A flip of the Wisconsin Supreme Court gives Democrats an opening to use legal challenges to try to undo decades of Republican policies—with abortion access and election law high on their wish list.
Throughout what became the most expensive judicial election in U.S. history, the winner, Milwaukee trial court Judge Janet Protasiewicz, emphasized her support for abortion rights, called Wisconsin’s political districts “rigged” for Republicans, and voiced concern about tightening voting rules.
Now Protasiewicz, who won about 55% of the vote against former Justice Daniel Kelly, will be a deciding voice when lawsuits on those topics get to the state’s highest court.
