Wisconsin Supreme Court

Democrats gained the upper hand on the Wisconsin Supreme Court this month as a liberal justice, Janet Protasiewicz, begins a 10-year term, flipping the balance of that court to a partisan 4-3 advantage in a key battleground state both for the White House and control of the U.S. Senate.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court election on Tuesday saw record high voter turnout for a spring election not coinciding with a presidential race.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court race will ultimately decide the state’s balance of power and whether its 1849 abortion ban is upheld.

George Soros and other out-of-state billionaires have donated millions of dollars to Wisconsin Democrats ahead of the upcoming state Supreme Court election.

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) endorsed left-wing Milwaukee County Judge Janet Protasiewicz for an open seat on the state’s supreme court.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled 4-3 on Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes are illegal under Wisconsin law, vindicating a legal argument advanced by the Trump campaign in 2020 — though the ruling will govern elections in 2022 and the future, and cannot change previous election results.

The case revolves around a WEC policy issued during the 2020 election that allowed absentee voting via drop boxes and ballot harvesting.