JURIST
MARCH 23, 2022
The US Supreme Court Wednesday reversed a decision by Wisconsin’s Supreme Court selecting state legislative districts drawn by the governor while also allowing the use of the governor’s congressional district map. The Court’s action today is unprecedented.
JURIST
JULY 17, 2021
Lathrop involved a similar freedom association challenge concerning mandatory Bar membership in the state of Wisconsin while Keller dealt with free speech. Stating that it was bound by this precedent, the US District Court for the Western District of Michigan rejected Taylor’s challenge on both grounds. .'”
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JURIST
MAY 27, 2024
Representing Wisconsin, where the state Supreme Court recently struck down some of the most gerrymandered state legislative districts in the country, I felt this amendment was necessary to ensure that the American people have a democracy that represents them. It was in response to the Supreme Court decision Kelo v.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 19, 2021
Supreme Court decisions indicate that it is “inherently prejudicial” for a defendant to appear before a jury in shackles, but both the state courts and the lower federal courts rejected his claims. Whatley argued that U.S.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021
Under the Endangered Species Act, the court vacated the FWS’s biological opinion because the incidental take statement lacked “the requisite specificity of mitigation measures for the polar bear” and because the take finding for the polar bear was arbitrary and capricious. Northern Plains Resource Council v. Army Corps of Engineers , No.
ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
JUNE 8, 2021
Justice Sotomayor dissented, writing that she believed the Court’s interpretation would allow defendants to “sidestep” the general bar on appellate review by “shoehorning” a civil rights or federal officer removal argument into their case for removal. They seek a court decision setting aside government approvals of the power plant.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 4, 2023
A detective from Wisconsin told him that he’d hung the slogan up on his office wall. Like most states, Michigan courts’ rules for evidence — adopted from the Daubert standard, which was named after a Supreme Court decision issued almost 30 years ago — say trial judges are responsible for making sure expert testimony has a reliable foundation.
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