Wisconsin, Supreme Court
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Turnout in the race was remarkable for an off-year election in which state supreme court judge was the highest ranking office on the ballot — an indication that Americans remain deeply engaged in the...
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Musk’s high-profile role in Trump’s government – and his outsized presence in the Wisconsin race – have made him an obvious foil for Democrats, a cause they can rally around even as they remain divid...
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Supreme Court leaves future of Planned Parenthood uncertain
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Since the Supreme Court in 2022 overturned its landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that had legalized abortion nationwide, 12 states have implemented near-total bans while four states, including South Carolin...
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The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday over a move by the state of South Carolina to eliminate funding for Planned Parenthood because the reproductive health organization provides abortions...
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McMaster’s order had the effect of also blocking patients from receiving other services from Planned Parenthood.
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As Trump administration lawyers have intensified their appeals to the Supreme Court, they’re relying on recurring tropes.
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The Republican administration argues that the states have no right to try to influence the federal government’s relationship with its own workers.
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Justices Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett broke from the conservative majority to join Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson in the ruling. Barrett has previously split from her fellow conservative justices in a majority opinion this term, but it is the first time Gorsuch has done so.
Democrats are quiet now that nationwide injunctions are limiting Trump, but during Biden’s presidency, they introduced legislation to address it.
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Democratic-backed candidate Susan Crawford has won Wisconsin’s Supreme Court race, maintaining the liberal majority on the court in a key battleground state less than three months into President Donald Trump’s second term.
A federal appeals court has rejected the Justice Department’s claim that President Donald Trump’s pardon of crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol is so broad that it sweeps in convictions for illegal possession of weapons five months later.
Susan Crawford, who led legal fights to protect union power and abortion rights and to oppose voter ID, defeated Republican-backed Brad Schimel in a race that became a proxy fight for the nation’s political battles.
Elon Musk poured millions of dollars into a Wisconsin Supreme Court race and even donned a local cheese-shaped hat at a political rally, only to have his candidate soundly defeated in a race viewed as an early referendum on Donald Trump's presidency.
Accused killer Bryan Kohberger purchased a black balaclava months before a key witness saw a man wearing the same type of face mask at the home where four University of Idaho students were murdered in their sleep,
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Last fall, Wisconsin Republican Eric Hovde spent days sowing doubt in the results after he lost a Senate race to Democrat Tammy Baldwin. He conceded nearly two weeks after Election Day, saying he did not want to “add to political strife through a contentious recount” even as he raised debunked election conspiracies.