Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Wisconsin Senate to vote on firing state’s nonpartisan top elections official
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate was set to vote Thursday on firing the battleground state's top elections official — a move that was denounced by Democrats as illegitimate and is expected to draw a legal battle.
Wisconsin settles state Justice Department pollution allegations against 2 factory farms
The state Justice Department accused North Side Genetics of failing to construct a feed storage runoff control system.
Sheriff’s deputy faces lawsuit after K-9 attacked fellow officer
A police dog mistakenly bit a police officer instead of subduing a fleeing suspect.
8th Circuit sides with cop accused of 1st Amendment retaliation arrest
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with a police officer accused of arresting a man as retaliation for using his First Amendment right to free speech.
High court: Car search justified
Police had probable cause to search a man’s vehicle after an informant told them he had a gun inside,
Legal Lingo: Justices’ opinions blaze trails in language, graphics
The Commerce Clause is right there in the U.S. Constitution, authorizing Congress “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes.”
New visa rules proposed
Immigrant farmworkers would receive a raft of new protections under a Biden administration proposal announced Tuesday, which would boost safety requirements on farms and raise transparency around how such workers are brought to the U.S., to combat human trafficking.
Wisconsin Republican leader asks former state Supreme Court justices to review impeachment
Wisconsin's Republican Assembly leader announced Wednesday that he's created a panel to investigate the criteria for impeachment as he mulls taking that unprecedented step against a liberal state Supreme Court justice.
Apple and Google should be held accountable for privacy violations
If you've ever Googled "watches" or "shoes" on your work or home computer then later that day scrolled through Facebook on your phone, odds are you see ads for the same product. And it's no coincidence.
Former Wisconsin Democrat turned Trump Attorney Chesebro files Georgia motion to dismiss indictment
Kenneth Chesebro's lawyers filed a motion Tuesday in Fulton County, Georgia asking the court to dismiss charges against him in the "election interference case."
DOJ: Google exploited exclusive search engine deals to maintain advantage
Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of Justice said
Petition filed to block Trump from Minnesota’s 2024 ballot
A group of Minnesota voters filed a legal challenge Tuesday to try to block former President Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s presidential ballot next year.
Legal News
- NAACP: No consequences for UWM Pro-Palestinian protesters shows ‘bias’ and ‘privilege’
- New complaints filed against Northwestern over Kenosha football hazing scandal
- Justice Department submits proposed regulation to reschedule marijuana
- Reckless driving on Brown Deer Road results in fatal collision
- Lavinia Goodell 150th Anniversary commemoration to be held June 17
- WisGOP reacts to vice president’s Wisconsin visit
- Former prosecutor suspended for unwelcome contact during legal conference
- One Wisconsin Attorney’s misconduct ‘in a league of its own’
- Wisconsin election fraud charge issued from November 2022 general election
- Indigenous consultant accuses NHL’s Blackhawks of fraud, sexual harassment
- Man pleads guilty in theft of Arnold Palmer green jacket, other Masters memorabilia from Augusta
- KS Governor cites competition concerns while vetoing measure for school gun-detection technology
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