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A liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court justice who received nearly $10 million in campaign contributions from Democrats may now face impeachment for refusing to recuse herself from a districting case over maps she once slammed as “absolutely positively rigged.” Janet Protasiewicz is a newly-elected justice on Wisconsin’s highest court, which has a 4-3 liberal majority. She took the bench in August

Now that the contours of the general election are reasonably predictable, it is time to start thinking about the tripartite institutional reckoning that should come in November’s aftermath — for the media, Republicans and Democrats.

MADISON, WI — Republicans have no basis to impeach newly elected liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz, according to a former justice consulting Assembly Speaker Robin Vos. Some state Republicans have discussed pursuing impeachment if Protasiewicz did not recuse herself from a redistricting lawsuit challenging GOP-drawn legislative district boundary maps. However, on

A federal judge has barred Donald Trump from attacking witnesses, prosecutors and court staff involved in his Washington, D.C., criminal case, imposing a gag order that sharply escalates the tension between Trump’s 2024 bid for the presidency and the realities of his status as a criminal defendant.

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