Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Election Law
In 2016, David Gill ran as an independent candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois’s 13th Congressional District.
Prison Litigation Reform Act- Grievance Procedure
King is a pretrial detainee at the Cook County Jail. He sued Cook County Sheriff Thomas Dart, Officer R. Szul, and Cook County for claims arising out of a March 29, 2019, incident in which another detainee punched him and threw hot coffee on him, causing third-degree burns.
Employment Discrimination-Title VII
Crain, a Black female, was reassigned to a new position at the Richard L. Roudebush Veterans’ Administration Medical Center (the “VA Center”) in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Ron Johnson aide asked felon convicted of fraud for opinion
Ron Johnson’s reelection campaign's top aide asked for advice about Democrats’ campaign activities from a convicted felon who once claimed without evidence that a “sect” of Milwaukee officials illegally printed ballots for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, reported the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
How cash bail laws are at stake on Wisconsin’s April ballot
Cash bail has been the subject of heated debate in statehouses across the country after a 2022 midterm where Republicans spent millions slamming Democratic candidates as soft on crime.
Trump, facing potential indictment, holds defiant Waco rally, protests erupt in New York
Throngs of protesters gathered at the Manhattan courthouse steps, chanting for freedom for their embattled hero as Trump faces a potential indictment and holds the first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign Saturday in Waco, Texas.
Disabled Wisconsin voters say absentee law not followed
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Disabled voters say local election leaders across Wisconsin are not following federal law during early voting in the high-stakes race for state Supreme Court, incorrectly telling them they can’t have another person return their absentee ballot for them. Absentee ballots, and who can return them, has been a political flashpoint in battleground Wisconsin, […]
Wisconsin DOJ, factory farm reach $215K pollution settlement
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A factory farm has agreed to pay the Wisconsin Department of Justice $215,000 to settle pollution allegations. The Legislature’s finance committee is slated to approve the deal during a meeting Tuesday. According to an analysis of the deal by the Legislature’s attorneys, the deal will settle allegations that Kinnard Farms improperly […]
Powder, threat sent to Manhattan DA investigating Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — A powdery substance was found Friday with a threatening letter in a mailroom at the offices of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, the latest security scare as the prosecutor weighs a potential historic indictment of former President Donald Trump, authorities said. New York City police and environmental protection officials isolated and removed […]
April 4 Election: Wis. Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Municipal Court
Several important races are on the April 4 ballot. Read more about each race by clicking on the respective links in the article.
Legal News
- Democrat Dora Drake wins open seat in Wisconsin state Senate
- Wisconsin joins coalition urging Supreme Court to uphold federal ghost gun regulations
- GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide
- NFL is liable for $4,707,259,944.64 in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case
- Milwaukee Police investigating fatal downtown crash
- 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
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