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Wisconsin governor seeks sanctions against former Trump lawyer over election fraud lawsuit

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Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Monday filed an appeal to sanction Sidney Powell, former attorney for Donald Trump, for the “erroneous” election fraud challenges she filed concerning the 2020 president election. This is not the first time Powell has been involved in litigation regarding the 2020 presidential election.

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Seventh Circuit upholds dismissal of suit seeking to declare Trump winner in Wisconsin

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The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit affirmed Thursday the district court’s dismissal of a suit that sought to declare President Donald Trump the winner of the presidential election in Wisconsin. The suit alleged that Wisconsin violated the Electors Clause of the US Constitution.

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New Jersey Governor signs bill allowing 17-year-olds to vote in primary elections

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Under the new law, 17-year-olds can vote in the primaries if they are US citizens, reside in the district they expect to vote in and will be 18 by the next general election. However, the law does not take effect until January 2026, so 17-year-olds in New Jersey cannot vote in the 2024 primaries.

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Justices reverse Wisconsin court ruling that increased majority-Black districts in state legislature

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Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court that adopted a redistricting plan submitted by the state’s governor, Democrat Tony Evers, for seats in the state’s legislature. In 2021, the Wisconsin legislature drew new maps for the state assembly and state senate. The state legislative maps.

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United States: PFAS: Wisconsin DNR And EPA Developments; Update On Spills Law Litigation June 11, 2022 - Godfrey & Kahn S.C.

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On June 7, 2022, Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Bohren granted a motion brought by the Wisconsin Department of Justice on behalf of the Wisconsin.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

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Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] 1] He is also an adjunct professor at American University Washington College of Law. litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S.

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Wisconsin Files Complaints Against Three Students Who Refused to Use Approved “Pronouns”

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There is a potentially important free speech case developing in Wisconsin. In Kiel, Wisconsin, three eighth graders are facing a Title IX complaint due to their failure to use plural pronouns “they/them” to refer to a single student. Indeed, it is reminiscent of the recent litigation involving a teacher in Loudoun County , Virginia.