Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Russian lawmakers approve confiscating the assets of people who discredit the army
The bill is now expected to quickly sail through the upper house of parliament and receive Russian President Vladimir Putin's signature.
House GOP takes party-line vote toward Mayorkas impeachment as border becomes 2024 campaign issue
House Republicans attempt to impeach Homeland Security's Director for allegedly failing to enforcement immigration laws at the Southern border.
DOJ: Wisconsin saw more hate crimes than Mississippi and South Carolina combined in 2022
Wisconsin had more hate groups than Mississippi and Alabama combined in 2022, according to Southern Poverty Law Center.
Gov. Evers extends application deadline for register of deeds of Pierce County
The appointment will fill the vacancy being created by the resignation of Julie Hines.
Judge orders Wisconsin elections officials to move quickly on changing absentee ballot rules
The judge on Tuesday spelled out four ways a witness address could be accepted with some missing information.
Trump stays on Illinois’ ballot as the election board says it lacks power to remove him over Jan. 6
Illinois’ election board on Tuesday kept former President Donald Trump on the state’s primary ballot.
Wisconsin man gets life sentence in 2021 killings of 3 men whose bodies were found outside quarry
A man charged in the fatal 2021 shootings of three men whose bodies were found outside a Wisconsin quarry has been sentenced to life in prison.
The fight escalates in Wisconsin over legislative and congressional maps
The lawsuit argues that there is time for the court to accept map submissions and select one to be in place for the November election.
Wisconsin judge affirms regulators can force factory farms to get preemptive pollution permits
Wisconsin judge ruled Tuesday that state regulators can force factory farms to obtain permits before they discharge pollutants.
Wauwatosa financial advisor indicted for wire fraud after allegedly stealing client funds
A grand jury returned an indictment charging Robert C. Starnes with two counts of committing wire fraud.
Dead monkeys paused Elon Musk’s Neuralink project which received its first human implant
Neuralink acknowledged that monkeys died as part of its testing procedures.
Taylor Swift and Robin Vos on the same side of politics?
Just this past week, MAGA Republicans accused the popstar of trying to sway the 2024 presidential election in favor of Democrats.
Legal News
- Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin leads 26 governors to strengthen state and tribal child support enforcement act
- Wisconsin man charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid prison term for Capitol riot role
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property