COMMENTARY: State Bar Board displays ‘irresponsibility, buffoonery and ineptitude’
State Bar of Wisconsin members deserve better, says a member of the Board of Governors.
Sweet Home Alabama? Not So Much
The language is even more scary than the holding itself.
Law as a career
Watching the lawyers involved in numerous high-profile trials, from the various Trump cases to the Michigan mother of the school shooter, causes me to wonder: just how much do these lawyers actually believe what they’re advocating?
DOJ subsidizes questionable surveillance tech
Predictive policing has been shown to be an ineffective and biased policing tool. Yet, the Department of Justice has been funding the crime surveillance and analysis technology for years and continues to do so despite criticism from researchers, privacy advocates and members of Congress.
Commentary: State Bar train off track?
"In bypassing our standard procedure in addressing important items, we are not fulfilling the role the Court designed for us."
Commentary: Urban vs. suburban is the new civil war
Imagine what living in Wisconsin would be like if we were able to put aside our political differences as Wisconsinites and focus on the issues we all share in common.
Editorial: New maps, but same outcome is possible
Last week's decision by Wisconsin's Supreme Court on the legislative districts in our state was perhaps the least surprising outcome imaginable. The same can be said of the breakdown, a 4-3 split along clear ideological lines.
Commentary: Protect the press against bogus lawsuits
Local news outlets serve an invaluable function and deserve protection against those who seek to shut them up.
Commentary: Justice for all-tackling the lawyer shortage in rural Wisconsin
What’s the difference between a bad lawyer and a good lawyer?
Court of Appeals punts
By avoiding the issue they not only missed an opportunity for a fascinating discussion but provided no assistance to prosecutors and trial courts.
Ties are for losers
Sports, being highly sensitive to public opinion, has greatly reduced the number of ties. Football games have overtime. Golf has extra holes. Hockey and soccer (well, some soccer games) have shootouts.
Legal News
- COMMENTARY: State Bar Board displays ‘irresponsibility, buffoonery and ineptitude’
- Schuster wins top honors from Wisconsin Newspaper Association
- Trump GA case advances as former President faces other legal challenges
- Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections
- A judge tosses claims against a former Wisconsin police officer who killed 3 people in five years
- Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Hovde promises to donate salary to charity
- Steven Avery’s attorney Zellner files ‘bombshell’ Manitowoc motion
- Evers taps Marcus Hawkins to Public Service Commission
- School shootings prompt more states to fund digital maps for first responders
- Wisconsin Democrats oppose bi-partisan bill against China spyware Tiktok
- Milwaukee Bucks partner with WisDOT to expand reckless driving prevention campaign
- Evers taps State Bar President-Elect Bucher for Circuit Court Judge
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