# Wisconsin Supreme Court 2023

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-supreme-court-2023/980188>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [February 22, 2023, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-supreme-court-2023/980188 "2023-02-22T13:22:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wisconsin-supreme-court-2023/980188/12 "2023-02-22T19:43:32Z")

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> [@Buck\_Godot](#):
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> Assuming that the ads do their job to inform voters about the candidates leanings, this election is probably going to be viewed by most as a defacto referendum on abortion rights, which will [in all likelihood bode well](https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/milwaukee/news/2022/06/24/how-wisconsinites-feel-about-abortion) for Protasiewicz.

What difference should her view on abortion make? Judges are to interpret the exisiting laws on the books. Abortion is illegal in Wi until the law is changed. She can’t change the law.

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