The Wisconsin High Court Implosion
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BILL LUEDERS: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Implosion.
TRUTH BE TOLD, THE WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT has never, in the years I’ve been writing about it, been a happy place. There have always been epic personality clashes, stark ideological differences, and abundant bad behavior. In 2011, I broke the story of how one conservative justice placed his hands around a liberal justice’s neck during a heated conversation.
Yeah, that really happened.
But now, following the costliest judicial election in U.S. history (by far), which shifted the court’s ideological balance from conservative to liberal—and as it prepares to take on momentous cases over abortion access, redistricting, and how elections are run—the Wisconsin Supreme Court seems unhappier than ever.
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DENNIS AFTERGUT: Is Georgia the New Ohio?
LAST WEEK, GEORGIA GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP gave a news conference in which he took multiple apparent shots at the frontrunner for his own party’s presidential nomination. It was just the latest sign that the political winds among Georgia’s Republicans may not be blowing Donald Trump’s way.
In addition to Kemp’s strong statements, three additional weather vanes are pointing in the same direction.
🚨 OVERTIME 🚨
Happy Tuesday! Hope you had a restful Labor Day, or enjoyed the end of pool season, as we did. Big news for those attending The Texas Tribune Festival later this month: We’re having a Bulwark event there!
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“I’m Worried About the Gadsden Flag Kid…” Garion Frankel on conservative internet fame.
Burning Man festival… was turned into chaos due to massive storm.
Happy Re-redistricting season! If you’re in a GOP-controlled southern state that participates in the “courts say that map’s illegal” practice.
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The great Wyoming land rush… Nobody tell John Dutton!
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