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Wednesday, August 2, 2023

“Limits of congressional power to regulate Supreme Court untested; Comments from Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. stirred debate about how much authority lawmakers could wield over court operations”: Michael Macagnone of Roll Call has this report.

Posted at 10:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s legislative maps filed at the state Supreme Court”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times reports that “Left-Leaning Wisconsin Groups Challenge the State’s Political Maps; Democrats in Wisconsin are seeking to capitalize on a newly friendly State Supreme Court after a liberal justice was sworn in this week.”

Scott Bauer of The Associated Press reports that “Wisconsin lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn maps.”

And in commentary, Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Judicial Ethics at Work in Wisconsin; Will a new Justice recuse herself in a legislative redistricting case she has clearly prejudged?

Posted at 9:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Wisconsin Supreme Court enters a new era as it flips to liberal control after 15 years”: Scott Bauer of The Associated Press has this report, along with a report headlined “Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice accuses liberals of ‘raw exercise of overreaching power.’

Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that “Janet Protasiewicz sworn in as Supreme Court justice, ushering in an ideological shift.”

And Molly Beck and Daniel Bice of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report that “New liberal majority on state Supreme Court fires director of state court system.”

Posted at 9:36 PM by Howard Bashman