Wisconsin supreme court seems hostile to 1849 abortion ban in oral arguments Status of abortion in state has been contested since Roe was overturned, triggering the 175-year-old ban into effect The Guardian - US · Nov 11, 2024
Wisconsin lawmakers adopt new legislative maps that could undo gerrymandering Votes by Republican-dominated state assembly and state senate signal that the years-long battle may be finally drawing to a close The Guardian - US · Feb 13, 2024
Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Republican Redistricting Proposal Amidst Legal Battles Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoes Republican redistricting proposal, citing it as more of the same gerrymandering tactics. Lawsuits continue over distri... Top News · Jan 31, 2024
Wisconsin judicial commission rejects complaints filed over court director firing Documents released to The Associated Press show that the Wisconsin Judicial Commission this week dismissed complaints filed by Wisconsin’s former state courts director after he was fired by four liberal justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court The Independent UK · Jan 11, 2024
Lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice dismissed after she turns over records An open records lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack has been dismissed after Roggensack turned over all records she had related to her work investigating possible impeachment of a sitting justice The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2023
Unions in Wisconsin sue to reverse collective bargaining restrictions on teachers, others Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin have filed a lawsuit attempting to end the state’s near-total ban on collective bargaining for most public employees The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2023
Wisconsin supreme court appears poised to strike down legislative maps and end Republican dominance Decision from four liberal justices in lawsuit could eliminate some of the most gerrymandered districts in the United States The Guardian - US · Nov 21, 2023
A Wisconsin redistricting case centers on voter 'islands' and could lead to new maps The Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could toss what critics say are the state's lopsided legislative maps. WEKU · Nov 20, 2023
‘Deliberate and anti-democratic’: Wisconsin grapples with partisan gerrymandering State supreme court will hear challenge to legislative map that has cemented Republican legislative power The Guardian - US · Nov 20, 2023
Comer’s Biden pursuit runs out of steam House Republicans are making a mockery of constitutional oversight Salon · Nov 10, 2023
High stakes for abortion rights as Pennsylvania votes on key judge pick Republican Carolyn Carluccio, running for supreme court, has drawn ire over apparent opposition to abortion access The Guardian - US · Nov 4, 2023
Leonard Leo's strategy becomes clear Leonard Leo helped elect a judge in Wisconsin. Without him, the GOP feared their agenda would be “toast" Salon · Oct 27, 2023
Republicans have ruled Wisconsin for a decade – but a court decision could change that Republicans’ legislative majorities are virtually impenetrable thanks to district lines – but that could change if the current maps are overturned The Guardian - US · Oct 27, 2023
Plaintiffs ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to redraw district boundaries On Oct. 16, attorneys representing a group of Wisconsin voters asked the state supreme court to redraw the state’s legislative district maps before March and require all 2024 elections to be held under the new boundaries. The group of voters originally filed the lawsuit in August alleging that the maps… Ballotpedia · Oct 23, 2023
Ballotpedia · Oct 20, 2023 The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, October 20, 2023 Nineteen of the 25 bills with activity this week relate to contest-specific procedures, which refer to primary systems, municipal election procedures, recall elections, special election procedures, and other systems unique to a particular election type.
The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023 Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice refuses to disclose names of others looking at impeachment One of three former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices asked to review possible impeachment of a current justice is refusing to tell a judge who else was looking into that question
The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023 Wisconsin redistricting fight focuses on the recusal of a key justice as impeachment threat lingers Republicans who drew legislative electoral maps are making new arguments in calling for a key liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to recuse from a case about whether to keep the maps
Reason · Sep 16, 2023 Slowing Down the Impeachment Drive in Wisconsin An unusual move in an unusual impeachment
WEKU · Sep 15, 2023 2 controversial votes at Wisconsin's state Capitol show GOP efforts to shape elections Two votes in the Wisconsin Capitol Thursday demonstrate Republicans' controversial efforts to shape election rules in the battleground state going into the 2024 election cycle.
The Independent UK · Sep 15, 2023 Wisconsin impeachment review panel includes former GOP speaker, conservative justice One of the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tapped to investigate impeaching a current member of the court for taking Democratic Party money himself accepted donations from the Wisconsin Republican Party
The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023 Wisconsin Republicans fire state’s top election official following conspiracy-filled hearing The state’s attorney general is suing after bogus 2020 claims continue to animate GOP election threats
The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023 Wisconsin Republican leader asks former state Supreme Court justices to review impeachment Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader says he’s created a panel to investigate the criteria for impeachment against a liberal state Supreme Court justice
The Conversation · Sep 13, 2023 Wisconsin GOP's impeachment threat against state Supreme Court justice is unsupported by law and would undermine judicial independence Wisconsin’s April 2023 state Supreme Court election was historic. It was the nation’s most expensive judicial race ever, with over US$50 million in total spending, and it broke turnout records for an off-cycle spring election.
The Guardian - US · Sep 13, 2023 What Republicans are doing to Wisconsin is a warning sign to all Americans The state’s so gerrymandered that Republicans can lose the popular vote and win supermajorities. Now they want to impeach a liberal justice before she’s ruled on a single case
The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2023 Wisconsin GOP to pursue nonpartisan redistricting to avoid having state justices toss maps Wisconsin Republican lawmakers are proposing a nonpartisan redistricting plan they want to enact ahead of the 2024 election