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The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday is shifting to liberal control for the first time in 15 years, as Justice-elect Janet Protasiewicz is sworn in at the state Capitol. Protasiewicz, who served as Milwaukee County judge for nine years, defeated her conservative opponent, former state Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly, by an astonishing margin of more than 11% in the April 4 election. The

The Wisconsin Supreme Court should prohibit the Legislature from impeaching liberal Justice Janet Protasiewicz because removing her from office would invalidate the constitutional rights of the Wisconsinites who voted for her, a lawsuit filed Monday states. The lawsuit, which three Protasiewicz voters filed directly with the Wisconsin Supreme Court, also states the Assembly doesn't have the

Janet Protasiewicz's term began Tuesday in a political battleground state where the state Supreme Court has often been the last word. MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court flips to liberal control for the first time in 15 years Tuesday with the start of the term of a new justice who made abortion rights a focus of her winning campaign. Janet Protasiewicz will mark the start of her term

Wisconsin Democrats are celebrating the beginning of a new era for the state Supreme Court as it flips from conservative to liberal control for the first time in 15 years. Janet Protasiewicz is a new justice who made abortion rights a focus of her winning election campaign. She was sworn in to a 10-year term Tuesday in a ceremony in the state Capitol Rotunda that was attended by hundreds of