Brad Schimel Is Mr. Anti-AbortionI'm
Former Republican Attorney General Brad Schimel is running for the state Supreme Court as an anti-abortion warrior and hopes to turn the spring 2025 election into a nationally funded race that will help conservatives re-take control of a majority on the court.
Schimel’s national profile on the abortion issue became clearer after a recent New York Times magazine story documented the key role that a top staff member of Schimel’s, his Solicitor General Misha Tseytlin, played in the secretive conservative network that hatched the strategy “That Took Down Roe v. Wade,” as the headline put it.
As Wisconsin Attorney General (2014-2018), Schimel had created the new position of solicitor general to pursue national litigation to undo Democratic policies like abortion rights, Obamacare and environmental regulations. As former Democratic Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager would charge, Schimel obtained more than $1 million from the Republican Legislature to fund an Office of Solicitor General “with not just an SG, but deputies and staff” to support a political agenda.
Schimel hired Tseytlin in 2015, saying that “Misha brings a wealth of experience that will serve our state well in litigation in both the state and federal courts.” One of the major issues the AG wanted Tseytlin to take on was abortion. Schimel’s extreme position on abortion was well-documented. He signed onto a 2012 white paper, authored by Wisconsin Right To Life, arguing that if the U.S. Supreme court decision in Roe v. Wade was overturned, the old Wisconsin statute from 1849 would prohibit all abortions in the state.
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