Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court docket Justice Rebecca Bradley launched a hypocrisy-laden assault towards fellow Justice Susan Crawford, who had a sweeping victory over conservative Decide Brad Schimel on Tuesday.
Bradley referred to as Crawford’s marketing campaign “disgusting” and accused the Democratic Social gathering of “shopping for one other justice.”
“I believe the best way Decide Crawford ran her race was disgusting. Once you see $100 million plus being spent on one state Supreme Court docket race, that’s telling you that the Democratic Social gathering is shopping for one other justice, similar to they did with justice prior,” she mentioned.
Bradley’s hypocrisy is gorgeous however not stunning. Billionaire egomaniac Elon Musk spent a purported $25 million in a spectacularly failed attempt to purchase the election. Musk even handed out $1 million checks to get voters to vote for Schimel.
In keeping with the Brennan Center of Justice, greater than half of the cash spent within the Wisconsin Supreme Court docket race—EXCLUDING Musk’s $25 million—was spent on Schimel, not Crawford.
Unsurprisingly, Bradley’s career in Wisconsin is marked by traditional authorities welfare cronyism.
In 2012, after working for years at a private tech law firm, Bradley was appointed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court docket. He then appointed her to District I Court docket of Appeals a few years later earlier than inserting her within the Wisconsin Supreme Court docket seat of the late Justice Neil Patrick Crooks’ loss of life in 2015.
Wisconsin’s conservative justices have been publicly melting down since dropping their majority management over the state’s highest courtroom. With Crawford’s win, Democrats retain a 4-3 majority.
“I’m not trying ahead to working with [Crawford],” Bradley mentioned.
The outcomes of Tuesday’s election noticed all 72 counties in Wisconsin swing left, and with Bradley’s seat up for reelection in 2026, she might not want to fret about serving alongside Crawford for for much longer. And over the next four years, all three conservative judges on the Wisconsin Supreme Court docket are up for reelection.
With increased voter turnout anticipated in 2026, Republicans are lots much less prone to fare properly. No surprise Bradley’s such a wreck.
