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Janet Protasiewicz

Sep 15, 2023

Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts new case involving Village of Egg Harbor, denies review of several others

Court agrees to review two cases, denies several others.

Wisconsin Right Now Parody
Sep 14, 2023

Wisconsin Right Now parody account owner says distain for false information is what drives spoof

Exclusive interview reveals parody account owner's distain for misinformation.

Wisconsin redistricting
Sep 13, 2023

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.

Wisconsin redistricting
Sep 11, 2023

GOP threat to impeach Wisconsin Supreme Court justice is driven by fear of losing legislative edge

Wisconsin Republicans have enjoyed outsize control of the Legislature in one of the most closely divided states for a dozen years. Maintaining that power is now at the heart of a drama involving the state Supreme Court that has national political implications.

Janet Protasiewicz
Sep 7, 2023

Wisconsin GOP threatens to impeach Janet Protasiewicz over donations, but conservatives also took party cash

Wisconsin Republicans are threatening to impeach a state Supreme Court justice over donations she received from the Democratic Party.

Janet Protasiewicz
Sep 6, 2023

Complaints over campaign comments by Wisconsin Supreme Court justice are dismissed

A state judiciary disciplinary panel has rejected several complaints lodged against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz.

Janet Protasiewicz
Sep 5, 2023

Why Wisconsin Republicans are talking about impeaching a new state Supreme Court justice

Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature is talking about impeaching a newly elected liberal state Supreme Court justice even before she has heard a case.

Protasiewicz
Aug 30, 2023

Wisconsin Supreme Court emails detail chaotic first week of liberal control (UPDATE)

Liberal majority told Chief Justice Annette Ziegler they didn’t plan to release the changes to administrative rules on Friday, Aug. 4, but after Ziegler demanded a copy she sent them out to news outlets before a statement was issued to court personnel.

Aug 29, 2023

Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice accuses liberal majority of staging a ‘coup’

“Again, I will not condone such lawless destruction of the constitution, the judiciary, or the court,” Ziegler wrote.

Wisconsin Gerrymandering
Aug 23, 2023

Legal community weighs in on Supreme Court Justice Protasiewicz’s duty to recuse over gerrymandering cases

Legal community differs on whether or not Justice Protasiewicz has a duty to recuse on gerrymandering case.

Protasiewicz
Aug 23, 2023

Liberal Supreme Court justices make sweeping changes to enhance transparency and accountability

Changes include: opening administrative conferences, creating a recusal task force to recommend rule changes and making court orders more accessible online.

Aug 1, 2023

Protasiewicz takes seat on Supreme Court bench

The Wisconsin Supreme Court flips to liberal control for the first time in 15 years Tuesday with the start of the term of a new justice who made abortion rights a focus of her winning campaign.

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