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A left-wing Wisconsin Supreme Court justice was endorsed on the campaign trail last year by activists that, around the same time, paid major sums to a Democratic law firm now pressing the court to order new congressional maps ahead of the 2024 election, records show. Republican lawmakers demanded the recusal last week of Badger State justice Janet Protasiewicz from taking up a redistricting motion due to her criticism of Wisconsin’s “rigged” maps while running in 2023. That heavily scrutinized effort to overhaul Wisconsin elections is being led by Democratic superlawyer Marc Elias, whose influential Elias Law Group raked in more...

Bombshell investigation uncovers Fulton County DA Fani Willis has been involved in a multi-state network of illicit operations involving wire fraud, evasion of campaign finance limits, structuring of financial transactions, tax fraud, non profit fraud, identity theft, and elder abuse. In a shocking turn of events, a bombshell investigation has uncovered jaw-dropping connections between Fani Willis and a sprawling web of election fraud and money laundering activities.

MADISON, Wis. - The conservative chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday told the new liberal majority in a scathing email that they had staged a “coup” and conducted an “illegal experiment” when they voted to weaken her powers and fire the director of state courts. Chief Justice Annette Ziegler, in two emails obtained by The Associated Press, said that firing and hiring a new state court director was illegal and ordered interim state court director Audrey Skwierawski to stop signing orders without her knowledge or approval. “You are making a mess of the judiciary, the court and...

Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court have been debating back-and-forth about recent actions taken by the court's new liberal majority, floating allegations of illegal actions and improperly-noticed meetings. The spat began shortly after new liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz was sworn in on Tuesday, after which the liberal majority on the court quickly moved to fire the administrative director of the court and place organizational power over the Supreme Court in a three-justice committee instead of solely with the chief justice — who is currently a conservative. Chief Justice Annette Ziegler said the meetings conducted by the four liberal justices were...

WASHINGTON – In response to tonight’s election results in Wisconsin, Jewish Dems said the following: “Mazel Tov to Judge Protasiewicz on her historic victory tonight in Wisconsin! Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will decide critical matters in the near future. We are proud of the role we played in protecting democracy & our freedoms in Wisconsin.” (See Tweet) “We want to extend a massive Yasher Koach to Ben Wikler for his tireless leadership of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. He is central to Judge Protasiewicz’s win tonight, and our Jewish Dems community could not be more grateful.” (See Tweet) “Over the past...

Janet Protasiewicz’s over conservative Dan Kelly will allow the court's new liberal majority to determine the future of key issues like abortion rights.Janet Protasiewicz, a judge on the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, has won a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, NBC News projects, giving liberals their first majority on the state’s highest court in 15 years. Protasiewicz defeated conservative Dan Kelly, a former state Supreme Court justice, on Tuesday in what became the most expensive state Supreme Court race in U.S. history and one of the most closely watched elections of 2023. Protasiewicz’s victory will allow the court’s new...

Days before the Wisconsin Supreme Court election a major union representing transit workers wrote an $18,000 check to Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Janet Protasiewicz’s campaign. For the Amalgamated Transit Union, which represents bus drivers and mechanics, it was a huge donation compared with their previous donation to a Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate in 2018 for just $250. “There's a lot on the line with the Supreme Court race here,” said Donnell Shorter, head of the ATU Local 998 in Milwaukee. But that $18,000 is a drop in the bucket compared with the contributions of a few dozen ultra-wealthy donors. Recent...

This was political kabuki theater at its transparent worst. On his new Saturday Show on MSNBC, Jonathan Capehart invited on the liberal candidate Janet Protasiewicz. The clear intent was to signal to voters and donors how she would vote on key issues before the court, notably abortion. Capehart dutifully played his role in the farce by saying: "I know you'd never tell us how you'd rule on any particular case, but . . . "Of course, the "but" was what her appearance was all about. "I've been very, very careful to share with people what my values are. But my...