Wisconsin Republicans are threatening to impeach a state Supreme Court justice over donations she received from the Democratic Party. But there’s no rule requiring her to recuse herself, and conservative judges on the court have taken Republican donations.
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Wisconsin Democrats combat impeachment of Justice Janet Protasiewicz with $4M effort
The Wisconsin Democratic Party on Wednesday launched a $4 million effort to pressure Republicans to back down from impeaching a new liberal state Supreme Court justice being targeted after she criticized GOP-drawn legislative electoral maps and spoke in favor of abortion rights.
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Complaints over campaign comments by Wisconsin Supreme Court justice are dismissed
A state judiciary disciplinary panel has rejected several complaints lodged against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz that alleged she violated the judicial code of ethics for comments she made during the campaign.
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Liberals fight Republican attempt to boot Wisconsin Supreme Court justice from redistricting case
Liberals argued in a legal filing this week that Republicans were trying to nullify the election of a Democratic-backed Wisconsin Supreme Court justice by asking her to recuse herself from hearing redistricting lawsuits that could result in drawing new legislative electoral maps.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court emails detail chaotic first week of liberal control
Justices clashed publicly over rules changes and firing top administrator, but new records highlight key conflict over how quickly court business should move.
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Read the emails from the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s first week under liberal rule
Wisconsin Watch obtained the following emails under the Wisconsin open records law from Chief Justice Annette Ziegler and Justices Rebecca Bradley and Brian Hagedorn, the members of the court’s conservative minority.
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Wisconsin Republicans ask newly elected liberal justice not to hear redistricting case
Republicans who control the Wisconsin Legislature asked that the newest Democratic-backed justice on the state Supreme Court recuse herself from lawsuits seeking to overturn GOP-drawn electoral maps, arguing that she has prejudged the cases. Republicans argue in their motions filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday and made public Wednesday that Justice Janet Protasiewicz can’t fairly […]
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Wisconsin Republicans grill judicial commissioners with a focus on high court’s new liberal majority
Wisconsin Republicans grilled members of the state’s judicial ethics commission who are up for Senate confirmation, pressing them Tuesday to say how they would handle complaints that could come against the new liberal majority on the state Supreme Court. The hearing foreshadows what could be a looming battle between Republicans who control the Legislature and […]
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Scent like marijuana enough to warrant police search, Wisconsin Supreme Court rules
A car smelling like marijuana is enough for police in Wisconsin to justify searching a person in the vehicle, even though substances legal in the state can smell the same, the state Supreme Court said on Tuesday. The court’s conservative majority ruled 4-3 that Marshfield police had grounds to search the driver of a vehicle […]
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Wisconsin Supreme Court: Marsy’s Law was valid ballot question, law stands
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled that a constitutional amendment expanding crime victims’ rights was properly worded in a statewide referendum and was legally adopted.
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Did Janet Protasiewicz outperform Tony Evers in voting in the conservative Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington counties?
Yes. In three conservative counties bordering Milwaukee, Janet Protasiewicz won a higher percentage of the vote in the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court election than Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers won in his 2022 re-election.
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Does Wisconsin’s Supreme Court have the highest ratio of women in the country?
Yes. Wisconsin has the highest proportion of women state Supreme Court justices among all states, with six of seven justices — 86% — identifying as female, according to research by The Badger Project.