Courts

Wisconsin Supreme Court's recent overruling of vetoes and health orders with vague language offer no guidancehttps://t.co/kD3LN38RPo#wipolitics — Urban Milwaukee (@UrbanMilwaukee) July 20, 2020

Trump Loses Like Nixon at Supreme Court

Courts, Gov. Evers, Law, State Government, Veto

Conservative high court discards decades of precedent, curbs Gov. Evers’s veto powers

But you already knew that, Courts, Gov. Evers, Legislature

Wis Supreme Ct upholds most lame-duck laws

Courts, Elections, Voting Rights

Squeezed: Appeals court limits Wisconsin early voting to 2 weeks before election, stops voters from receiving ballots via email, fax

Coronavirus, Courts, Law, Public Health

Judge halts Racine’s Covid-19 order for second time

Coronavirus, Courts, Public Health, Racine

Infection-soaked Racine passes new stay-home order after judge trashes first one

Coronavirus, Courts, Public Health

WI Covid-19 deaths, hospitalizations jump after GOP’s Supreme Court win

Conservative Wis Sup Ct agrees to take voter purge case

WI Sup. Ct. sheds its mask, shreds its credibility

Coronavirus, Courts, Law, Politics, Public Health

Partisan Supreme Court Further Divides Wisconsin

Coronavirus, Courts, Covidiots, Public Health

Wis Sup Ct Says Hit the Bars!!!

Coronavirus, Courts, Gov. Evers, Law, Public Health, Wisconsin

Gov. Evers responds to Wis Sup Ct decision

Coronavirus, Courts, Law, Public Health

Chaos

Wisconsin @GovEvers tells reporters that Republican lawmakers convinced four members of the Supreme Court to throw the state into chaos, adding, "We were in a good place. We're no longer…" — Mary Spicuzza (@MSpicuzzaMJS) May 14, 2020

Coronavirus, Courts, Law, Public Health

Friends on Each Side of the Issue

The amicus curiae briefs filed in this case tell the ugly tale. For @wisgop legislators:@TavernLeagueWIS, @AFPWI & @WisconsinMC For DHS Secretary Palm:@WIPublicHealth, @wisconsinnurses, @WIAAP, 17 Legal Scholars & 24 WI Community, Advocacy, Labor & Membership Organizations… https://t.co/iX0VJS6Kac — Jules (@synathroesmus) May 14, 2020

Bad Ideas, Coronavirus, Courts, Law, Public Health

Super Spreaders Set Loose

Things like bars, movie theaters, concerts… you name it…– all the "super spreaders" you can imagine are open right now in Wisconsin. And the result is inevitable– in a couple of weeks we'll be worse off than we were a month ago. https://t.co/7KwHWSwwWj — Jud Lounsbury (@JudLounsbury) May 14, 2020 …

Coronavirus, Courts, Covidiots, Public Health, Scott Walker

Scott Walker is so proud tonight…

.@DonaldJTrumpJr The rule of law must be upheld – even in emergencies. Also, a good reminder of how important judicial picks are – I appointed 2 of the 4 justices on the 4 to 3 majority. https://t.co/PWwHzPlEjA — Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) May 13, 2020 .

Coronavirus, Courts, Law, Public Health, State Government

Remember

Remember—during oral arguments, Rebecca Bradley, appointed by Scott Walker, compared stay-home orders to Japanese-American internment. Right-winger Pat Roggensack, who is up in 2023, said flare-ups among meat packers don't affect "regular folks." https://t.co/Nlf7huCfB7 — Ben Wikler (@benwikler) May 13, 2020

Courts, Covidiots, Law, Public Health, Wisconsin

Supreme Court Kills Pandemic Safeguards

Coronavirus, Courts, Public Health, Wisconsin

Wisconsinites respond to Supreme Court tossing out Safer At Home

Coronavirus, Courts, Gov. Evers, Law, Legislature, Public Health, State Government, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Supreme Court 4-3 decision overturns Safer at Home

Conservatives, Coronavirus, Courts, Law, Legislature, Public Health

Pandemic power grab

Coronavirus, Courts, Public Health

Wisconsin Supreme Kangaroo Court Hopping Mad Over Safer At Home Order

America, Courts, History, Law

Open Letter to Justice Rebecca Bradley

Coronavirus, Courts, Law, Public Health

Supreme Court justice asks if Safer at Home is ‘tyranny’

Coronavirus, Courts, Public Health

Portents

The court’s five Republican justices appeared to have no compunction about ending social distancing rules for the rest of the state’s citizens, even as they conducted their hearing remotely on Zoom. https://t.co/sZ19i2XxDc — Slate (@Slate) May 5, 2020

Courts

Wisconsin’s high court descends to new low

And Wisconsin's Republican chief justice just dismissed a coronavirus flare up because it only impacted people who work in meat packing plants and not "the regular folks." — Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) May 5, 2020

Coronavirus, Courts, DHS, Law, Legislature, Public Health

Wisconsin Supreme Court Oral Argument: Wisconsin Legislature v. Andrea Palm

Conflicts of Interest, Courts, Law

Justice Kelly asks whether to ‘unrecuse’ himself in two cases

Courts, Elections, Law

Justice-elect Karofsky: I’m the Judge Who Won in Wisconsin. This Principle Is More Important Than Winning

Coronavirus, Courts, DHS, Gov. Evers, Lawsuit, Public Health, Sen. Fitzgerald, Speaker Vos, State Government, WISGOP

WISGOP legislature rushes to WI Sup Ct to overturn Gov. Evers’s actions

Courts, Elections

Judge Neubauer wins

Lisa Neubauer defeats Paul Bugenhagen, keeps seat on Court of Appeals https://t.co/wYYKIFeGwi — Journal Sentinel (@journalsentinel) April 14, 2020

Courts, Elections, Voting Rights

Backfired

A toast to @repvos, U.S. Supreme Court and @realdonaldtrump: Naked partisanship is one thing, but putting people's lives in danger to do it as another. It backfired big time. Thanks! byyyyyyyyyyye — Jud Lounsbury (@JudLounsbury) April 14, 2020

Courts, Elections

Judge Karofsky’s Written Statement

Judge Jill Karofsky’s statement on tonight’s election results: pic.twitter.com/IbVNAboEmB — Judge Jill Karofsky (@judgekarofsky) April 13, 2020