From WisPolitics.com …
— The Wisconsin Supreme Court today agreed to hear a lawsuit challenging a 2011 law that stripped most public employees of the power to collectively bargain.
The court offered no comment in today’s order explaining its decision to hear the suit.
Justice Annette Ziegler dissented, while fellow conservative Brian Hagedorn didn’t participate in the case. He served as chief legal counsel to then-Gov. Scott Walker as the Republican pushed the 2011 law.
A Dane County judge in December 2024 struck down the law, though an appeals court overturned that ruling in July. The coalition of unions and public employees that challenged the law in August asked the state Supreme Court to take up the case.
The court’s decision comes as Democrats are set to have a triefcta come January. Incoming Assembly Speaker Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, has vowed to push for a repeal of the law, while Gov.-elect David Crowley has said he would support such an effort.