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State challenges ruling OKing job discrimination based on arrests for municipal violations
The state Supreme Court should overturn a ruling that allows employers to discriminate in hiring based on arrests for civil municipal...
Feb 17, 2024


Appeals court: Marsy's Law does not override juvenile restitution limits
A law limiting how much restitution a a judge can order a juvenile delinquent to pay is valid despite a Marsy's Law provision that gives...
Feb 9, 2024


Court of Appeals: State snoozes and snoozes and then loses in car theft case
A Milwaukee County judge's decision to dismiss a delinquency petition against an alleged car thief because the prosecutor repeatedly...
Feb 7, 2024
News take: SCOW consultants call out Republican gerrymandered maps
The Republicans argued that the the political geography of the state favors them because Democrats are concentrated in large cities. From...
Feb 3, 2024
News take: SCOW says Dean Phillips will be on the ballot
From NBC: The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Friday that Rep. Dean Phillips will be on the Democratic primary ballot, saying he meets...
Feb 3, 2024
News take: SCOW accepts another original jurisdiction case
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel brings the story. MADISON — The state Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a challenge from Democratic...
Feb 3, 2024


Justices appear not to buy argument for expansive "community caretaker" exception
The state tried last week to sell the Wisconsin Supreme Court on a very expansive view of the community caretaker exception to Fourth...
Feb 2, 2024
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