Supreme Court

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld Gov. Tony Evers’ partial budget veto that extended a temporary school funding increase by 400 years, despite justices previously calling it “extreme” and “outrageous.”

The former Supreme Court justice has agreed to surrender his law license after years of avoiding consequences for his behavior, including a previously unreported incident at the 2016 Republican National Convention.

A championship wrestler whose title was stripped from him in the course of a protracted legal battle lost his appeal to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

For the first time since 2015, a liberal has been elected chief justice of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. Outgoing Justice Ann Walsh Bradley will take the helm for the next two months before retiring and will be succeeded by fellow liberal Justice Jill Karofsky for the remainder of the two-year term.

The campaign for Wisconsin Supreme Court neared the finish line Monday as the candidates wrapped up tours of the state and outside spending continued to smash records.

The event came just two days before the closely-watched Wisconsin Supreme Court election between conservative Waukesha County Judge Brad Schimel and liberal Dane County Judge Susan Crawford. 

The seven-figure payment comes days before the April 1 election where PACs associated with Musk have spent tens of millions on Wisconsin’s pivotal Supreme Court race.

The number of people choosing early, in-person voting is nearly double what it was during the state’s last supreme court election with Waukesha County currently leading Milwaukee and Dane counties in early votes.

The top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives says Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election is vital because the only way to challenge “gerrymandered” congressional voting maps is “if you have an enlightened Supreme Court” overseeing a legal challenge.

Elon Musk hosted an online forum on Saturday on his social media site, X, to promote conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel.