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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christine Fernando and Harm Venhuizen

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates often speak out on hot topics. Only one faces impeachment threat

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who Republicans are threatening to impeach over comments she made on the campaign trail about abortion and redistricting isn’t the first member of the court to offer public opinions about major issues of the day.

One conservative justice frequently spoke out in favor of gun rights during her campaign, even producing a political mailer showing her brandishing a shotgun and wearing a hat promoting the NRA. Another had previously called Planned Parenthood, a frequent litigant in abortion cases, a “wicked organization.”

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