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Susan Crawford: “The Supreme Court is reviewing the decisions of the lower…”

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

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

Published July 31, 2025 | Video Starts at 03:53

And then from there it can end up in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. A few cases that can come to the Supreme Court in a different way, but generally The Supreme Court is reviewing the decisions of the lower courts, including the circuit courts, to make sure they got the law right. When it comes to reviewing the law and interpreting the law, how would you describe your personal judicial philosophy? (03:53–04:07)

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Asserts that the Wisconsin Supreme Court reviews lower court decisions to ensure legal correctness.

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“There's not a lot of preparation or training to become a Wisconsin Supreme Court justice.”
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“Cases don't get to the Wisconsin Supreme Court until they've gone through that full process in the circuit court.”
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“The next level is the court of appeals, which is the intermediate appellate court in Wisconsin.”
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“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…”
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“I just saw some statistics recently on the number of unanimous decisions that the Wisconsin Supreme Court reached in the last year, and it…”
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“I first argued in front of the Wisconsin supreme court back in 1998.”
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“Wisconsin is one of those states where our justices and all of our judges actually are elected.”
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“Judicial elections or elections for the Wisconsin Court Supreme Supreme Court have been sharply contested right from the get go, right from…”
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