Supreme Court

Mar 20, 2011

Supreme Court candidates to debate in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The two candidates for Wisconsin Supreme Court will debate at Marquette University on Monday. Justice David Prosser and Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg are expected to discuss their qualifications, judicial philosophies and the important issues facing the state’s highest court during a one-hour debate Monday. Kloppenburg has been a litigator and prosecutor [&[...]

Mar 17, 2011

Prosser picked as ‘most qualified’ in Waukesha County Bar Association poll

Incumbent Justice David Prosser was picked as the most qualified candidate in this year’s state Supreme Court race by the Waukesha County Bar Association. The voluntary organization released the results Wednesday of its judicial poll which asked members to rank judicial candidates in one of four categories: highly qualified, qualified, not qualified or no opinion. […]

Mar 14, 2011

Union fight could carry over to court race

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker won a huge victory when his collective bargaining bill passed. But Democrats and unions are vowing to strike back, and they plan to start by ousting state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser. The conservative-leaning Prosser faces Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg in an election April 5 for a […]

Mar 11, 2011

Conduct rules questioned

Madison attorney John Nicholas Schweitzer wants his peers to charge less in some instances and accept new fees in others, but he’ll have to get through the state Supreme Court first.

Mar 8, 2011

Governor’s budget goes beyond just unions

By DAVID LIEB and  SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The showdown over collective bargaining rights for public employees is just the first step in a contentious debate over how to solve Wisconsin’s budget woes, with newly elected Republican Gov. Scott Walker also seeking to dismantle an array of social policies enacted under […]

Mar 8, 2011

THE DARK SIDE: Attorney discipline should be left to the attorneys

Every few months, our local left-wing propaganda machine, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, goes on a new jihad about something or other, whether it be making our already draconian drunk driving laws even more draconian, or trying to outlaw a perfectly safe chemical like BPA.

Mar 7, 2011

Supreme Court won’t hear UW-Madison appeal

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court says it won’t hear an appeal of a lower court decision to grant a Catholic student group funding from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The decision by the high court effectively ends UW-Madison’s appeal process. The university has argued that its funding of Badger Catholic’s religious activities is […]

Mar 2, 2011

Supreme Court: Anti-gay funeral picketers allowed

Margie Phelps (second from right), a daughter of Fred Phelps, and the lawyer who argued the case for of the Westboro Baptist Church, walks from the Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 6, 2010. The Supreme Court has ruled that the First Amendment protects fundamentalist church members who mount attention-getting, anti-gay protests outside military funerals. […]

Mar 1, 2011

Anti-gay pastor booked on obscenity charge

By  KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A minister known for his bullhorn-amplified protests at an annual gay festival in the French Quarter has been arrested on an obscenity charge after two women said they saw him masturbating near a suburban New Orleans playground. The Rev. Grant Storms, who in 2008 filed a […]

Feb 23, 2011

Judges picked to serve on Accountability Candidate Committee

By Jack Zemlicka The Wisconsin Court System’s version of the NBA lottery was held Wednesday with four Court of Appeals judges randomly selected to serve on the Government Accountability Candidate Committee. Judge Kitty K. Brennan of District I in Milwaukee, Chief Judge Richard S. Brown of District II in Waukesha, Deputy Chief Judge Gregory A. […]

Feb 17, 2011

Bablitch, former Supreme Court Justice, dies at age 69

Former Supreme Court Justice and state Sen. William Bablitch died late Wednesday at his winter home in Hawaii. He was 69.

Feb 17, 2011

Supreme Court: Estate can seek money from Wis. for assault claim  (UPDATE)

By CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an elderly woman’s estate can pursue her claims that a former state insurance adjuster robbed and assaulted her in 2006. The court’s decision fixed a procedural error by a Waukesha County circuit court judge and the court of appeals. It […]

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