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Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford

Published March 5, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:42

Now, most recently, the Washington Post reported that Brad Schimmel said the Wisconsin Supreme Court, and I apologize for The Washington Post reported that Brad Schimmel said the Wisconsin Supreme Court screwed Trump over in 2020. that's something he has said as a candidate. He is now trying to walk that back and actually is saying that he didn't have any opinion at all on that … (09:42–10:00)

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Asserts that Brad Schimmel claimed the Wisconsin Supreme Court wronged Trump in 2020, according to The Washington Post.

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Susan Crawford

“The Wisconsin Supreme Court... has the final word on what our Constitution means.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 02:37-32:45
“This election will not only decide the future of our state, but it will affect all of our personal rights and freedoms.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 03:00-03:10
“I started my legal career as a prosecutor at the Wisconsin Department of Justice.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 05:05-05:11
“I took the toughest felony cases all the way to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 05:10-05:16
“I represented ordinary Wisconsinites in the courtroom when the government had taken their rights away from them.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 05:50-05:58
“I also stood up in court and fought to protect Wisconsinites rights to vote.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 06:04-06:11
“I represented Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and their doctors in the courtroom to protect women's access to health care services.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 06:11-06:20
“I've argued in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court several times in both criminal and civil cases.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 06:30-06:37
“Now as a circuit court judge, I work hard every day to uphold our laws and our constitution.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 06:49-06:55
“My opponent... has taken positions on the 1849 abortion law.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 08:10-16:39
“My opponent... has said that he doesn't believe there's any constitutional right in Wisconsin protecting women to make their own healthcare…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 08:10-16:50
“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.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 08:47-08:53
“He only got nine kits tested out of a backlog of over 6,000 in two years.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 08:56-09:03
“As attorney General, Schimmel wasted taxpayer dollars on baseless lawsuits, including one trying to overturn the Affordable Care act.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 09:07-09:17
“He was one of the only attorneys general in the country to refuse to sue the opioid companies.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 09:22-09:30
“He was taking more campaign contributions from the pharmaceutical industry than just about any other candidate has in Wisconsin.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 09:34-09:42
“Elon Musk is involved in dismantling parts of our federal government right now.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 10:24-10:31
“Elon Musk is involved trying to buy a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 10:25-10:31
“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.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 10:32-10:42
“Musk was tweeting support for Schimmel.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 10:44-10:48
“We don't have any campaign finance rules in our state that would bring [campaign spending] down to a more reasonable amount.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 15:03-15:13
“I have never taken a position on any case or any issue before the Supreme Court.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 16:14-16:20
“The Dobbs decision... was the first time in the history of the United States Supreme Court that they have overturned a decision that…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 18:09-18:47
“Women have been able to rely on that protection under their constitution for nearly 50 years.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 18:47-18:54
“The reasoning [of the Dobbs decision] places in jeopardy a whole line of cases that protects our rights to make fundamental protection…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 19:02-19:15
“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…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 22:49-23:03
“I sentenced the offenders to several years in prison, followed by several years of extended supervision, Department of Corrections…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 23:02-23:22
“In those cases, those people have not committed new crimes.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 23:42-23:47
“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…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 25:58-26:11
“The U.S. Supreme Court does not have a code of ethics that is binding on those justices.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 29:54-46:36
“Brown vs. Board of Education overturned a case called Plessy vs. Ferguson.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 29:56-30:03
“Plessy vs. Ferguson was a case in the late 1800s... that involved a separation by race of public services.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 30:00-30:22
“Brown versus Board of Education... struck down school segregation in our country.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 30:36-30:55
“The legislature... stripped away many of the powers of the Attorney General.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 31:43-33:52
“The court's role is to interpret the law.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 31:48-31:51
“Citizens can get protections when the other branches of government are violating their constitutional rights.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 32:48-32:56
“I decided a case... involving a whole set of laws that were enacted in the lame duck period after Scott Walker lost re-election.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 33:23-33:41
“Some of those laws had been in place for decades.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 34:20-34:24
“Plaintiffs didn't make their case. They simply didn't prove that those provisions invaded the executive branch's authority.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 35:01-35:11
“The majority in that case found that the officer had overstepped the bounds of his authority.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 36:37-36:45
“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…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 37:26-37:39
“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…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 38:25-38:41
“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…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 39:07-39:21
“New judges get to go to a new judge school in Wisconsin. It's called judicial college.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 40:08-40:14
“The Supreme Court did not redraw the maps. They, in fact, did not get into any questions about whether the maps were gerrymandered or…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 43:24-43:36
“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…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 46:30-46:58
“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…”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 51:30-51:41
“I think that the statutes establish legal rights to do things.”
Tuesday Luncheon - Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Judge Susan Crawford | Uploaded March 5, 2025 | 52:13-52:17