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Susan Crawford: “The court's role is to interpret the law.”

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

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Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford

Published | Video Starts at 31:48

Yeah, well, I guess I'd put it a little differently, Matt, but the court is the third branch of government, all right? You got the legislature, you got the executive branch and then you have the courts. And The court's role is to interpret the law. And often when you have divided government between the other two branches, they can come into sharp conflict about the law. And often that ends up in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. (31:48–31:51)

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