Wisconsin

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Democrats’ choice wins key Wisconsin Supreme Court race

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Democratic-backed Milwaukee judge won the high stakes Wisconsin Supreme Court race Tuesday, ensuring liberals will take over majority control of the court for the first time in 15 years with the fate of the state’s abortion ban on the line.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-abortion-0d188b5c6f841546f98436c1ab8180fa?

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Liberal judge wins Wisconsin supreme court election, flipping ideological balance

In a historic election, the liberal judge Janet Protasiewicz won her race for a seat on Wisconsin’s supreme court on Tuesday. Her win will flip the ideological balance of the state’s highest court, which has been controlled by a conservative majority for 15 years.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/04/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-results?

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Lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice dismissed after she turns over records

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An open records lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack was dismissed Tuesday after Roggensack turned over all records she had related to her work investigating possible impeachment of a sitting justice.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-open-records-98b12316bef3e5097d884e87b2b13523?

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Trump supporters hoping to oust Wisconsin leader say they have enough signatures to force recall

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Backers of an effort to oust Wisconsin Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos from office over his opposition to former President Donald Trump announced Sunday that they’ve collected enough signatures to force a recall vote.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-speaker-recall-robin-vos-c12e8391c9e254327c5de344b640d067?

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Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court justices questioned Wednesday how much power legislative committees should wield, in a case that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers brought against the Republican-controlled Legislature and that could have a major impact on how state government functions.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-evers-legislature-supreme-court-b22dca1b14b9ec62fc23bbbafb945307?

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Federal judge tosses Democrats’ lawsuit challenging Wisconsin absentee voting requirements

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by Democrats that challenged Wisconsin’s witness requirements for absentee voting, a ruling that keeps the law in place with the presidential election six months away.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-absentee-voting-federal-court-dc990ad070245a434e81e7de0dfd3923?

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Wisconsin attorney general files felony charges against attorneys, aide who worked for Trump in 2020

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Felony forgery charges were filed in Wisconsin on Tuesday against two attorneys and an aide who helped submit paperwork falsely saying that former President Donald Trump had won the battleground state in 2020.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-fake-electors-trump-2020-charges-77d00919fc8d8e07438076610090a9b1?

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Why we removed a story on ‘election integrity’ in Wisconsin from our site

Last Friday a story we featured on our site and called attention to in our email newsletter was replaced by an Editor’s Note that stated simply that we removed the article “while the newsgathering process used to produce it is reviewed.”

https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2024/06/19/why-we-removed-a-story-on-election-integrity-in-wisconsin-from-our-site/?

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Wisconsin Supreme Court says swing state’s embattled elections chief can remain in post

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that the swing state’s nonpartisan top elections official, who has been targeted for removal by Republican lawmakers over the 2020 presidential election, can remain in her post despite not being reappointed and confirmed by the state Senate.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-meagan-wolfe-49e24127cb793d3b6981d0e3a7f0fdee?

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Wisconsin Supreme Court refuses to take case challenging Elon Musk’s $1 million payments

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court on Sunday refused to hear a last-minute attempt by the state’s Democratic attorney general to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters, a ruling that came just minutes before the planned start of the rally.

https://apnews.com/article/wisconsin-supreme-court-musk-million-dollar-giveaway-cdea66e0dcbaa53dd183e1d10bee2b35?

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Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that Democratic Gov. Tony Evers legally used the state’s uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years. Read More.

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⚖️ Judge sidelined after arrest

Demonstrators in front of the federal courthouse where Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan appeared after being arrested by the FBI on April 25. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images The Wisconsin judge arrested by the FBI last week for allegedly trying to help an undocumented defendant avoid arrest was essentially suspended by the state's Supreme Court yesterday, Axios' Sareen Habeshian reports. The Wisconsin Supreme Court said in an order that it's "in the public interest" for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan to be "temporarily relieved of her official duties." Go deeper ... Read the order.

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Wisconsin judge pleads not guilty to helping a man evade immigration agents

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan entered a not guilty plea Thursday to federal charges that she helped a man who is in the country illegally evade immigration agents who were trying to detain him at her courthouse.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/15/us/hannah-dugan-wisconsin-judge-arraignment?

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Wisconsin Supreme Court sides with Republican Legislature in fight with governor

A unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court handed a victory to the Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday in a power struggle with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, reining in the governor's expansive veto powers. Read More.

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Abortion

The Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state’s 176-year-old abortion ban on Wednesday. The justices ruled 4-3 that the 1849 ban was superseded by a newer state law that criminalized abortions only after a fetus could survive outside the womb. The older ban was in effect until 1973, when the US Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide nullified it. However, since legislators never officially repealed the ban, conservatives argued that the high court's 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade reactivated it.

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Judge recommends that case against Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan proceed

A federal magistrate judge recommended that the case proceed against a Wisconsin judge who was indicted on allegations that she helped a man who is in the country illegally evade U.S. immigration agents seeking to arrest him in her courthouse. Read More.