Wisconsin absentee case may be headed to US Supreme Court
Democrats and their allies said Tuesday they will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether absentee ballots in battleground Wisconsin that are received as many as six days after the election can be counted — a step being fought by Republicans who have opposed other attempts across the country to make voting easier.
Barrett won’t commit to recusing from election disputes
The Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett is vowing to bring no "agenda" to the court, batting back senators' questions Tuesday on abortion, gun rights and the November election, insisting she would take a conservative approach to the law but decide cases as they come.
Biden discusses idea of high court packing: ‘I’m not a fan’
Joe Biden says he is "not a fan" of adding seats to the Supreme Court, after weeks of avoiding questions about the idea that's been pushed by progressives and used by Republicans to attack him.
Third Wisconsin prison experiences coronavirus outbreak
The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says there's been another coronavirus outbreak in a state prison.
Chief: No reason to fire Wisconsin officer who killed teen
The police chief of a Milwaukee suburb that has seen protests and unrest since an officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Black teenager in February said Monday that he sees no reason why the officer should be fired.
Health care is focus as Barrett Supreme Court hearing opens
Senate Democrats branded Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett a threat to Americans' health care during the coronavirus pandemic Monday at the start of a fast-tracked hearing that Republicans are confident will end with Barrett's confirmation to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before Election Day.
Wisconsin’s Johnson says COVID-19 ‘is not a death sentence’
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson, of Wisconsin, said Monday that he never had any symptoms after testing positive Oct. 2 for the coronavirus, declaring that COVID-19 "is not a death sentence."
5th night of Wisconsin police shooting protest more peaceful
Demonstrators protested for a fifth night in a Milwaukee suburb following a prosecutor's decision not to charge a police officer who fatally shot a Black teenager.
Deadly crash results in 6-month law license suspension for Chicago lawyer
A Chicago lawyer will lose his Wisconsin law license for six months as reciprocal discipline for a drunken-driving crash that killed his friend.
Wisconsin judge upholds mask order for enclosed spaces
A Wisconsin judge on Monday upheld Gov. Tony Evers' mask mandate in the face of a conservative challenge.
Kohner, Mann & Kailas reaches $15M settlement in 13-year natural gas lawsuit
Milwaukee law firm Kohner, Mann & Kailas has reached a $15 million settlement in a massive natural-gas antitrust lawsuit, the largest to date in the case's 13 years of litigation.
Politics has way of finding US Supreme Court eager to avoid it
The Supreme Court might prefer to avoid politics, but politics has a way of finding the court.
Legal News
- Trump backers try again to recall Wisconsin GOP Assembly speaker as first effort stalls
- Wis. Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS) funding bill signed into law
- Bryan Steil teams up with election denier Jim Jordan
- Milwaukee Bar Association releases 2024 Judicial Poll results
- Hilton Doubletree Lawsuit: 8-year-old died after being sucked into swimming pool pipe
- Gov. Evers signs measure allowing tactical emergency medical services to bear arms
- Evers signs anti-human trafficking bills
- Evers signs bills addressing threats against judges
- Illegal immigrant charged with Fond du Lac domestic violence stabbing
- Milwaukee creates requirements for private security guards after Isaiah Allen’s shooting death
- Milwaukee Police asking for public’s assistance after shooting of 6-year-old
- Man shot at Miami Hilton
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