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Wisconsin Democrats are launching a $4 million effort aimed at defending a newly elected liberal justice on the state Supreme Court from a potential impeachment push by Republican state legislators. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin and other aligned groups rolled out a multimillion dollar initiative Wednesday called Defend Justice that aims “to hold Wisconsin Legislative…

Republicans aren't handling Trump's indictments well

Liberals gained a 4-3 majority on Aug. 1 when Justice Janet Protasiewicz began her 10-year term after winning election in April.

The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” and conducted an “illegal experiment” when they voted to weaken her powers and fire the director of state courts. Chief Justice Annette Ziegler, in two emails obtained by The Associated Press, said that firing and hiring a new state court director was illegal and ordered interim state court director Audrey Skwierawski...

Randy Koschnick lodged his complaints against Justices Ann Walsh Bradley, Rebecca Dallet, Jill Karofsky and Janet Protasiewicz.

The four liberal justice voted to change court rules that include shifting some decision-making power from conservative Chief Justice Annette Ziegler.

A lawsuit filed Wednesday asks the Wisconsin Supreme Court to toss out the state’s Republican-drawn legislative maps as unconstitutional, coming one day after the high court officially flipped to a liberal majority for the first time in 15 years. The lawsuit, filed by a coalition of law firms and voting rights advocacy groups, requests all 132 state…

Janet Protasiewicz defeated her conservative opponent, former state supreme court judge Dan Kelly, to win a seat on Wisconsin's highest court.

Conservative/liberal majority, but the cases it decides to take. >> i think she will play a very influential role. we dont know what happens behind closed doors when theyre conferring and talking about these issues, but the breadth of experience she brings, the idea of having the policy background, i remind people of course the other person to be on the supreme court who had sentencing commission experience is the person that she stands to possibly replace and succeed in that notion, justice ste...

0 get here today are some of the key answers. we have seen in hearings past nominees refuse to weigh in on what can come before the court, to the concern and consternation of members on this committee. expect some moments of contentiousness between republicans and this nominee. well see how she responds to pointed and direct questions. will she get tripped up and will anything change and will she win over any republicans to ultimately support her? one republican who could break ranks lindsey gra...