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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.
Oct 10, 2024


The Supreme Court drops some big decisions
Catching up after time off, during which the Supreme Court dropped a couple big decisions. So if you, like me, were not engrossed in...
Jul 14, 2024
News take: Injunction against abortion protester violated First Amendment right, SCOW rules
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an order barring an anti-abortion protester from coming close to a...
Jun 27, 2024
News take: SCOW hears arguments on amazing reach of legislative committee power
Gov. Evers' challenge to a few legislators' ability to permanently hold up spending was heard today at the state Supreme Court. The JS...
Apr 17, 2024
News take: Enbridge looks for a friendlier venue in pipeline fight
Enbridge Inc. wants to move the fight over 70-year-old Line 5, which passes through the northern part of the state and Michigan's Upper...
Mar 22, 2024
News take: Another federal appeals court takes aim at democracy
The Eighth Circuit refuses to reconsider a decision that could further limit the viability of the Voting Rights Act. A federal appeals...
Jan 31, 2024
Appeals court asked to block death penalty experiment on condemned man
The need to find a new death-penalty method is behind the effort in Alabama. Lawyers for condemned inmate Kenneth Smith are asking the...
Jan 18, 2024
News take: Are anti-homeless laws cruel and unusual? SCOTUS will decide
Use your imagination to figure out how homeless people are supposed to deal with laws like the Grants Pass, Oregon, ordinance at issue...
Jan 15, 2024
A Trump/Colorado round-up
Reuters: WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Former President Donald Trump is disqualified from serving as U.S. president and cannot appear on...
Dec 20, 2023
The 2025 SCOW campaign is starting
Looks like right-wing Waukesha County Circuit Judge Brad Schimel is in and will challenge Justice Ann Walsh Bradley.
Nov 26, 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 18, 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
For folks who say the justices did nothing wrong...
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee force a delay in subpoenaing Leonard Leo and Harlan Crow, financial benefactors of SCOTUS...
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...
Nov 10, 2023
Texas can just keep slicin' 'em up
A judge ordered the Biden administration to leave the state's border razor wire in place. AP has the story.
Nov 1, 2023
Big tech could consumer lawsuit reckoning
A judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that social media harms young peoples' mental health. From CNN: The judge overseeing the...
Oct 28, 2023
Federal judge KOs NYC's gun restriction
No surprise here, I guess. AP has the story. NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down recent provisions in New York City’s...
Oct 25, 2023
Texas aims to cut migration by cutting migrants
Texas is suing to stop federal agents from cutting razor wire that has gashed and slashed immigrants as they cross the border. In the...
Oct 25, 2023
A second former SCOW justices says Protasiewicz should not be impeached
Former Justice Jon Wilcox says it out loud, after former Justice David Prosser did. Still waiting for former Justice Patience Roggensack,...
Oct 12, 2023
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