Meet The 2020 Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidates

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This spring, Wisconsin voters will decide which candidate will earn a 10-year term on the state Supreme Court. Incumbent Justice Daniel Kelly faces a challenge from Marquette University Law professor Ed Fallone and Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky. Although the office is non-partisan, the court currently has a 5-2 conservative majority. Kelly is supported by conservatives. Liberals have endorsed Fallone and Karofsky.

The primary will be held Feb. 18. The top two vote-getters will advance to the general election on April 7, which is the same day as Wisconsin’s presidential primary. Before you head to the polls, here's a look at the three candidates — in alphabetical order — in the 2020 Wisconsin Supreme Court race.

Candidate info at link: https://www.wuwm.com/post/meet-2020-wisconsin-supreme-court-candidates#stream/0

Don't forget to vote!

[dragonlady]

1. I'm voting for Ed Fallone

He is a nationally known law professor of 27 years who has been asked for advice on judicial nominees by Senator Herb Kohl and consulted with Barack Obama during the nomination of Merrick Garland. Ed's legal career started with a leading law firm in Washington DC before he decided to become a teacher and mentor of young people preparing to be lawyers. He has a long record of working for legal services for the Latino community and immigrants. He would be the first Latino to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Although he is a progressive, he speaks and conducts himself in keeping with the tenet that judges should be independent and impartial.

As far as the idea that "judicial experience" is necessary for this office, the fact is that trial courts operate differently from appellate courts, which decide matters of law rather than applying the law in a particular case. Ed's deep grounding in constitutional law is an advantage here. Some of the greatest appellate jurists, including Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Abe Fortas, William O. Douglas, and Louis Brandeis, had never before served as judges (and all had been professors).

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3. Thank you.

I just realized there was a primary this week, and I haven't heard much about the candidates.

[CaptYossarian]

2. Non-partisan? Not the ones appointed by governors.

There's always an agenda. The appointed ones always run for re-election.

Just got another call from Americans For Plutocracy, a Koch tentacle. They left before I got the chance to say **** off. The RNC has done the same multiple times this month. They keep fleeing before I strike.

[dragonlady]

4. Definitely need to vote out Dan Kelly!

Keep up the good work.

[33taw]

5. I like Jill.