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Wisconsin supreme court seems hostile to 1849 abortion ban in oral arguments

Status of abortion in state has been contested since Roe was overturned, triggering the 175-year-old ban into effect

The Guardian - US

Wisconsin lawmakers adopt new legislative maps that could undo gerrymandering

Votes by Republican-dominated state assembly and state senate signal that the years-long battle may be finally drawing to a close

The Guardian - US

Wisconsin Governor Vetoes Republican Redistricting Proposal Amidst Legal Battles

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoes Republican redistricting proposal, citing it as more of the same gerrymandering tactics. Lawsuits continue over distri...

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Wisconsin judicial commission rejects complaints filed over court director firing

Documents released to The Associated Press show that the Wisconsin Judicial Commission this week dismissed complaints filed by Wisconsin’s former state courts director after he was fired by four liberal justices of the Wisconsin Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice dismissed after she turns over records

An open records lawsuit against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack has been dismissed after Roggensack turned over all records she had related to her work investigating possible impeachment of a sitting justice

The Independent UK

Unions in Wisconsin sue to reverse collective bargaining restrictions on teachers, others

Seven unions representing teachers and other public workers in Wisconsin have filed a lawsuit attempting to end the state’s near-total ban on collective bargaining for most public employees

The Independent UK

Wisconsin supreme court appears poised to strike down legislative maps and end Republican dominance

Decision from four liberal justices in lawsuit could eliminate some of the most gerrymandered districts in the United States

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A Wisconsin redistricting case centers on voter 'islands' and could lead to new maps

The Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments in a case that could toss what critics say are the state's lopsided legislative maps.

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‘Deliberate and anti-democratic’: Wisconsin grapples with partisan gerrymandering

State supreme court will hear challenge to legislative map that has cemented Republican legislative power

The Guardian - US

Comer’s Biden pursuit runs out of steam

House Republicans are making a mockery of constitutional oversight

Salon

High stakes for abortion rights as Pennsylvania votes on key judge pick

Republican Carolyn Carluccio, running for supreme court, has drawn ire over apparent opposition to abortion access

The Guardian - US

Leonard Leo's strategy becomes clear

Leonard Leo helped elect a judge in Wisconsin. Without him, the GOP feared their agenda would be “toast"

Salon

Republicans have ruled Wisconsin for a decade – but a court decision could change that

Republicans’ legislative majorities are virtually impenetrable thanks to district lines – but that could change if the current maps are overturned

The Guardian - US

Plaintiffs ask Wisconsin Supreme Court to redraw district boundaries

On Oct. 16, attorneys representing a group of Wisconsin voters asked the state supreme court to redraw the state’s legislative district maps before March and require all 2024 elections to be held under the new boundaries. The group of voters originally filed the lawsuit in August alleging that the maps…

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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, October 20, 2023

Nineteen of the 25 bills with activity this week relate to contest-specific procedures, which refer to primary systems, municipal election procedures, recall elections, special election procedures, and other systems unique to a particular election type.

The Independent UK

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice refuses to disclose names of others looking at impeachment

One of three former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices asked to review possible impeachment of a current justice is refusing to tell a judge who else was looking into that question

The Independent UK

Wisconsin redistricting fight focuses on the recusal of a key justice as impeachment threat lingers

Republicans who drew legislative electoral maps are making new arguments in calling for a key liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice to recuse from a case about whether to keep the maps

Reason

Slowing Down the Impeachment Drive in Wisconsin

An unusual move in an unusual impeachment

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2 controversial votes at Wisconsin's state Capitol show GOP efforts to shape elections

Two votes in the Wisconsin Capitol Thursday demonstrate Republicans' controversial efforts to shape election rules in the battleground state going into the 2024 election cycle.

The Independent UK

Wisconsin impeachment review panel includes former GOP speaker, conservative justice

One of the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tapped to investigate impeaching a current member of the court for taking Democratic Party money himself accepted donations from the Wisconsin Republican Party

The Independent UK

Wisconsin Republicans fire state’s top election official following conspiracy-filled hearing

The state’s attorney general is suing after bogus 2020 claims continue to animate GOP election threats

The Independent UK

Wisconsin Republican leader asks former state Supreme Court justices to review impeachment

Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly leader says he’s created a panel to investigate the criteria for impeachment against a liberal state Supreme Court justice

The Conversation

Wisconsin GOP's impeachment threat against state Supreme Court justice is unsupported by law and would undermine judicial independence

Wisconsin’s April 2023 state Supreme Court election was historic. It was the nation’s most expensive judicial race ever, with over US$50 million in total spending, and it broke turnout records for an off-cycle spring election.

The Guardian - US

What Republicans are doing to Wisconsin is a warning sign to all Americans

The state’s so gerrymandered that Republicans can lose the popular vote and win supermajorities. Now they want to impeach a liberal justice before she’s ruled on a single case

The Independent UK

Wisconsin GOP to pursue nonpartisan redistricting to avoid having state justices toss maps

Wisconsin Republican lawmakers are proposing a nonpartisan redistricting plan they want to enact ahead of the 2024 election

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