Julaine Appling is president of Wisconsin Faithful and President Emeritus of Wisconsin Family Council.

On April 1^st, Wisconsin will be holding a critical Supreme Court election.  As Jim demonstrated by presenting several headlines, this election will not only affect Wisconsin, but every state in the nation.  

Why is that?  Julaine responded to that question by noting that in 2023, the Wisconsin Supreme Court flipped from 4-3 conservative to 4-3 liberal with the election of Janet Protasiewicz.  So since August 1^st of 2023, the court has been acting in a liberal, judicial activist type of mode.

Now we have the April election coming up where Brad Schimel is facing off against Susan Crawford in what amounts to the filling of an open seat as liberal justice Ann Walsh Bradley has decided not to seek reelection.  This means that if Schimel wins, the court reverts back to 4-3 conservative and if Crawford wins, it remains 4-3 liberal.

Julaine believes the reason for the national attention is that liberals like what they’ve been able to accomplish with this court.  One item concerns the redrawing of the state legislative maps in a way that favors Democrats.  Also, Julaine indicated that there’s a lawsuit waiting to be filed that would challenge the legality of Wisconsin’s congressional maps.

If you look at the U.S. House of Representatives, Republicans have only a 4 vote majority (218-214) with 3 vacant seats.  So Democrats believe if they can get the current Wisconsin Supreme Court to stay liberal, and file a lawsuit challenging the legality of our constitutional maps forcing new ones that favor liberals, that could flip at least two seats.  If you flip two seats in Wisconsin, the mid term elections in 2026 start to appear very different.  While the Republicans might have a slight majority in the Senate, it’s important to remember that you have to have a majority in both houses to get anything accomplished.  This means that if Democrats take over the House, they’ve basically thwarted President Trump’s agenda.

Get more details on this critical race by reviewing this broadcast that also includes comments from listeners nationwide.           

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