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Demonstrators gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments in Gill v. Whitford, Wisconsin s gerrymandering case. (Photo by Olivier Douliery/Getty Images)
The conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court overturns an emergency public health order in the middle of a pandemic even as new COVID cases rise. Writing for the majority, Justice Brian Hagedorn acknowledges that the virus is “dangerous” and has “taken far too many lives,” but the important issue, he writes bolstered by two separate amicus briefs from the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Legislature is that “the power to end and to refuse to extend a state of emergency resides with the legislature even when the underlying occurrence creating the emergency remains a threat.”
Op Ed: Wisconsin Needs Fair Maps
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Parties Divided on State Election Reforms
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By Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Mar 9, 2021 12:01 AM
By Anya van Wagtendonk
For Wisconsin Watch
Proposals to change Wisconsin’s voting system could determine how one of America’s top swing states picks congressional candidates, how it awards its 10 Electoral College votes, how fast results can be announced and who can use the increasingly popular method of absentee voting.
But the political divisiveness that caused Wisconsin to flip from red to blue by the slimmest of margins in the 2020 presidential race will likely continue, stymying all but the few changes that enjoy bipartisan support. A Republican-led Legislature and a Democratic governor mean that purely partisan priorities are unlikely to make their way through, experts told Wisconsin Watch.