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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.
Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts one new case, denies others
The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently voted to accept one new case, and the Court acted to deny review in a number of other cases, officials said Thursday.
Scent like marijuana enough to warrant police search, Wisconsin Supreme Court rules
To justify searching someone, police need enough evidence to believe that person has likely committed a crime.
Wisconsin Supreme Court denies review of 44 cases
Pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 809.62 the Wisconsin Supreme Court exercises discretion for reviewing only those cases that fit certain statutory criteria.
High court rules it’s too late to sue athletic group for coach who sexually assaulted teens
It is too late for a woman to sue the sports organization that employed a basketball coach who repeatedly sexually assaulted her in the 1990s, the Wisconsin Supreme Court said Wednesday.
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