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Feb 25, 2022

Justices to consider if victims amendment enacted properly

The state Supreme Court announced Friday it will decide whether a constitutional amendment expanding crime victims' rights was properly enacted.

Feb 25, 2022

Notable opinions by high court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson (UPDATE)

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson worked for seven years as a judge on the federal trial court in Washington, D.C., before President Joe Biden appointed her to the appeals court that meets in the same courthouse.

Feb 23, 2022

Biden interviews trio of candidates for Supreme Court

President Joe Biden has interviewed at least three candidates for the Supreme Court, according to a person familiar with the matter, and the White House is reiterating that he remains on track to make a final selection by Monday.

Feb 23, 2022

Republican voting changes passed by Wisconsin Senate

The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday passed a package of fast-tracked voting changes introduced after former President Donald Trump's defeat in 2020, measures that minority Democrats don't have the votes to stop but that Gov. Tony Evers is expected to veto.

Feb 18, 2022

Whisper campaigns grow as Biden nears choice for high court

Too progressive. Too moderate. Bad for workers. The whispers and background chatter about top contenders for the Supreme Court are growing as President Biden zeroes in on a nominee to replace retiring Justice Stephen Breyer. And while the president is eager for input, the White House insists he's not going to be swayed by any sniping.

Feb 17, 2022

Opposition from Sen. Johnson threatens Biden’s judicial pick of Pocan

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson's opposition to one of President Joe Biden's nominees surprised Democrats on Wednesday and presented a fresh test to a tradition that over the years has allowed individual senators to block the confirmation of judges from their home states.

Feb 16, 2022

Wisconsin elections officials knock down conspiracy claims

Wisconsin's top elections officials systematically knocked down a series of conspiracy theories about the state's voter records and election administration during a public hearing Wednesday before a legislative committee led by a Republican who has helped elevate the claims.

Feb 15, 2022

Wisconsin Republican lawmakers call for overturning election

Two Republican state lawmakers, including one running for governor, spoke at a rally Tuesday in the Wisconsin Capitol urging support for the legally impossible act of overturning Wisconsin's 2020 presidential election.

Feb 10, 2022

Trump backer, 4 others charged with voter fraud in Wisconsin

A supporter of former President Donald Trump who wanted to root out voter fraud is among five people who was charged Thursday with election fraud by a Republican district attorney who's running for Wisconsin attorney general.

Feb 10, 2022

Wisconsin election conspiracy theorist running for governor

A state lawmaker who has won praise from former President Donald Trump for his attempts to illegally reverse President Joe Biden's win in Wisconsin filed paperwork Thursday to run for governor, a move that would shake up the Republican primary.

Feb 10, 2022

Biden seeking professional diversity in his judicial picks

President Joe Biden spent a recent flight aboard Air Force One reminiscing with lawmakers and aides about his start as a young lawyer in Delaware working as a public defender in the late 1960s.

Feb 7, 2022

State AG races become litmus test for GOP election claims

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, a Republican, has won re-election multiple times in a state where the GOP dominates politically and, in his telling, has "a 20-year track record of calling balls and strikes fairly and squarely."

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