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In 1853, a separate Wisconsin Supreme Court was created with all members elected state-wide. Initially the court was three members; it grew to five justices in 1878, and to its current size of seven seats in 1907.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest and final court of appeals in the state judicial system of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.In addition to hearing appeals of lower Wisconsin court decisions, the Wisconsin Supreme Court also has the option to take original jurisdiction of cases, and serves as a regulator and administrator of judicial conduct and the practice of law in Wisconsin.
The incumbent justice, Ann Walsh Bradley, is retiring after 30 years on the court. Although the Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are considered nonpartisan, Bradley has identified as a liberal and has voted with the liberal 4–3 majority on the court, meaning the outcome of this election will decide the ideological majority of the court for at ...
The new liberal majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court is questioning its conservative members' past decision to bar the use of ballot drop boxes. Wisconsin Supreme Court's liberal majority ...
The 4-3 ruling delivered by the Wisconsin Supreme Court's new liberal majority delivers a long-sought win for Democrats. Wisconsin Supreme Court rules legislative maps unconstitutional, orders new ...
Justice Brian Hagedorn, a conservative member of the court known to sometimes align with the liberal majority, also cast doubt on the Legislature's argument Wisconsin's Supreme Court HJustice ...
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 court must first agree to take the case, which seems all but certain given the 4-3 liberal majority, and then rule on whether the current maps are constitutional.