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![Take on a News Take: Evers crossed the line with veto](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
Oct 10, 2024
Take on a News Take: Evers crossed the line with veto
If the governor thought a more progressive Supreme Court would do his bidding, he was wrong.
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![A few hard health-or-death decisions about women don't invalidate abortion law: Sheboygan County DA Urmanski](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
Aug 21, 2024
A few hard health-or-death decisions about women don't invalidate abortion law: Sheboygan County DA Urmanski
" 'Some uncertainty at the margins does not condemn a statute.' "
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![In brief: Grassl Bradley doubles down on opposing explanations in dismissed cases](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
May 27, 2024
In brief: Grassl Bradley doubles down on opposing explanations in dismissed cases
Explaining why the Supreme Court dismisses cases as "improvidently granted" would "would only confuse attorneys, judges, and litigants,"...
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![Amicus says municipal home rule at stake in Pewaukee transportation fee case: summary](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
May 7, 2024
Amicus says municipal home rule at stake in Pewaukee transportation fee case: summary
By implementing a TUF, a municipality can recover costs for transportation services in a way that is more equitable ...
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![Summary: Pewaukee appeals to SCOW a ruling striking down transportation utility fee](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
May 1, 2024
Summary: Pewaukee appeals to SCOW a ruling striking down transportation utility fee
Summary: Pewaukee appeals to SCOW a ruling striking down transportation utility fee
May 1, 2024
News take: State Supreme Court rules against single-parent adoptions
Because the potential of losing both parental figures when one dies promotes stability. What chance will a non-legally recognized parent...
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![Rebecca Bradley says some defendants must seek judicial substitution before even knowing knowing who the judge is](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
Apr 17, 2024
Rebecca Bradley says some defendants must seek judicial substitution before even knowing knowing who the judge is
Some defendants in criminal cases should be required to make judicial substitution requests before knowing who the assigned judge is,...
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Apr 12, 2024
Well. Crap.
And I even had the slogan for my t-shirt. SCOW Justice Ann Walsh Bradley announced she would retire and not seek re-election. Now what?...
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![The state's harassment injunction law an issue in abortion protester case](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_216,h_216,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_e98de9603a6543ac9ff453abb3b28d49~mv2.webp)
Apr 3, 2024
The state's harassment injunction law an issue in abortion protester case
Updated 4/11/24 to correct End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin acronym. Applying a U.S. Supreme Court criminal case ruling to state harassment...
Mar 22, 2024
News take: Jim Troupis advising on judicial conduct?! Say it ain't so!
The state Supreme Court's conservatives reappointed him in March 2023, when they ran things. The Judicial Conduct Advisory Committee was...
Mar 22, 2024
News take: Justice Janet on the case. And stays there.
Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz defies right-wing legal firm, refuses to recuse herself from mobile voting van case. The...
Mar 15, 2024
News take: SCOW rules against Catholic Charities in unemployment insurance case
The 4-3 ruling said charities operated by the Catholic Diocese in Superior is not exempt from unemployment insurance payments. The lawyer...
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![In brief: Waukesha judge erred in excluding other-acts testimony, state argues](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_238,h_238,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/7393ec_4e2fbf076c1e4905bedb843e80de493a~mv2.webp)
Mar 13, 2024
In brief: Waukesha judge erred in excluding other-acts testimony, state argues
"In brief" posts are shorter looks at interesting appellate filings. There are simply too many worthy cases to cover in full and these...
Mar 13, 2024
News take: SCOW to hear absentee ballot box ban case
Justice Rebecca Grassl Bradley is angry again in dissent. She is often quite mad. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has the story.
Feb 3, 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...
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Feb 2, 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...
Jan 31, 2024
News take: Justice Janet Protasiewicz again asked to recuse from maps case
It's already rerun season! Republican Congressional Reps. Glenn Grothman, Mike Gallagher, Bryan Steil, Tom Tiffany, and Scott Fitzgerald...
Jan 18, 2024
Wisconsin's congressional districts challenged in new lawsuit
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Elias Law Group,chaired by Marc Elias, who has led previous voting access lawsuits in Wisconsin and...
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