“…and justice for all.”?

By: Steve Huston

While the judicial branch is meant to be the least political of our three branches of government – executive, legislative, judicial – the justices which fill the courts have turned out in recent decades to become highly politicized. Dr. Albert Mohler, on The Briefing of 4/3/25, states: “And this really began on the Left when the progressives could not get, as they styled themselves, what they wanted through legislation. Instead, on an issue like abortion in Roe V. Wade, they went to the court, and eventually, in the 1973 Roe V. Wade decision, they got what they wanted, reversed, of course, by the Dobbs decision in 2022, but the courts have been an ideological battleground ever since.”

Even though Wisconsin judicial races are supposed to be nonpartisan, one can, with little imagination, foresee how the Dane County Judge Susan Crawford will rule now that she’s won her seat on the Badger State’s Supreme Court. Like NASCAR racers, we can see how Crawford leans by looking at the “sponsor stickers” on her robe, proudly displayed for all the world to see.

These “sponsors” suggest she’ll be a supreme legal ally to the “drag community,” proponents for abortion, and other far-Left causes.

FIVE nightclub held a “Disney Princess Drag Bingo” fundraiser for Crawford, she was a former Planned Parenthood attorney, and she’s backed by activist groups fully immersed in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) WOKE religion. Some of her endorsements come from the pro-LGBTQ Human Rights Campaign and from Planned Parenthood, promoter of transgender mutilation procedures for children.

Though the left has made a big deal of Elon Musk’s charitable support for her opponent, Brad Schimel, little mention has been made from Crawford’s receiving millions of dollars from wealthy Leftists like billionaire megadonor George Soros.

Unfortunately, her “checkered” endorsements still gave her a checkered flag in this race. Her comments after winning the Supreme Court seat could hardly have been more politicized: “Today, Wisconsinites fended off an unprecedented attack on our democracy, our fair elections, and our Supreme Court.” She went on to say, “Wisconsin stood up and said loudly that justice does not have a price. Our courts are not for sale.”

Mohler reminds us what might be in store during the “victory lap”: “[T]he Supreme Court of Wisconsin has a lot of say over the districting when it comes down to congressional districts, and redrawing those lines could be to the advantage of Democrats or liberals and to the disadvantage of Republicans or conservatives. And the fact that that was right out in open in this race tells you, again, you can’t say with any honesty this is a nonpolitical court.”

When justices or groups of justices are politically motivated or beholden to their “sponsors,” how can we expect “liberty and justice for all”? When these esteemed black robes legislate from the bench as opposed to fulfilling their roles – to rule according to established law – how can we hope for “liberty and justice for all”? When all three branches refuse to either stay within their constitutional bounds or neglect to do their “checks and balances” duty, how can we expect “liberty and justice for all”?

Yet, the blame cannot be laid solely at their feet; We the People have a duty to do as well. We must play an active role in both raising the bar of election integrity AND participating in each election whether it’s a presidential election or not. Why is that so vital? Because elections have consequences and our interest or lack of participation affects those consequences.

The Federalist reports Kelsey Pritchard, political communications director of Women Speak Out PAC, making the following statement:

“‘Republican voters should heed this race as a warning on becoming complacent following the wins last November,’ Pritchard added. ‘We must be engaged as we enter the mid-terms and show up to the polls next year so that the Trump Administration’s progress is not reversed, and Democrats cannot fulfill the abortion lobby’s agenda for the elimination of parental rights and all-trimester abortion funded by the taxpayer.’”

Mohler nails it in identifying the lackadaisical attitude which many conservatives have when it comes to voting: “But there is a bigger issue here, and that has to do with turn-out, and it is a warning. It turns out that the Left is more motivated to turn out the vote in off-year elections. Or to put it another way, it turns out that conservatives are less likely to show up to vote in off-year elections.”

Yet, with such a low conservative turnout in this swing state, we still witnessed Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approve a voter ID Amendment to their state constitution.

The Badger state already required its voters to present a form of photo voter identification at the polls, but now it’s an official part of their constitution and therefore prevents a liberal state Supreme Court form ruling the voter ID law as unconstitutional.

The fact that Susan Crawford won and the Amendment passed is an enigma; it should be looked into. What isn’t a puzzle is that fact that if we desire liberty and justice for all, then we must cast our vote in every election; do our duty in demanding proper “checks and balances” within our three branches of government; constantly being about the business of increasing election integrity, and bathing all these things in prayer before the God of Heaven.

 

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