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Democrats open war chest to combat impeachment efforts of Janet Protasiewicz
Democratic Party of Wisconsin opened its war chest Wednesday, releasing $4 million in the 'Defend Justice' multi-pronged statewide campaign.
Wisconsin Supreme Court emails detail chaotic first week of liberal control (UPDATE)
Liberal majority told Chief Justice Annette Ziegler they didn’t plan to release the changes to administrative rules on Friday, Aug. 4, but after Ziegler demanded a copy she sent them out to news outlets before a statement was issued to court personnel.
Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice accuses liberal majority of staging a ‘coup’
“Again, I will not condone such lawless destruction of the constitution, the judiciary, or the court,” Ziegler wrote.
Protasiewicz prohibited from hearing abortion, gerrymandering cases if impeachment commences
In the event Protasiewicz is impeached, Gov. Tony Evers would appoint another justice to serve on the state's Supreme Court.
Liberal Supreme Court justices make sweeping changes to enhance transparency and accountability
Changes include: opening administrative conferences, creating a recusal task force to recommend rule changes and making court orders more accessible online.
Fired Wisconsin courts director files complaints against liberal Supreme Court justices
The former director of Wisconsin's court system who was fired by liberal state Supreme Court justices the day after they gained control of the panel has filed complaints against his replacement and the justices who voted to oust him.
New liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court majority moves to weaken conservative chief justice
Liberals who gained majority control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court this week voted Friday to reduce powers of the conservative chief justice.
Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice accuses liberals of ‘raw exercise of overreaching power’
The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court accused her liberal colleagues of a "raw exercise of overreaching power" after they flexed their new majority Wednesday and fired the director of the state's court system.
Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn maps
A lawsuit filed Wednesday asks Wisconsin's newly liberal-controlled state Supreme Court to throw out Republican-drawn legislative maps as unconstitutional, the latest legal challenge of many nationwide that could upset political boundary lines before the 2024 election.
Protasiewicz takes seat on Supreme Court bench
The Wisconsin Supreme Court flips to liberal control for the first time in 15 years Tuesday with the start of the term of a new justice who made abortion rights a focus of her winning campaign.
In Wisconsin, a court that almost overturned Biden’s win flips to liberal control
Director of State Courts Randy Koschnick to be fired as soon as Protasiewicz is sworn in.
Democrats eye Wisconsin high court’s new liberal majority to win abortion and redistricting rulings
While the court is widely expected to weigh in on abortion and redistricting, liberals also are talking about bringing new challenges to school choice, voter ID, the 12-year-old law that effectively ended collective bargaining for most public workers and other laws backed by Republicans.
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- Congress to formally investigate Secret Service
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
