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Back in the News: Justice Ziegler Misquotes US Supreme Court Decision
Back in the News

Justice Ziegler Misquotes US Supreme Court Decision

Conservative falsely claims state courts can’t review congressional maps.

With Gerrymandering Lawsuits In Hands of Judges, What Happens Next?

With Gerrymandering Lawsuits In Hands of Judges, What Happens Next?

This will be the first time the state has used judicial panels to consider redistricting lawsuits.

Liberal Firms Urge Wisconsin Supreme Court To Advance Redistricting Lawsuit

Liberal Firms Urge Wisconsin Supreme Court To Advance Redistricting Lawsuit

Lawyers for Republicans say Protasiewicz and Crawford should recuse.

Vos Recall Appears Short on Signatures

Vos Recall Appears Short on Signatures

Which map of district should be used? Elections Commission says state Supreme Court must decide.

State’s Assembly Maps More Skewed Than Ever

State’s Assembly Maps More Skewed Than Ever

Wisconsin, the fourth most pro-Republican gerrymandered state, has gotten worse.

US DOJ Backs State’s Disabled Voters

US DOJ Backs State’s Disabled Voters

Federal attorneys intervene in lawsuit to protect absentee voter assistance for disabled voters.

Attorneys in Redistricting Case Dispute Meaning of ‘Least Changes’

Attorneys in Redistricting Case Dispute Meaning of ‘Least Changes’

State Supreme Court Justices hinting at what their order for 'least changes' means.

Suit Seeks to Reactivate 31,854 Purged Voters

Suit Seeks to Reactivate 31,854 Purged Voters

League of Women Voters charges that voters illegally removed without first being notified.

Op Ed: Wisconsin Needs Fair Maps
Op Ed

Wisconsin Needs Fair Maps

Gerrymandered districts give Republicans outsized legislative power.

Murphy’s Law: Right-Wing vs Left-Wing Lawyers
Murphy’s Law

Right-Wing vs Left-Wing Lawyers

WILL has more funding, more staff, more Harvard. Can a new liberal law group compete?

Kavanaugh Opinion on State’s Election Called “Ominous”

Kavanaugh Opinion on State’s Election Called “Ominous”

Supreme Court justice echoes Trump’s view that election day must decide final vote.

New Law Firm Taking on Progressive Causes

New Law Firm Taking on Progressive Causes

Firm will counter Republican legal challenges surrounding voting rights, gerrymandering.

Voter Purge Push Threatens 129,000 Names

Voter Purge Push Threatens 129,000 Names

State Supreme Court will consider approach critics decry as voter suppression.

Op Ed: Pandemic Temper Tantrums?
Op Ed

Pandemic Temper Tantrums?

Republicans’ court challenge to Evers’s safer-at-home order is about anger, not state law.

The State of Politics: Will U.S. Supremes Rule on State Districts?
The State of Politics

Will U.S. Supremes Rule on State Districts?

March 28 oral arguments may signal ruling on Wisconsin’s gerrymandered districts.