Brad Schimel Says He Won't Repeat Mistakes of Last Supreme Court Race
Judge Brad Schmiel says he’s not going to repeat the mistakes of the last Wisconsin supreme court race.
Schimel told News Talk 1130 WISN’s Jay Weber he isn’t going to politicize the race like liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz, and he’s not going to ignore his campaign like former conservative Justice Dan Kelly.
Schimel said he can run for the court next year without injecting Republican politics into the court.
“I've had plenty of people on our side that suggested, ‘Brad, you just got to do the same.’ No. I cannot do that,” Schimel said. “We still have to respect the rule of law. We still have to respect the Constitution. We still have to respect judicial ethics. I'm not going to go out and promise people what I'm going to do. But I will promise people that they can look at my record, and they know that I've done the right thing. That I have put the law above politics. I put the law above my own personal opinions.”
Republicans roundly criticized Protasiewicz