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2016 Supreme Court's race

Mostly True

'Skipped court' is exaggeration

JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg

Says the GOP is "helping pay for" Justice Rebecca Bradley's campaign and "she recently skipped court to attend an event paid for" by Scott Walker's "lobbyist friends."  

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, March 31st, 2016

Mostly True

Yes, but more to it than that

Rebecca Bradley
Rebecca Bradley

Says JoAnne Kloppenburg "has told us she thinks it's her job to promote a more equal society."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, March 30th, 2016

False

Available evidence indicates it's rare

Rebecca Bradley
Rebecca Bradley

Says her representation of an ex-boyfriend "who was then my friend" in a family law case is "something that lawyers do on a regular basis."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, March 25th, 2016

Mostly False

Far more complicated

Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
Wisconsin Alliance for Reform

Says Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg agreed to use a technicality to give a convicted sex offender a new hearing because "he didn’t understand the charge."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016

False

Divide by 100

JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg

In the primary election, a "right-wing group spent more than $100,000,000 to support" Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley.

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, March 21st, 2016

Half-True

Both sets of remarks open to interpretation

Bill McCoshen
Bill McCoshen

Says when Bernie Sanders was in college, Sanders said "something very similar" to what conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley had written as a college student in the 1990s -- that "women have a legitimate role in date rape."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, March 17th, 2016

Mostly True

Support was clear once, divided the second time

JoAnne Kloppenburg
JoAnne Kloppenburg

Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Sunday, February 14th, 2016

Mostly True

U.S. top ranked, though figures for China not entirely clear

Joe Donald
Joe Donald

"We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Wednesday, December 9th, 2015