Dan Kelly's role in conspiracy to overturn 2020 election makes him unfit to serve on Wisconsin Supre [View all]
I have had the privilege of serving as a Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge for nearly 14 years. I am also half of the only mother-daughter judicial duo in Wisconsin history. My mother, Justice Pat Roggensack, has been on the Wisconsin Supreme Court since 2003 and served as Chief Justice from 2015 to 2021. I am writing to share my opinion that former Justice Dan Kelly is unfit to occupy her seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Like my mother, I am a judge who follows the law and upholds our constitutional rights. I have served alongside Judge Janet Protasiewicz as a colleague in Milwaukee for almost a decade, and I know her abilities as a jurist and as a community leader. She is the better choice for voters this April 4.
As judges, we take an oath to support the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Wisconsin. Instead of supporting our constitutional rights, however, Kelly has worked to undermine the constitution and our democracy. He has never served as a front-line judge, and instead most recently served as a legal advisor to the Republican Party of Wisconsin as it implemented the fake elector scheme, part of a multifaceted conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
In the United States, we proudly elect our leaders. Our leaders do not install themselves. Our entire democracy – indeed, the very idea of America – is built on this bedrock constitutional right. Whatever our flaws and shortcomings, America, and Wisconsin specifically, has been a “city on a hill” for the peaceful transition of power.
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