{"id":19135,"date":"2020-04-01T10:24:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T15:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=19135"},"modified":"2020-04-10T11:40:48","modified_gmt":"2020-04-10T16:40:48","slug":"wisconsin-supreme-court-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wisconsin-supreme-court-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"No big deal, just a 10-year Supreme Court term at stake"},"content":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a lot to worry about right now. COVID-19 is ripping through America, unemployment is soaring, and soon healthy folks will have to put on their \u201cgoing out sweatpants\u201d and head to the polls.<\/p>\n

The Wisconsin primary election is still scheduled for April 7<\/a>, and a lot is at stake. There\u2019s a contentious Democratic presidential primary<\/a><\/strong>, and voters will also make a choice for state Supreme Court. Add in local contests for school and county boards and a confusing referendum<\/a><\/strong> and it\u2019s a lot to process given the existential circumstances.<\/p>\n

Over the next couple days, let\u2019s look at what\u2019s on the ballot. First up:<\/span>\n

Wisconsin Supreme Court<\/h2>\n

With a 10-year (!) term on the line, it\u2019s difficult to understate the importance of the race between incumbent Daniel Kelly<\/strong> and Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky,<\/strong> his polar opposite challenger. Over the next decade, the state\u2019s highest court will take up issues like redistricting and voting rights. Their decisions may shape Wisconsin for a generation.<\/p>\n

Kelly is about as conservative as they get, at one time publishing reprehensible blog posts<\/a> about LGBTQ people. Even so, Kelly\u2019s been on the bench since his appointment<\/a> by Sc*tt W*lker in 2016 and touts a commitment to interpreting the laws as written. But Kelly\u2019s claims of impartiality is only lip service; in reality, he\u2019s a far-right Christian conservative who holds all the same reductive views<\/a> as you might expect from a red-faced white man in his late 50s.<\/p>\n

On the other side, the liberal Karofsky has accused Kelly and other Supreme Court conservatives of acting \u201clike politicians\u201d and making decisions before anyone\u2019s even set foot in the courtroom. Under that metric the same could be said of Karofsky, though her views are more\u2026 humane. She\u2019s a staunch supporter of reproductive rights (which Kelly once called a liberal plot to \u201cpreserve sexual libertinism<\/a>\u201d) and gun control (Kelly can\u2019t even read the room<\/a> on the topic). Karofsky also expresses a desire to overhaul the justice system<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a perfect world, the courts would be impartial \u2014 but true neutrality is hard to come by. So let me ask: do we really<\/em> need two guys on the state\u2019s highest court with a history of flagrantly homophobic statements<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There\u2019s a lot to worry about right now. 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