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Oct 18, 2023
An analysis of who's talking most on SCOTUS
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson leads the way as she makes points she likely won't be able to make in majority opinions because she won't...
Oct 18, 2023
Federal panel to consider judge-shopping reform
A federal judicial panel to take on the issue of judge-shopping. From Reuters: Several downplayed the significance of forum shopping and...
Oct 18, 2023
Robin Vos trots out new Protasiewicz threat
From Isthmus: Responding, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos vowed, “We think the United States Supreme Court precedent compels her recusal, and...
Oct 18, 2023
Amy Coney Barrett wants a SCOTUS ethics code
From Above the Law, lifting from the New York Times. Justice Amy Coney Barrett has now joined her colleagues’ calls for a Supreme code of...
Oct 16, 2023
The shame of Wisconsin
We still are among the outliers in incarcerating Black people. From The Sentencing Project: These disparities are even more stark in...
Oct 16, 2023
Rudy's in trouble. Again.
Pursuant to the rule, the judge stated that the jury must be instructed that “when determining an appropriate sum of compensatory,...
Oct 16, 2023
Bankruptcy judge resigns over undisclosed relationship with lawyer
The lawyer's firm had cases before the judge's court. Tsk. Tsk. Story by Reuters.
Oct 16, 2023
Tax case raises the question: does SCOTUS care at all about the facts?
From Fortune: Charles and Kathleen Moore are about to have their day in the Supreme Court over a $15,000 tax bill they contend is...
Oct 12, 2023
SCOTUS takes a pass on reviewing "social cost of carbon" rule
Good. The Hill has the story.
Oct 12, 2023
The Sullivan standard lives for another day in libel law
Don't get cocky, media people. The justices could just be waiting til we get over Dobbs and continuous mass shootings because of their...
Oct 12, 2023
A second former SCOW justices says Protasiewicz should not be impeached
Former Justice Jon Wilcox says it out loud, after former Justice David Prosser did. Still waiting for former Justice Patience Roggensack,...
Oct 12, 2023
High-capacity magazine ban saved. For now
From AP: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday granted state Attorney General Rob Bonta’s request that the law banning...
Oct 10, 2023
Chris Kapenga seeks to criminalize butt cracks
I guess this means that children will not be exposed to a lot of fine art until they are 18. And leadership in the City of Milwaukee will...
Oct 10, 2023
Trial rescheduled for the 42nd time
From WTAQ.
Oct 10, 2023
Robin Vos - backtracking on impeachment?
AP has the story: "Never once will you find me saying that if she didn’t recuse, we’re going to impeach. I never said that,” (Assembly...
Oct 10, 2023
Kelli Thompson steps down from SPD work
Really, really nice piece by Jana Rose Schlei in Cap Times on Kelli Thompson's tenure at the State Public Defender's Office. Thompson...
Oct 10, 2023
Because more people should die, plus the ATF
Reuters reports: Judge finds forced reset trigger devices likely cannot be classified as machine guns New York federal judge previously...
Oct 9, 2023
SCOTUS justices agree sometimes, study finds. Just don't ask them to protect your rights.
The New York Times falls for the "Really, it's not that bad" theme. And, of course, it's the media's fault! These cases, with...
Oct 9, 2023
Wisconsin Republicans lead this story about anti-democracy efforts! We should be so proud!
It’s not just impeachment. Over the past two years, Republicans also have sought to pry Democrats and nonpartisan executives from office...
Oct 5, 2023
Because Trump is, unfortunately, inescapeable
Shut up, Trump, the judge says. If only we all had that power. From CNN: “Personal attacks of any member of my court staff are...
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