Tue Feb 21, 2023 – 2:02 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Wisconsinites will go to the polls today to vote in a nonpartisan primary for an impending vacancy on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which is likely to determine the fate of the Dairy State’s newly-enforceable abortion ban.
Incumbent conservative Justice Patience Roggensack is retiring when her term expires on July 31, and four judges are running to succeed her: conservatives Jennifer Dorow and Daniel Kelly, and liberals Everett Mitchell and Janet Protasiewicz. The top two vote-getters in Tuesday’s election will face off in a general election on April 4.
Pro-Life Wisconsin and Wisconsin Family Action have both endorsed Kelly, citing his avowed textualist philosophy and his previous tenure on the state’s highest court. “If an activist were to win next April, Wisconsin’s public policy would be imposed by four lawyers sitting in Madison instead of being adopted through our constitutional processes,” Kelly has said. “I won’t let that happen on my watch.”
Allies of Protasiewicz, by contrast, are peppering the Wisconsin airwaves with television ads primarily focused on her support for legal abortion, which is expected to play a significant role in the outcome, given the vacancy
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