Rebecca Bradley
Rebecca Bradley | |
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Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court | |
Assumed office October 12, 2015 | |
Appointed by | Scott Walker |
Preceded by | N. Patrick Crooks |
Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals District I | |
In office May 2015 – October 12, 2015 | |
Appointed by | Scott Walker |
Preceded by | Ralph Adam Fine |
Succeeded by | William W. Brash III |
Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge for the Milwaukee Circuit, Branch 45 | |
In office December 2012 – May 2015 | |
Appointed by | Scott Walker |
Preceded by | Thomas Donegan |
Succeeded by | Michelle Ackerman Havas |
Personal details | |
Born | Rebecca Lynn Grassl August 2, 1971 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Education | Marquette University (BA) University of Wisconsin, Madison (JD) |
Website | Campaign website |
Rebecca Lynn Grassl Bradley (born August 2, 1971) is an American lawyer, and justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, serving since 2015. She has been a state judge in Wisconsin since 2012. She was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Scott Walker in 2015, and won election to a 10-year term in 2016.
Early life and education
Rebecca Lynn Grassl was born on August 2, 1971, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1] She attended the private, all-girls Divine Savior Holy Angels High School.[1] She earned a BS in business administration and business economics from Marquette University in 1993. She received her JD from the University of Wisconsin Law School in Madison in 1996.[2][3]
In 1992, while she was a student at
Early law career
From 1996 to 2012,
In December 2012, Walker appointed Bradley to the
Wisconsin Supreme Court
2015 appointment
In May 2015, Walker elevated Bradley to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Judge Ralph Adam Fine. After the death of Justice N. Patrick Crooks in 2015, Bradley was appointed by Walker to serve as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the remainder of Crooks' term.[14]
2016 Supreme Court election
After Crooks' death, Bradley, JoAnne Kloppenburg (who narrowly lost a race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2011), and Joe Donald each announced their candidacy for the seat in the 2016 election. In the February 16 primary, Bradley edged Kloppenburg 44.7–43.2%, moving the two of them on to the general election in an even race.[15]
Bradley's
Pre-election polls showed Bradley with a slight lead, but with a significant portion of the electorate still undecided.[24] She was projected as the winner by a 53–47% margin on election night, and she quoted Winston Churchill at the end of her victory speech: "There is nothing more exhilarating than being shot at without result."[25]
Tenure
In June 2019, Bradley wrote the majority opinion for the Wisconsin Supreme Court when conservatives on the court upheld a series of laws, passed by the Republican-led Wisconsin legislature and Republican Governor Scott Walker during a lame-duck session, limiting the powers of the incoming Democratic Governor (Tony Evers) and Attorney General (Josh Kaul).[26][27]
During the
In 2021, Bradley was the sole judge on the Wisconsin Supreme Court to rule in favor of a man who argued that his Second Amendment rights allowed him to brandish firearms while intoxicated and arguing with his roommates.[33] Bradley said that the conviction against the man "erodes a fundamental freedom".[33] In 2021, Bradley wrote a majority decision for the Wisconsin Supreme Court declining changes in district maps that favored Republicans. In her decision, Bradley wrote that questions about the redistricting maps "must be resolved through the political process and not by the judiciary".[34][35]
Bradley issued a dissenting minority opinion in the
Electoral history
Wisconsin Circuit Court (2013)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Primary election, February 19, 2013 | |||||
Nonpartisan
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Rebecca Bradley (incumbent) | 32,997 | 59.64% | ||
Nonpartisan
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Janet Claire Protasiewicz | 16,173 | 29.23% | ||
Nonpartisan
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Gil Urfer | 6,158 | 11.13% | ||
Total votes | 55,328 | 100.0% | |||
General election, April 2, 2013 | |||||
Nonpartisan
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Rebecca Bradley (incumbent) | 55,177 | 53.13% | ||
Nonpartisan
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Janet Claire Protasiewicz | 48,685 | 46.87% | ||
Total votes | 103,862 | 100.0% |
Wisconsin Supreme Court (2016)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Primary election, February 16, 2016 | |||||
Nonpartisan
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Rebecca Bradley (incumbent) | 251,823 | 44.61% | ||
Nonpartisan
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JoAnne Kloppenburg | 243,190 | 43.16% | ||
Nonpartisan
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M. Joseph Donald | 68,373 | 12.12% | ||
Scattering | 631 | 0.11% | |||
Total votes | 567,038 | 100.0% | |||
General election, April 5, 2016 | |||||
Nonpartisan
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Rebecca Bradley (incumbent) | 1,024,892 | 52.35% | ||
Nonpartisan
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JoAnne Kloppenburg | 929,377 | 47.47% | ||
Scattering | 4,678 | 0.24% | |||
Total votes | 1,957,947 | 100.0% |
References
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- ^ "Election 2016: Rebecca Bradley, JoAnne Kloppenburg signal political leanings". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Archived from the original on September 30, 2020. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
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- ^ a b "Divided Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds man's gun conviction". AP News. May 4, 2021. Archived from the original on May 4, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ "Top Wisconsin court affirms GOP's preferred approach to maps". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
- ^ Schmidt, Mitchell. "State Supreme Court to follow GOP proposal for 'least-change' approach to redistricting". Wisconsin State Journal. Archived from the original on December 1, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
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