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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 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...
Nov 16, 2023
There are a bunch of lawyers involved in the Rebecca Clarke redistricting
Forty-nine! That's how many lawyers are listed on the docket sheet for the challenge to the state's gerrymandered political districts....
Nov 14, 2023
Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel eyeing 2025 SCOW bid
A source with knowledge of the former AG’s thinking says Schimel has been traveling the circuit in recent months with an eye toward a...
Nov 10, 2023
Pennsylvania's record Supreme Court race spending doesn't touch Wisconsin's
There was about $22 million in spending. Pikers. The total spent is likely to be roughly half of what was spent in Wisconsin — a race...
Nov 10, 2023
Roggensack ordered to turn over impeachment records
Former SCOW Justice Patience Roggensack ordered to cough 'em up. Not so sure about the reasoning here unless the records are sent to...
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Nov 1, 2023
Evers sues Republican legislators
The Legislature's self-granted veto power over the Evers administration's ability to implement state law violates the Wisconsin...
Oct 24, 2023
Sketchy Leonard Leo had his dirty fingers deep in SCOW elections
ProPublica reports: The high court, determining the prosecutors had overreached, ordered the investigation’s documents destroyed. But not...
Oct 24, 2023
Republicans file motion to dismiss redistricting case to preserve arguments
The Republican legislators seeking to keep their electoral advantage by maintaining the state's gerrymandered political maps asked the...
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![Two reasons a six-member SCOW is a bad idea](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_f91a5c2c90d94675bdbeb57186860b4c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_252,h_166,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_f91a5c2c90d94675bdbeb57186860b4c~mv2.webp)
Oct 12, 2023
Two reasons a six-member SCOW is a bad idea
The first is State v. Morris V. Seaton; the second is State v. Donte Quintell McBride. Seaton challenged the state's ability to introduce...
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Oct 11, 2023
Protasiewicz's destruction of Republican recusal demands - Part 3
Having destroyed the first two arguments Republicans in the state Legislature made in their demand that Justice Janet Protasiewiz recuse...
Oct 10, 2023
The Protasiewicz takedown of Legislature's recusal nonsense - part 2
Below is a bit more of SCOW Justice Janet Protasiewicz's excellent order declining to recuse herself from participating in redistricting...
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Oct 9, 2023
Janet Protasiewicz's brilliant takedown of recusal demands - Part 1
There is so much to admire in Justice Janet Protasiewicz's Friday order declining to recuse herself from redistricting litigation that...
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