In April, Wisconsin voters will decide whether to give liberals or conservatives control of the state supreme court.
rights and voting rules and the conservative candidates arguing for judicial restraint and signaling their opposition to gay rights.This year, spending could surpass the $10 million record set in 2020, with much of that money coming from dark-money groups that run hard-edge ads attacking would-be justices.
With a Democratic governor and a Republican legislature, Wisconsin’s knottiest issues are often decided by the state Supreme Court. In recent years, the conservatives have often stuck together in 4-3 rulings, but at times one of their members, Brian Hagedorn, has joined the court’s liberals to form a majority. That happened after the 2020 presidential election, when the court issued a string of rulings narrowly upholding Joe Biden’s victory.
in all cases except when the life of a mother is at risk. Dormant for 49 years, the ban went into effect last summer when the U.S. Supreme Court issued thecase that had established a nationwide right to seek an abortion. A lawsuit over Wisconsin’s ban is now playing out before a trial judge in Madison.with Protasiewcz calling the decision “judicial activism at its worst” and Mitchell saying it marked “one of the first times that I ever saw a right that had been cemented be taken away.
In the interview and at the candidate forum, Protasiewicz called the maps “rigged.” Democrats are poised to bring a gerrymandering lawsuit if liberals take control of the court, and Kelly questioned whether she would act fairly.
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