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Wisconsin Supreme Court

May 16, 2023

Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts two new cases, denies review of several others

Search and seizure as well as unemployment law will be reviewed by the court.

May 11, 2023

Speaker Vos: Act 10 was ‘Act of the People,’ Supreme Court to ‘lose legitimacy’ if relitigated

Vos said, “I cannot imagine that the state Supreme Court is going to take and ruin its legitimacy and we are just going to overturn all of these Acts of the people.”

Apr 19, 2023

Justice Roggensack honored at Supreme Court oral argument

Retiring Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patience Drake Roggensack was honored by her fellow justices and received a standing ovation in the Supreme Court Hearing Room today in Madison.

Apr 19, 2023

The good, bad, worse news to come from the Supreme Court election

Much as I like to vary topics in my monthly column, the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court election presents too much fodder for comment and is too important to simply let it go. 

Apr 12, 2023

Editorial: Supreme Court race only opening round of in-state politics

In an historic and high-spending race for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz crushed former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly.

Apr 5, 2023

Turnout in Wisconsin Supreme Court race breaks record

Turnout had already surpassed 36% of the voting-age population, with more than 10% of votes yet to be counted.

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Apr 4, 2023

Dan Kelly flies in private jet owned by anti-abortion advocates

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Dan Kelly flew in a private jet owned by anti-abortion activists in the days before election day.

Apr 4, 2023

Abortion access at stake in Wisconsin Supreme Court race

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The fate of abortion access in battleground Wisconsin likely rests with Tuesday’s outcome of the heated race for state Supreme Court, with the future of Republican-drawn legislative maps, voting rights and years of other Republican policies also hanging in the balance. The Wisconsin Supreme Court has been under conservative control for 15 years, […]

Apr 2, 2023

Republicans sent ‘Wisconsin voter alert’ complete with emergency tones during real severe weather event

By Steve Schuster [email protected] As the wind whistled in excess of 60 mph, the night sky lit up like it was the Fourth of July Friday night in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Real tornado sirens sounded, one person was killed and dozens of others were injured when a roof collapsed at a concert venue in […]

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Apr 1, 2023

Holder: Wisconsin voters have a chance to save our Democracy

"Let’s go back to the old Wisconsin, the pre-Scott Walker Wisconsin where people actually have an opportunity to decide who’s going to represent them" - Former Attorney General Eric Holder.

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Mar 30, 2023

The most important election of 2023 is taking place in Wisconsin

Polls will be open in Wisconsin on April 4 from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.  

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