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Wisconsin Elections Commission was a December 2023 decision of the Wisconsin Supreme Court which struck down the state Senate and Assembly district maps of the Wisconsin Legislature. The decision held that the Constitution of Wisconsin —in sections 4 and 5 of Article IV—requires "legislative districts [to] be composed of physically ...
The 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Milwaukee County circuit judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Daniel Kelly, effectively flipping the ideological balance of the court from a conservative to liberal majority.
The lawsuit, brought by 19 Wisconsin residents, argues that by adopting a set of maps vetoed by Gov. Tony Evers in 2021, the state Supreme Court violated separation of powers rules.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in ... The case will give the court’s liberal majority the ... After liberals won a majority on the court in 2023 for the first time in ...
This is the court’s 10th time hearing a challenge to a partial veto, but the first since Janet Protasiewicz’s 2023 election secured a liberal majority on the court for the first time in 15 years.
Interior of the Supreme Court room. The Wisconsin Supreme Court normally sits in its main hearing room in the East Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building in Madison, Wisconsin. Since 1993, the court has also travelled, once or twice a year, to another part of the state to hear several cases as part of its "Justice on Wheels" program.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court's new liberal majority is likely to face cases on abortion and other partisan issues as tension with conservatives grows. ... on broad display during the 2023 campaign ...
Janet Claire Protasiewicz (/ ˌ p r oʊ t ə ˈ s eɪ w ɪ t s /; proh-tə-SAY-wits; born December 3, 1962) is an American attorney and jurist from Wisconsin who has served as a justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court since August 2023. Protasiewicz was elected to the court in the 2023 election, after previously serving as a Milwaukee County ...