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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
Legal News
- Wis. Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS) funding bill signed into law
- Bryan Steil teams up with election denier Jim Jordan
- Milwaukee Bar Association releases 2024 Judicial Poll results
- Hilton Doubletree Lawsuit: 8-year-old died after being sucked into swimming pool pipe
- Gov. Evers signs measure allowing tactical emergency medical services to bear arms
- Evers signs anti-human trafficking bills
- Evers signs bills addressing threats against judges
- Illegal immigrant charged with Fond du Lac domestic violence stabbing
- Milwaukee creates requirements for private security guards after Isaiah Allen’s shooting death
- Milwaukee Police asking for public’s assistance after shooting of 6-year-old
- Man shot at Miami Hilton
- Wisconsin Supreme Court lets ruling stand that declared Amazon drivers to be employees
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