Conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court docket Justice Rebecca Bradley launched a hypocrisy-laden assault in opposition to 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 “buying another justice.”
“I think the way Judge Crawford ran her race was disgusting. When you see $100 million plus being spent on one state Supreme Court race, that is telling you that the Democratic Party is buying another justice, just like they did with justice prior,” she mentioned.
Bradley’s hypocrisy is beautiful however not stunning. Billionaire egomaniac Elon Musk spent a purported $25 million in a spectacularly failed try to purchase the election. Musk even handed out $1 million checks to get voters to vote for Schimel.
In keeping with the Brennan Middle 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 profession in Wisconsin is marked by traditional authorities welfare cronyism.
In 2012, after working for years at a non-public tech regulation agency, 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 putting her within the Wisconsin Supreme Court docket seat of the late Justice Neil Patrick Crooks’ dying in 2015.
Wisconsin’s conservative justices have been publicly melting down since shedding their majority management over the state’s highest court docket. With Crawford’s win, Democrats retain a 4-3 majority.
“I’m not looking forward 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 subsequent 4 years, all three conservative judges on the Wisconsin Supreme Court docket are up for reelection.
With greater voter turnout anticipated in 2026, Republicans are rather a lot much less more likely to fare properly. No surprise Bradley’s such a wreck.
