Supreme Court
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Ruling striking down Act 10 put on hold
A Dane County judge who struck down the controversial Republican law known as Act 10 has put his ruling on hold, while Republican lawmakers appeal the order.
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Supreme Court will hear Catholic charitable group’s plea to be free from Wisconsin unemployment tax
The Supreme Court on Friday said it would take up a new religious rights case over whether a Catholic charitable organization must pay Wisconsin’s employment tax.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider GOP blockade of conversion therapy ban
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will decide whether Republican lawmakers violated the state Constitution by temporarily blocking an agency’s conversion therapy ban over the past four years.
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Court regulators call for sanctions against Michael Gableman for election investigation
Wisconsin court regulators have filed a complaint against former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman for false statements made during his 2020 election investigation.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court mulls arguments over Meagan Wolfe’s ‘holdover’ appointment
The Wisconsin Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a lawsuit over whether the state’s top elections official should be able to keep her job.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments in lawsuit over Meagan Wolfe ‘holdover’ appointment
Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday about whether Wisconsin Elections Commission Administrator Meagan Wolfe can keep her job amid a years-long Republican push to oust her.
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Chief justice says lawyer shortage ‘crisis’ and case backlog is impacting state courts
Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Annette Ziegler says state courts are facing several challenges, including an ongoing lawyer shortage crisis and a backlog of cases left over from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court hears lawsuit challenging Evers’ ‘400 years’ veto
Wisconsin Supreme Court justices called Gov. Tony Evers’ budget veto extending school funding increases for 400 years “extreme” during oral arguments in a lawsuit claiming he violated the Wisconsin Constitution.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear case with broad implications for PFAS cleanup
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear a case that could have sweeping effects on state environmental regulators’ authority to force businesses to clean up PFAS pollution under the state’s spills law.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court hears arguments in 2 election-related lawsuits
One case focuses on the legality of a mobile-voting van, and the second looks at whether court records determining a voter is incompetent should be public record.