State Supreme Court Candidate Thinks He's Above The Law

Brad Schimel is a former Wisconsin Attorney General, a current Waukesha County judge and a candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2025. One would think he knows something about the law, including following it. Or maybe he's just a Republican and thinks he's above the law. Like in 2021 when he got pulled over for speeding and played the "Do you know who I am?" card:

Newly obtained records and dash cam video show Schimel, a former Republican attorney general who is now a Waukesha County judge, was pulled over by a member of the State Patrol for driving 78 mph in a 55-mph zone early on June 4, 2021, while heading north on state Highway 22 in Shawano County.

Asked by the state trooper where he was going, Schimel dropped the name of Outagamie County Judge Vince Biskupic, saying he was headed to his cabin, nearby in the Town of Cecil.

The trooper then asked if there was anything else she should know, such as whether he had probation issues or outstanding warrants. "No," Schimel said initially before adding: "I'm a judge in Waukesha."

Apparently, that move is very effective:

The point was not lost on the cop, who wrote in her report, "Driver advised he is a judge for Waukesha Co."

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