Banning drop boxes for absentee ballots across Wisconsin was rash and unnecessary.
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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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Justices debate Wisconsin school’s gender change policy
The Wisconsin Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether to block a Madison school district policy that prohibits staff from informing parents that their children have changed genders, with opponents arguing the policy amounts to a secret experiment on children and supporters countering that the guidance protects student privacy.
Read More »Top Wisconsin court affirms GOP’s preferred approach to maps
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Republicans in a redistricting dispute, ruling that it saw no need to make significant changes to the maps that have helped the GOP win majorities in the state Legislature and congressional delegation.
Read More »After split reasoning on certified question, private-school busing lawsuit to return to 7th Circuit
A lawsuit over busing requirements for private, religious schools in Wisconsin will return to the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Read More »Divided Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds man’s gun conviction
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a man who was found guilty of arming himself with a gun while intoxicated, rejecting his arguments that his core Second Amendment rights outweighed a state law against brandishing firearms while drunk.
Read More »Editorial: Court’s ruling narrower than many think
This week’s ruling from the Wisconsin Supreme Court was considerably narrower than what a lot of people seem to think. There’s a critical point that people are missing: the ruling wasn’t on whether a mask mandate is legal in and of itself. That question remains open.
Read More »Court considers arguments over reasonable suspicion in vehicle search
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering whether an appellate court conducted a proper reasonable suspicion analysis in a case centered on a traffic stop that resulted in a gun charge.
Read More »Judge Shelley Grogan enters District II Court of Appeals race
Judge Shelley Grogan has entered the race for District II Court of Appeals.
Read More »State Supreme Court disagrees on Second Amendment rights of felon
The Wisconsin Supreme Court split this week on the question of what constitutes a violation of a felon's Second Amendment rights.
Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to hear lame-duck lawsuit
The state Supreme Court decided Tuesday not to hear a lawsuit Republican legislators filed last year alleging Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul wasn't complying with laws passed during a 2018 lame-duck legislative session.
Read More »Justices allow lower courts to resume with virus controls
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to allow courts to resume in-person hearings and jury trials if they can come up with plans to protect participants and observers from the coronavirus. The justices suspended in-person hearings and jury trials in March, ordering judges to continue trials to a date after May 22. Chief Justice Pat Roggensack ...
Read More »Summary: Justices file 7 opinions in stay-at-home order ruling
The Wisconsin Supreme Court justices filed seven separate opinions in their decision on Wednesday striking down the state's extended stay-at-home order.
Read More »‘Broad sweep of power’ or within public interest? How justices argued provisions in the state election order
Wisconsin is the only state in the U.S. with an April election proceeding as planned, the result of an order the state Supreme Court issued on Monday.
Read More »Appellate court operational changes extended through May 22
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has extended changes to its appellate court operations through May 22.
Read More »Fractured Supreme Court opinion criticizes lower courts
A fractured opinion from the Wisconsin Supreme Court criticizes the lower courts' lack of detail in an appeal over a Marathon County man's involuntary commitment to a mental institution.
Read More »‘Really?’: Supreme Court justices disagree on invoking laches in homicide appeal
The Wisconsin Supreme Court disagreed on invoking laches in an appeal case that concerns a defendant's rights in a 2007 homicide conviction. Last week, a 4-3 majority upheld imposing laches in the case, prompting the responses "Really?" in one of the arguments.
Read More »Supreme Court rejects new trial in 1996 double homicide, clarifies transcript procedure
In a 4-3 decision announced Tuesday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected the possibility of having a new trial in a decade-old double homicide case — a request made because of missing transcripts. In upholding an appellate court's previous decision, the majority concluded the defendant could not prevail without make a facially valid claim of arguably prejudicial error, no matter if all or part of a transcript is on hand.
Read More »High court ends great-weight deference to state agencies (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has decided to end the court's long-standing three-tier system for deferring to state agencies' interpretations of statutes.
Read More »View from around the state: State court got it wrong; public has right to videos
Overturning two lower court rulings, the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck a blow for government secrecy.
Read More »Attacks couldn’t dent Bradley’s election prospects
Call her Teflon Rebecca.
Read More »Groups, candidates spent $4.3 million in Supreme Court race
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates and outside groups spent at least $4.3 million ahead of Tuesday's election.
Read More »GOP surge helps carry Bradley to Supreme Court win
Powered by a surge in Republican turnout for the state's presidential primary, Rebecca Bradley pushed past heaps of negative publicity over her inflammatory college writings to defeat JoAnne Kloppenburg and win a 10-year term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Read More »Bradley stays on Supreme Court with win over Kloppenburg
Rebecca Bradley defeated JoAnne Kloppenburg on Tuesday to win a 10-year term on Wisconsin's Supreme Court, shrugging off headlines about her inflammatory writings and riding a wave of Republican turnout for the state's presidential primary to victory.
Read More »Voters head to polls to choose high court justices, trial judges
Although most attention is now on the contested races in Wisconsin's presidential primary, voters who head to the polls Tuesday will also have their say in various judicial races.
Read More »NRA endorses Rebecca Bradley for Wisconsin Supreme Court
The National Rifle Association is endorsing Justice Rebecca Bradley as she engages in a hotly contested fight for a 10-year spot on the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Read More »Bradley outraises Kloppenburg by about $100,000 in state Supreme Court race
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley has raised nearly $480,000 in the past two months, about $100,000 more than Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg in their race for a 10-year term on the high court.
Read More »Construction group endorses Bradley for Supreme Court
The Associated Builders and Contractors of Wisconsin is throwing its support behind state Supreme Court incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley, whose seat is being challenged by Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg in the April 5 election.
Read More »No matter who wins race for Supreme Court, it will still lean conservative
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley is striving to solidify her place on the high court in the April 5 election, while Appeals Court Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg is trying to break through in her second attempt for the seat.
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