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Ann Walsh Bradley and the cause of openness
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley was a consistent advocate for transparency in government.
Karofsky begins role as Supreme Court chief justice
Justice Jill Karofsky was elected chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, succeeding Ann Walsh Bradley and pledging fairness and transparency.
Chief justice warns of threats to court’s independence
Wisconsin Chief Justice Ann Walsh Bradley warns that record spending, politicization, and threats endanger judicial independence as she nears retirement.
Bradley takes over as Chief Justice
Justice Ann Walsh Bradley officially begins her term as chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court today, following her election to the position by fellow members of the court.
Supreme Court upholds Evers’ veto to boost school funding
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Gov. Tony Evers was within his rights when he used his partial veto authority to expand a budget funding provision from two years to 402 years by striking words and digits from the budget.
Bradley elected chief justice
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley was elected to serve as chief justice, effective May 1, 2025.
Court candidate’s criticism of liberal justices called ‘disgusting’
The Republican-backed candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court accused the court's liberal majority, all women, of being “driven by their emotions” during oral arguments in an abortion rights case — comments his challenger's campaign on Friday called “disgusting.”
History made: Pedro Colón sworn-in as first Latino Court of Appeals judge
In a time of white privilege and supremacy, Pedro Cólon overcomes obstacles and becomes the first Latino Wisconsin Court of Appeals judge.
Court: Local health officers can issue unilateral orders
Local health officers can unilaterally issue orders to slow diseases, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision upholding contentious orders limiting indoor gatherings and mandating masks that Dane County officials handed down during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes
Wisconsin's conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled on Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person, dealing a defeat to Democrats who said the decision would make it harder to vote in the battleground state.
Wisconsin court rules against transgender sex offender
The Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority said Thursday that a transgender woman cannot change her name because she is on the state's sex offender registry and the law does not allow people on the registry to change their names.
Wisconsin court’s open records ruling decried as gutting law
The Wisconsin Supreme Court's conservative majority on Wednesday issued a ruling limiting when people who sue over open records requests can recover attorney's fees, a decision that the court's liberals and advocates for open government decried as gutting the law.
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- State lawsuit seeks electronic ballots for disabled voters
- Attorney disbarred after sexual assault conviction
- Wisconsin mom freed from ICE custody, speaks out
- Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs judicial recusal changes
- Toney eyes rematch with Kaul in AG race
- State Supreme Court to hear gerrymander case
- Former prison lieutenant fined $500 in inmate death case
- Officials worry about USPS speed with ballot delivery
- Judge: Ex-Milwaukee teacher’s aide can return to U.S.
- Ex-bank manager sentenced for $350K embezzlement
- Dugan sentencing delayed for oral arguments
- Wisconsin women’s prisons 78% over capacity, nearing record
Case Digests
- Involuntary Medication-Competency to Stand Trial
- Domestic Abuse Injunction-Personal Jurisdiction
- Informer Privilege Statute-Clear Error
- Sixth Amendment-Third-Party Perpetrator Evidence
- Plea Withdrawal-Manifest Injustice
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Procedural Bar
- CHIPS Confidentiality-Remedial Versus Punitive Sanctions
- Insurance Law
- Breach of Contract-Rule 12(b)(6) Dismissal
- Constitutional Law-Qualified Immunity-First Amendment Retaliation
- Qualified Immunity-Excessive Force-Civil Rights
- Hostile Work Environment-Sexual Harassment
