1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,440 Judge with the zingers. 2 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:03,440 Yeah. 3 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:03,940 All right. 4 00:00:03,940 --> 00:00:04,440 All right. 5 00:00:04,440 --> 00:00:04,940 Yes. 6 00:00:04,940 --> 00:00:06,240 Thank you for joining us here. 7 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:06,740 Thank you. 8 00:00:06,740 --> 00:00:09,040 And what are your thoughts about the lost time? 9 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,080 Like I said, I think one, it's been an honor to run this race. 10 00:00:13,080 --> 00:00:16,600 And two, I'm thankful to everyone who helped me, my team, 11 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:19,760 everyone else has been phenomenal and fantastic. 12 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:24,160 And three, I'm just hopeful that my opponent, Justice 13 00:00:24,160 --> 00:00:26,280 Elect Taylor, she just realizes what 14 00:00:26,280 --> 00:00:29,400 a fantastic opportunity she has to show the state 15 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:32,880 that she can rise above and do a really good job there. 16 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:33,960 And I wish that for her. 17 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:35,880 I hope she does an excellent job. 18 00:00:35,880 --> 00:00:37,800 And I hope that everyone in this state 19 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,520 is pleased with the decision that they've made. 20 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,280 What do you think contributed most to your loss? 21 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,000 I really don't know. 22 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,360 I mean, I think maybe we'll come up with numbers, 23 00:00:47,360 --> 00:00:48,520 facts, and figures. 24 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,120 But I think for right now, I think 25 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,400 we just have to assess the fact that we don't run races 26 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:55,840 for judicial positions the way we should. 27 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,480 And I think that maybe from now on, we will start doing that. 28 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:02,080 And I think that you should be asking questions not 29 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,640 about political parties because we still 30 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:06,760 have that rollover from before. 31 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,400 And I think we need to start having races 32 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:13,880 where the sole question is judicial experience and merits. 33 00:01:13,880 --> 00:01:16,600 That was a big, I mean, that was your hope. 34 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:17,400 That was my hope? 35 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:18,800 That you'd bring it back. 36 00:01:18,800 --> 00:01:20,000 And maybe it still will happen. 37 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,360 So I'm not giving up on the hope at all. 38 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,320 I'm thinking it still will happen. 39 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,240 But did the results show that people, they 40 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:30,040 weren't the politics of it all? 41 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:31,280 No, I don't think so. 42 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,560 I think this was a race where we had incidents 43 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:36,760 that happened, tornadoes, other things that happened 44 00:01:36,760 --> 00:01:39,800 that just weren't leading towards a good opportunity 45 00:01:39,800 --> 00:01:42,640 for people in the state to get to know the candidates. 46 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,960 And I think maybe next race that they will ask for that? 47 00:01:45,960 --> 00:01:46,760 No, no, no. 48 00:01:46,760 --> 00:01:48,680 I think they will demand that. 49 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:51,840 And when they do that, you will see a better race, better 50 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:54,920 candidates, and you will see a better result. 51 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,720 What kind of decisions are you expecting out of the court 52 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,320 now that it's got such a heavy majority? 53 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:02,080 I'm hopeful that the decisions that come out 54 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,200 of the state Supreme Court are ones that go right down 55 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:08,880 the middle and are neutral, impartial, independent, and fair. 56 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:13,920 Are you going to be, so when is your term up on the appeal? 57 00:02:13,920 --> 00:02:16,560 I have two more years on the Court of Appeals. 58 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:18,400 Two or three, two or three. 59 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:20,200 And then I get to run again. 60 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,560 And then I will have six more years. 61 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,440 So there's a lot of things to do, a lot of decisions to make, 62 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:28,520 and you know, a nice vacation to come up soon. 63 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:30,560 So I'm looking forward to all of that. 64 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:34,160 I did over here you saying to people, a door closes, 65 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,200 a window open, something to that effect. 66 00:02:36,200 --> 00:02:37,040 What's the window? 67 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:37,880 What would you do? 68 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:39,160 I don't know what window it is yet. 69 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:42,200 So what I'm saying is just because this didn't happen, 70 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,040 and I am sad, and it is a disappointment. 71 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:46,960 I mean, we're human. 72 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:49,600 I think that there's still things that I can do, 73 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,840 and things that I can do for this state. 74 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:53,680 And maybe it'll be in a different capacity. 75 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,880 Maybe it'll be where I am on the Court of Appeals. 76 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:57,360 Maybe it was somewhere else. 77 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,520 I'm not running for any political office ever, 78 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,440 so you can mark that one down. 79 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,320 But that's not saying that there are other things 80 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:05,120 that I could not do for this state. 81 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:06,640 Or other things that I could do. 82 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:11,720 I mean, I am the editor of a book on criminal texts and procedures, 83 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:15,600 and I've written other things, so the world's there. 84 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:18,120 Do you think that Wisconsin should still continue to have spring 85 00:03:18,120 --> 00:03:21,560 and fall elections, or should we all be lumped together? 86 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:28,040 You know, the clear answer to that 87 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:30,840 is that I don't think Wisconsin will change that ever. 88 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,280 I think people like their two elections. 89 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:35,920 I also think there probably are some problems. 90 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:38,200 If you got an election ballot in November 91 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,920 and it had the spring and November, it would be two, three pages. 92 00:03:41,920 --> 00:03:43,640 People would have difficulty doing that. 93 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,760 But I just think in overall that the people in the state of Wisconsin 94 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,120 kind of are stubborn, and we like things the way they are, 95 00:03:49,120 --> 00:03:50,480 and we don't like to change them. 96 00:03:50,480 --> 00:03:54,280 So you can come up with lots of hypotheticals and alternates, 97 00:03:54,280 --> 00:03:56,160 but I don't think it's going to change. 98 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:58,640 But then again, you know, I'm not a legislator, 99 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,440 so if they want to change it, not my call. 100 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:03,720 Would you run through the Supreme Court again? 101 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,680 That's not in my future. 102 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,320 No. 103 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,440 Although I'm supposed to write always leave doors open, 104 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:16,040 so I'll just say, hmm, interesting question. 105 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:17,680 Thank you so much for your time. 106 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:18,840 No problem. 107 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:19,920 Thank you so much. 108 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:20,880 I hope it worked. 109 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:21,520 It did. 110 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:22,040 Excellent. 111 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,160 Thank you very much.