Give now to beat Scott Walker's hand-picked Supreme Court judge!

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell have spent the last several years engineering a hostile takeover of the federal judiciary, granting lifetime tenure to dozens of 40-something far-right ideologues who will gleefully greenlight every facet of the conservative agenda, from eviscerating abortion rights to suppressing the vote.

But there’s one critical venue where we can fight back: state supreme courts. Republicans would like to bend these powerful bodies to their will, too, but we can stop them. That’s why Daily Kos is proud to endorse Judge Jill Karofsky in the April 7 election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

The stakes in this race are huge. Karofsky is challenging incumbent Justice Dan Kelly, who was hand-picked in 2016 by none other than Scott Walker. He’s been endorsed by Trump, anti-abortion groups, and the NRA. He also served as an adviser to the conservative legal group that’s currently waging a fight to force the state to purge over 200,000 voters from the rolls.

Karofsky, however, couldn’t be more different. She’s a fair-minded, independent jurist who has the support of top Wisconsin Democrats such as Sen. Tammy Baldwin and former Sen. Russ Feingold; a wide array of unions, including AFSCME and the SEIU; and progressive organizations like Planned Parenthood. She’s also an ultra-marathoner and has completed multiple Ironman competitions, so you know she has the strength and energy to win.

But she also needs cash, because Republican dark-money groups are going to spend whatever it takes to preserve the Supreme Court’s conservative majority. To best help Karofsky, we're raising money for the Wisconsin Democratic Party, which has called all hands on deck for this race. The party has promised us that 100% of the funds the Daily Kos community gives between now and the election will be used to fund their Supreme Court election efforts.

Wisconsin, of course, is going to be one of the most important swing states this fall, so you know that Trump wants his pet judge on the bench to help him out in the event of a close race. And if we can oust Kelly now, that will set us up to erase the court's conservative majority when the next right-wing justice comes up for election.

Please give $3 now to help Jill Karofsky defeat Scott Walker’s hand-picked judge on the Wisconsin Supreme Court!