Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Shooter bought guns legally
Shooting came a day before the 63rd anniversary of the city's notorious "Ax Handle Saturday," when 200 Ku Klux Klan members attacked Black protesters conducting a peaceful sit-in against Jim Crow laws banning them from white owned stores and restaurants.
Fox News reaches 12.8 million viewers for GOP primary debate, despite Donald Trump’s absence
The viewership was a little more than half the 24 million people who watched Trump appear in his first presidential debate in August 2015,
Mayo Clinic former researcher pleaded guilty to terrorism charges, sentenced to 18 years prison
A former Mayo Clinic researcher pleaded guilty to terrorism charges and was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. According to court documents, Muhammad Masood, 31, a licensed medical doctor in Pakistan, was formerly employed as a […]
Trump campaign reports raising more than $7 million after Georgia booking
(AP) — For former President Donald Trump, a picture is worth … more than $7 million. Trump’s campaign says he has raised $7.1 million since Thursday when he was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia on charges that he illegally schemed to overturn the 2020 election in the state and became the first former president in U.S. […]
Trump’s drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts
In Wisconsin, a 2020 recount slightly improved Biden’s victory over Trump by 87 votes.
Jacob Blake files Federal lawsuit against Kenosha and police officer
Blake filed the lawsuit Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee police officer, 2 suspects hurt in arrest outside North Shore hotel
Officer and another who is part of an FBI task force saw a suspect with outstanding warrants leave the hotel.
Milwaukee County chief judge pushes for family court renovation, citing safety concerns
Milwaukee County is getting ready to renovate the seventh floor of the county courthouse and improve the family courts for what officials and judges call life and safety issues.
Wisconsin elections head won’t testify at reappointment hearing that state AG says is improper
Republicans who control the Senate have vowed to oust Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe.
Minocqua Brewing Company Files Lawsuit Against Town of Minocqua
Town officials were not available to commet at the time of publication.
Gov. Evers signs executive order creating Artificial Intelligence taskforce
The Governor’s Task Force on Workforce and Artificial Intelligence will be administered by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
Trump praises Jan. 6 crowd, repeats election lies in online interview while skipping GOP debate
The interview with Carlson was posted Wednesday night on X.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies