So: How do you get on the Supreme Court in Wisconsin? Evidently, you break all the rules, declare your position on issues that will come before the court, and run with lots of liberal outside funding. That’s how Milwaukee Judge Janet Protasiewicz won her runoff race on April 4. 

The race will go down as the most expensive judicial race in American history, at least so far. Judge Protasiewicz ran to the left, breaking convention (and setting up likely challenges to her role in future cases) by declaring her “values” such as a right to abortion. That issue is sure to come before the court in short order, as will the establishment of congressional districts in Wisconsin. 

Americans easily forget how important the courts are, and this is a wake-up call for conservatives. If we keep losing elections like this one, we will see the Left take over the courts, seat by seat. Did we work so hard for 50 years only to surrender now?