Progress, room for improvement 50 years after Gideon decision
Fifty years ago today, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black delivered the unanimous, nine-page majority opinion in Gideon v. Wainwright.
Judicial candidates hope to upset incumbent winning streak
Despite historically long odds, two candidates are challenging an incumbent judge in Milwaukee County instead of running for two open circuit court seats.
Technology gives judges alternatives for jury instructions
Rather than just reading 19 pages of jury instructions to the people who would decide if Jesus Gonzalez was guilty of murder, Milwaukee Judge Richard Sankovitz mixed in some visuals.
Prosser picked as ‘most qualified’ in Waukesha County Bar Association poll
Incumbent Justice David Prosser was picked as the most qualified candidate in this year’s state Supreme Court race by the Waukesha County Bar Association. The voluntary organization released the results Wednesday of its judicial poll which asked members to rank judicial candidates in one of four categories: highly qualified, qualified, not qualified or no opinion. […]
Legal News
- Evers signs measure decriminalizing use of xylazine testing strips
- Wisconsin district attorney demands attorney general compel WisDems to return donations allegedly tied to Epstein
- Women rainmakers under attack for their ambition: combatting Tall Poppy Syndrome
- Gov. Evers announces DOR Secretary Barca leaving Evers Administration
- 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
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