The Joint Finance Committee has approved a motion to delete Gov. Scott Walker's budget recommendation to eliminate the Judicial Council.

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A federal judge has denied an attempt by voters to intervene and stop a lawsuit brought by Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson challenging the timing of a recently approved constitutional amendment.

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The first votes to be taken Wednesday on Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal include whether to give the state Supreme Court authority over an independent commission that investigates judges, eliminate a panel that provides research on judicial issues and further cut the already greatly diminished secretary of state's office.

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Five voters asked a federal court on Monday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson, arguing that she shouldn't be allowed to delay a newly approved constitutional amendment expected to lead to her demotion.

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A federal judge on Thursday denied Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson's request for a temporary restraining order blocking a constitutional amendment that likely would lead to her demotion.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson has filed a federal lawsuit contending that she should not be removed from her position.

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Members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will meet "quite soon" to decide who should serve as chief justice now that voters have given them the power to do that, Justice Pat Roggensack said Wednesday.

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Members of the Wisconsin Supreme Court will meet "quite soon" to decide who should serve as chief justice now that voters have given them the power to do that, Justice Pat Roggensack said Wednesday.

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A statewide referendum on the April 7 ballot that would change the way the chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is chosen isn't the stuff that will drive voters to the polls, to be sure.

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Members of the legislative Joint Committee of Finance had some tough and far-reaching questions Monday.

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A case pending before the state Supreme Court will determine whether the Wisconsin Public Service Commission has to go back to the drawing board on a 2012 wind siting rule.

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Four Wisconsin Court of Appeals judges were selected Thursday to serve on the Government Accountability Candidate Committee to help select potential new judges.

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The Wisconsin Assembly has passed a constitutional amendment that would rework how state Supreme Court justices pick their leader.

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Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson expressed reservations Tuesday about the latest version of a proposed rule to prevent victims’ names from appearing in appeals court briefs.

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The Wisconsin state Senate has passed a constitutional amendment that would change the way the state Supreme Court chief justice is selected.

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A measure for a proposed state constitutional amendment to change how the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s chief justice is selected is on its way to passing a second consecutive legislative session, in time to appear on the April 7 ballot.

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Democrats in the Wisconsin state Senate are arguing against a Republican-backed constitutional amendment that would change the way the state Supreme Court chief justice is selected.

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Republican lawmakers are moving closer to changing the way the Wisconsin Supreme Court chooses its chief.

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Setting a mandatory retirement age for judges isn't a priority, the Republican lawmaker floating the idea said Thursday, adding that details of any proposal remain very much in flux as he looks for enough support to pass it.

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One of the candidates for the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Thursday that doesn't have an opinion on proposals that would set a mandatory retirement age for judges and change the way the chief justice is selected, which wasn't the case two weeks ago.

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Irony filled Monday's Associated Press photo of Gov. Scott Walker again taking the oath of office. Overseeing the ceremony was Shirley Abrahamson, chief justice of the state Supreme Court.

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Wisconsin lawmakers will likely weigh legislation next year that would require judges to leave the bench when they turn 75.

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Even though a state project eliminated a Kenosha shopping center’s connection to a city street and forced customers to use a private drive, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled, the owners are entitled to no compensation under the state’s eminent-domain law.

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson is asking judges and attorneys to lobby for the money the courts are requesting for the 2015-17 biennial budget.

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For the first time in recent memory, advocates for expanding civil legal services for indigent clients in Wisconsin want the Legislature to study the effects it would have on the state.

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Consultants tapped to examine the Office of Lawyer Regulation's investigatory and disciplinary process recommend that the office reorganize its staff and change the way it investigates cases in order to move them through the system more quickly.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court subscribes to a new interpretation of “surviving spouse” under the wrongful death statute.

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Despite an absence of turnover on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in recent years, Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson and Justice Ann Walsh Bradley are becoming increasingly marginalized.

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What can an ordinary passenger do to stop police from searching the passenger’s property when it’s in a vehicle being searched with the driver’s consent?

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A ruling from Wisconsin’s highest court has opened up the door for more potential litigation against emergency responders who are involved in a crash while on the job, attorneys for both sides say.

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