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The court can decide election-related laws and settle disputes over future election outcomes.
NBC News |
Wisconsin is also holding a state Supreme Court election today that has drawn national attention.
The Boston Globe |
President Trump’s preferred candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court and his Democratic-backed challenger made a final blitz across the state on Monday, the day before voting concludes in a race where ea...
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A Marquette University Law School poll taken in late February also found that a majority of registered voters in Wisconsin support photo ID for voting, and separately, a majority of registered voters in Wisconsin said they would support the ballot initiative.
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Tuesday’s election to fill a Supreme Court seat in Wisconsin has emerged as the country’s first major political battle since President Donald Trump returned to the White House. It offers both an early test of the president’s popularity in a state he narrowly flipped last year and a gauge of the political machine that Trump ally Elon Musk has deployed to drive up turnout in this swing state.
The nation is closely watching a Wisconsin Supreme Court race and Congressional races in Florida as potential bellwethers for the reaction to the Trump administration.
Wisconsin voters will choose a new State Supreme Court justice in an election that will determine whether liberals retain a 4-to-3 majority or whether conservatives take control of the state’s judiciary. While the race is technically nonpartisan, the state Democratic and Republican parties have each endorsed a candidate. Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared open to upholding a federal law that allows lawsuits against Palestinian groups over terror attacks.
Under the language at issue in the 2019 law - called the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act - the PLO and Palestinian Authority would automatically "consent" to jurisdiction if they conduct certain activities in the United States or make payments to people who attack Americans.