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Whatever Happened to Intervention?

In 2018, the Wisconsin Legislature passed Act 369 which allows the Wisconsin legislature to intervene in ongoing legal cases. But over a year after litigation landed Act 369 before the Wisconsin Supreme Court, there is still no ruling on whether intervention violates separation of powers.

Judicial Bias and Social Media: Miller v. Carroll

The Wisconsin Supreme Court declared a judge’s Facebook friendship with a litigant an “appearance of bias” in violation of due process after a judge accepted a Facebook friend request from the mother in a custody dispute before rendering a decision.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Primary 2020

Incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Dan Kelly and Dane County Judge Jill Karofsky emerged the victors in the three-way primary […]