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Budget bill likely would end US Supreme Court email search case
The budget bill before Congress includes an update to federal law that makes clear that authorities with a warrant can obtain emails and other data held by American technology companies but stored on servers overseas.
US Supreme Court takes up challenge by crisis-pregnancy centers
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a free-speech fight over California's attempt to regulate anti-abortion crisis-pregnancy centers.
High court nixes periodic hearings for detained immigrants
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that immigrants the government has detained and is considering deporting aren't entitled by law to periodic hearings on whether they should be released on bond.
Gorsuch silent as divided Supreme Court spars over unions
A decision in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31, 16-1466, is expected by late June.
Justices give death row inmate new round of appeals
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is giving a Georgia death row inmate whose execution was called off last year another chance to raise claims of racial bias on his jury. The justices voted 6-3 Monday to order the federal appeals court in Atlanta to take up the case of inmate Keith Leroy Tharpe. A […]
SCOTUS declines gay rights work discrimination case
The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place a lower court ruling that a federal employment discrimination law doesn't protect a person against discrimination based on their sexual orientation.
Walker signs bill inspired by cabin-owners’ court fight (UPDATE)
Just five months after an adverse ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court had her in tears, Donna Murr was celebrating Monday after Gov. Scott Walker signed into law a bill that gives Wisconsin property owners more rights.
Supreme Court takes a technological step forward
Slowly but surely, the Supreme Court is entering the 21st century. The court is making new legal filings available online starting Monday, years behind the rest of the federal court system.
Legislature approves bill affecting land sales
The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a bill that was introduced in reaction to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling affecting owners of a cottage on Lake St. Croix.
Wisconsin’s central role in the future of partisan gerrymandering
On Oct. 3, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Gill v. Whitford.
Bill overriding recent SCOTUS, Wisconsin Supreme Court decisions gets hearing
A panel of lawmakers is preparing to hear a bill that would undo recent court decisions involving the sale and development of land.
View from around the state: SCOTUS must end ‘packing and cracking’
In what could lead to a landmark ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court last week heard arguments in a Wisconsin case that challenges the despicable practice of political parties drawing up legislative and congressional districts to lock in their power and disenfranchise voters.
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- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
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- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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