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Nov 30, 2023
Texas abortion law goes before Texas high court
From Wisconsin Public Radio: The case, brought by the Center for Reproductive Rights, has grown to include 22 plaintiffs, including 20...
Nov 30, 2023
Will this lawsuit kill the NCAA? Should it?
The lawsuit challenges the NCAA's name, image, and likeness regulations. From the L.A. Times: The athletes who brought the case have...
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Nov 29, 2023
Miranda warning unneeded before jailer listened to distressed inmate incriminate himself, state says
A jailer concerned about the mental health of a jail inmate did not violate the man's rights by listening as he incriminated himself in...
Nov 26, 2023
The 2025 SCOW campaign is starting
Looks like right-wing Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel is in and will challenge Justice Ann Walsh Bradley.
Nov 26, 2023
Just because this column starts off with...
Let me be blunt: The problem with today's Supreme Court is that it consists of too many 5-watt bulbs sitting in 100-watt sockets. Jim...
Nov 26, 2023
Statewide elections often result in racially biased outcomes. 11th Circuit says that's OK
Rick Hasen sums it up at the Election Law blog.
Nov 25, 2023
The Rebecca Clarke lawyerly lineup, part six: And, finally, there were three more
I couldn't let the curtain fall on the plus-sized legal cast in the Rebecca Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission case without...
Nov 22, 2023
The Rebecca Clarke lawyerly lineup, part 5: Another six reporting for intervening petitioners
Good thing the SCOW justices set some ground rules. If all the lawyers on the docket took their turns at the state Supreme Court podium,...
Nov 21, 2023
The Rebecca Clarke lawyerly lineup, part 4: The Evers seven
Gov. Tony Evers, favoring new legislative maps, is bringing seven lawyers to the Rebecca Clarke case argued today before the state...
Nov 21, 2023
Power of agencies under attack
From SCOTUSblog: Relentless and Loper Bright began as challenges to a federal rule that requires the fishing industry to pay for the cost...
Nov 21, 2023
I would never ride in a rocket built by this man
Elon Musk sues because Media Matters showed X didn't quite work as promised. Above the Law has the story.
Nov 20, 2023
The Rebecca Clarke lawyerly lineup, part 3: 11 for the Legislature to intervene
The Legislature has hired enough lawyers to field a full baseball lineup plus two relievers to represent it in the Rebecca Clarke...
Nov 19, 2023
The Rebecca Clarke lawyerly lineup, part 2: in this corner, representing the respondents...
All of the respondents in the Rebecca Clarke redistricting lawsuit are named in their official capacities and not necessarily because the...
Nov 19, 2023
Fifth Circuit strikes down mandatory bar dues
The wacky U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has struck down mandatory bar association dues for activities not directly related to...
Nov 19, 2023
Insurrectionist ban doesn't apply to presidential candidates, judge rules
Uh-huh. Though effectively disenfranchising millions of voters who want to vote for Donald Trump would create a whole new set of...
Nov 19, 2023
Republican legislators seek to set age limits for state judges
No one 75 or older could be elected or appointed, under the bill by Rep. Nik Rettinger (R-Mukwonago) and Sen. Cory Tomczyk (R-Mosinee)....
Nov 19, 2023
Trump loses bid for mistrial in civil suit
No surprise here. Trump's attorneys had requested the mistrial Wednesday, alleging bias by Judge Arthur Engoron's bench. Engoron in a...
Nov 18, 2023
Donald Trump's scary promises
Pay attention, folks. U.S. democracy could be nearing its end. From Slate's Dahlia Lithwick: It’s been just a clutch of days since former...
Nov 18, 2023
Biden nominates five more for federal judgeships
The push for diversity continues. Check it out at ABC.
Nov 18, 2023
Evers, Vos don't want school voucher lawsuit to start at SCOW
Who thought Gov. Tony Evers and Assembly Speaker Robin Vos could agree on something like this? They argue that the case should start in...
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