 1849 abortion law.”
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“My opponent... has said that he doesn't believe there's any constitutional right in Wisconsin protecting women to make their own healthcare…”
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“My opponent... has taken a position on this new lawsuit involving Act 10.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 08:10-16:55
“Brad Schimmel tried to restrict access to reproductive health care for women.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 08:15-08:20
“Brad Schimmel supports an 1849 law that would be a criminal ban on nearly all abortions in the state.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 08:19-08:28
“Brad Schimmel has prejudged [the abortion ban] case and said that he thinks the ban should be enforced.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 08:34-08:42
“As attorney general, [Brad Schimmel] let thousands of sexual assault kits go untested for years.”
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“He only got nine kits tested out of a backlog of over 6,000 in two years.”
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“As attorney General, Schimmel wasted taxpayer dollars on baseless lawsuits, including one trying to overturn the Affordable Care act.”
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“He was one of the only attorneys general in the country to refuse to sue the opioid companies.”
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“He was taking more campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry than just about any other candidate has in Wisconsin.”
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“The Washington Post reported that Brad Schimmel said the Wisconsin Supreme Court screwed Trump over in 2020.”
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“Elon Musk is involved in dismantling parts of our federal government right now.”
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“Elon Musk is involved trying to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
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“One of Musk's companies sued the state of Wisconsin in a case that may very well end up in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
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“Musk was tweeting support for Schimmel.”
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“We don't have any campaign finance rules in our state that would bring [campaign spending] down to a more reasonable amount.”
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“I have never taken a position on any case or any issue before the Supreme Court.”
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“The Dobbs decision... was the first time in the history of the United States Supreme Court that they have overturned a decision that…”
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“Women have been able to rely on that protection under their constitution for nearly 50 years.”
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“The reasoning [of the Dobbs decision] places in jeopardy a whole line of cases that protects our rights to make fundamental protection…”
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“Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court don't sentence anybody, but they do occasionally take up cases that involve criminal justice issues.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 22:33-22:44
“The Schimmel campaign and all of the, you know, Elon Musk ads that are being run against me really cherry pick a couple of cases involving…”
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“I sentenced the offenders to several years in prison, followed by several years of extended supervision, Department of Corrections…”
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“In those cases, those people have not committed new crimes.”
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“Brad Schimmel negotiated a plea deal with that man's lawyer that was when he was running for attorney general and he was receiving $1,000 a…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 24:42-24:57
“Putting laws in the Constitution rather than the statutes is not going to end litigation on those questions because the Supreme Court has to…”
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“The U.S. Supreme Court does not have a code of ethics that is binding on those justices.”
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“Brown vs. Board of Education overturned a case called Plessy vs. Ferguson.”
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“Plessy vs. Ferguson was a case in the late 1800s... that involved a separation by race of public services.”
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“Brown versus Board of Education... struck down school segregation in our country.”
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“The legislature... stripped away many of the powers of the Attorney General.”
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“The court's role is to interpret the law.”
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“Citizens can get protections when the other branches of government are violating their constitutional rights.”
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“I decided a case... involving a whole set of laws that were enacted in the lame duck period after Scott Walker lost re-election.”
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“Plaintiffs didn't make their case. They simply didn't prove that those provisions invaded the executive branch's authority.”
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“The majority in that case found that the officer had overstepped the bounds of his authority.”
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“I thought that the officer had good reason to investigate a bit further in that case and that it wasn't a violation of the man's fourth…”
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“I think it's really concerning, should be concerning to the people of Wisconsin that you have literally the richest man in the world wading…”
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“I can envision scenarios where I might recuse in a case involving the Democratic Party of Wisconsin if it was a highly politicized case like…”
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“New judges get to go to a new judge school in Wisconsin. It's called judicial college.”
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“The Supreme Court did not redraw the maps. They, in fact, did not get into any questions about whether the maps were gerrymandered or…”
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“The public confidence in the US Supreme Court is at an all-time low right now because you have justices who are doing things like taking…”
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“That's not something that has happened to date, as far as I know [regarding President Trump defying court orders].”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 51:30-51:41
“If a court says you have to stop doing that or you have to do that, and the Trump administration says, nope, we're not going to do it, it…”
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“I think that the statutes establish legal rights to do things.”
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