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Susan Crawford: “The Wisconsin Supreme Court has seven justices on it.”

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

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Published March 4, 2025 | Video Starts at 1:12:34

And people, you know, can interpret that however they want, I guess. But to me, the. The kind of shocking thing about it is that bradshammel is running to be a part of The Wisconsin Supreme Court has seven justices on it. They all have to work together. They have to have collegial relationships, respectful relationships with each other, even if they disagree on how a case should come out. (1:12:34–1:12:37)

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Asserts the composition of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

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Susan Crawford

“I've worked throughout my career as a lawyer and now as a judge to protect the rights of Wisconsinites under our laws and under our…”
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“I started out as a prosecutor at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, handling cases all the way to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
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“I was making sure that crime victims rights were upheld in the process and that we had accountability when people harm the community.”
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“I had an opportunity when I was in private practice to represent Wisconsinites whose rights had been taken away by the government in our…”
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“I represented Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin and their doctors when the government was trying to get between women and their doctors and…”
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“I argued in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court the first time back in 1998.”
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“Brad Schimmel is running to be a part of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
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“I've presided over cases like the proceeding to terminate somebody's parental rights.”
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“All judges are told as they're coming on the bench to be watchful of [their emotional health].”
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“Judges go through a lot of training on how to deal with things like secondary trauma.”
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“Elon Musk is now engaged in this race, spending millions of dollars, and he's funding all these false attack ads against me.”
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“One of those ads actually had a picture of the wrong Susan Crawford edit.”
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“Somebody like [Elon Musk], with really unlimited resources is wading into a state judicial race and trying to buy a seat on the Wisconsin…”
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“Elon Musk is trying to overturn a state law or to get an exception to a state law [in Wisconsin].”
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“The amount of money that Elon Musk is spending dwarfs the contributions of any individual who has supported my race.”
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“Most people are going to make their decision in this race based on TV ads.”
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“We're not going to be able to outspend the Shimmel campaign when they have literally the richest man in the world pouring money into this…”
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“Brad Schimmel is running this race like a partisan candidate would, and that's probably because he is a partisan politician.”
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“Brad Schimmel has run something like five times for partisan office in Wisconsin.”
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“Brad Schimmel has done some pretty terrible things in his career, like trying to take health care away from people, trying to limit women's…”
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“Brad Schimmel is out there saying how he would decide cases that are pending in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.”
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“Elon Musk's canvassers are being paid to go door to door, handing out flyers saying that Brad Schimmel needs to be on the Supreme Court to…”
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“One of the candidates [in Wisconsin] is running a nakedly partisan campaign, prejudging cases, and saying things like he thought that 1849…”
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“Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce is wading into this race.”
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“When he [Brad Schimmel] was attorney general, he was taking lots of campaign contributions from pharmaceutical manufacturers and was sitting…”
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“I sentenced people to several years in prison, followed by several years of strict supervision by the Department of Corrections.”
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“Their supervision of people who commit sex offenses is quite strict and have ordered these people to be on the sex offender registry for the…”
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“In the cases that they're highlighting, those are not people who have committed any additional crimes.”
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“Brad Schimmel, we have records of dozens of cases where he has given people no jail time or a short amount of jail time, a couple of months…”
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“Those folks have gone on to commit new crimes and have hurt people again.”
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