TIME.
>> THANKS FOR INVITING ME.
>> THE PRIMARY FOR THE WISCONSIN
SUPREME COURT ELECTION IS
FEBRUARY 21ST.
IN THE COMING WEEKS, PBS
WISCONSIN WILL BE SITTING DOWN
WITH THE CANDIDATES AND BRINGING
YOU IN DEPTH INTERVIEWS.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE
CANDIDATES APPEARED AT A FORUM
IN MADISON.
INTRODUCING THEMSELVES TO VOTERS
AND GIVING YOU A SENSE OF WHO
THEY WOULD BE AS A JUSTICE.
>> FOR TOO LONG, PARTISANSHIP
HAS SEPARATED US SO THAT WE'RE
NOT ABLE TO HAVE THE
REPRESENTATION THAT WISCONSIN
PEOPLE NEED.
AND AS JUDGE, SINCE 2016, I'VE
LEARNED THAT JUSTICE IS NOT JUST
WHAT YOU SAY, JUSTICE IS WHAT
YOU DO.
AND I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED A
JUSTICE THAT CAN REPRESENT WHAT
THAT MEANS FOR OUR STATE.
I'VE WORKED HARD AS A JUDGE TO
BE TOUGH, BUT FAIR.
I'VE WORKED HARD TO BE PROACTIVE
IN OUR COMMUNITY RATHER THAN
REACTIVE.
>> I GOT INTO THIS RACE TO BRING
CHANGE AND COMMON SENSE BACK TO
OUR SUPREME COURT.
I STARTED THINKING ABOUT IT LAST
SPRING.
I COULD NOT SIT BACK AND WATCH
EXTREME RIGHT WING PARTISANS
HIJACK OUR SUPREME COURT.
AND THAT IS WHY I GOT INTO THIS
RACE: CHANGE AND COMMON SENSE.
>> I'M RUNNING FOR THE SUPREME
COURT BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THIS
GREAT STATE OF WISCONSIN NEED
AND DESERVE A JUSTICE WHO WILL
UPHOLD THE RULE OF LAW, PROTECT
OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND
NOT INJECT THEIR POLITICAL BIAS
BY LEGISLATING FROM THE BENCH.
I HAVE A DEPTH AND A BREADTH OF
EXPERIENCE, UNLIKE ANY OTHER
CANDIDATE, AND AN UNWAVERING
COMMITMENT TO A FAIR AND
IMPARTIAL JUDICIARY.
>> WHAT I'VE HEARD A FAIR AMOUNT
THIS AFTERNOON IS MY OPPONENTS
TALKING ABOUT THEIR VALUES AND
WHAT THEY THINK THAT THE LAW
OUGHT TO DO.
THAT IS THE STEP TOWARDS THE
COMBINATION OF THE POWER OF THE
JUDICIARY AND THE LEGISLATURE.
THAT IS A STEP WE CANNOT TAKE.