Appeals Court delays voter ID decision
A federal appeals court put off a decision until next month on whether to put Wisconsin's voter ID law back in place.
Justice Dept. weighs in on Wis. voting case
The Justice Department on Wednesday sided with challengers of voting laws in Wisconsin and Ohio, saying in court filings that measures in those states unfairly affect minority voters.
Supreme Court halts use of key part of voting law (UPDATE)
A deeply divided Supreme Court threw out the most powerful part of the landmark Voting Rights Act on Tuesday, a decision deplored by the White House but cheered by mostly Southern states now free from nearly 50 years of intense federal oversight of their elections.
U.S. Supreme Court to take new look at voting rights law
The Supreme Court said Friday it will consider eliminating the government's most potent weapon against racial discrimination at polling places since the 1960s. The court acted three days after a diverse coalition of voters propelled President Barack Obama to a second term in the White House.
US Justice Dept. to monitor recall election
The U.S. Justice Department says it will monitor elections in Wisconsin and three other states this week to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act. The law prohibits discrimination in the election process.
Judges: Collaboration needed on voting maps (UPDATE)
A federal court on Tuesday asked the parties in a lawsuit over two Milwaukee voting districts to collaborate on drawing new boundaries, a request that means legislators won't be called back into a special session to redraw the maps themselves.
Judges: 2 voting districts must be redrawn (UPDATE)
Wisconsin lawmakers will have to redraw voting maps for two Milwaukee districts because their first effort violated the federal Voting Rights Act by unfairly weakening Hispanic voting rights, a panel of federal judges ruled Thursday.
Legal News
- 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
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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