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Whether he is convicted or not, legal scholars and historians argue that Trump’s insurrectionist actions meet the disqualification standard outlined in the 14th Amendment.
Trump ignored the will of most voters and sought to block the peaceful transfer of power to Joe Biden.
Former state GOP Chair Andrew Hitt told the House Jan. 6 Committee that after official election results confirmed Biden had won Wisconsin by more than 20,000 votes, Johnson spoke to him about having the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature override the will of the voters and name the state’s presidential electors.
Last week, President Biden signed an Executive Order to implement historic, bipartisan military justice reforms that significantly strengthen how the military handles sexual assault cases.
Whether you are a parent or employer or community member, the impact of the child care crisis will be felt if we do not continue funding Child Care Counts.
On Wisconsin’s high court, it is the Night of the Sicilian Vespers. The long knives are unsheathed for all but “made” progressives.
Over the last week I’ve been heavily critical of the new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. But now they’ve done some things that are worth praising. They’ve changed a host of court rules, four of which are especially noteworthy.
I am proud to support all of the farm families in our communities.
Supporters of free speech, beware of the mandating the falsification of history by state law. Give support to the American Civil Liberties Union, or any other organization attacking the curricular gag laws.
McDonald retires this month after 35 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as one of the nation’s foremost scholars on Imperial Russia before the 1917 Russian Revolution.
The unauthorized action taken by some of my colleagues firing director of state courts Randy Koschnick is flawed procedurally, legally and on its merits.
Purges of court personnel for unspecified reasons is no way to demonstrate the commitment to “fairness and impartiality” that newly inaugurated Justice Janet Protasiewicz has promised.
The liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has gotten itself off to a disastrous start.
The latest indictments of former President Donald Trump are likely to backfire on liberals.
Calm, reasoned, determined, brilliant, and aware that the mission is not about him or his place in history, but rather the Constitutional foundations of this very nation.
Unfortunately, Congress appears too unhealthy to fix it.
Legislation enabling Milwaukee sales tax included restrictions that could be challenged.
A bill sponsored by Ozaukee County’s Sen. Duey Strobel and Reps. Robert Brooks and Scot Krug of Wood County would decentralize the current imperial solar energy programs that pick winners and losers and instead would democratize energy collection and distribution so that all have the freedom to capture, distribute and purchase solar energy if they so choose.
Easily accessible, illegally-imported, and kid-friendly vaping products are fueling an epidemic in our state. We need to get serious about cracking down on these products and we need more tools if we’re going to be successful.
My favorite gadfly, former elected Texas agriculture commissioner and longtime progressive agitator Jim Hightower, hit it on the head once again in a commentary on the budget deal between Kevin McCarthy’s House Republicans and President Joe Biden, which was credited with avoiding a government shutdown.
Whether he is convicted or not, legal scholars and historians argue that Trump’s insurrectionist actions meet the disqualification standard outlined in the 14th Amendment.
Trump ignored the will of most voters and sought to block the peaceful transfer of power to Joe Biden.
Former state GOP Chair Andrew Hitt told the House Jan. 6 Committee that after official election results confirmed Biden had won Wisconsin by more than 20,000 votes, Johnson spoke to him about having the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature override the will of the voters and name the state’s presidential electors.
Last week, President Biden signed an Executive Order to implement historic, bipartisan military justice reforms that significantly strengthen how the military handles sexual assault cases.
Whether you are a parent or employer or community member, the impact of the child care crisis will be felt if we do not continue funding Child Care Counts.
On Wisconsin’s high court, it is the Night of the Sicilian Vespers. The long knives are unsheathed for all but “made” progressives.
Over the last week I’ve been heavily critical of the new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. But now they’ve done some things that are worth praising. They’ve changed a host of court rules, four of which are especially noteworthy.
I am proud to support all of the farm families in our communities.
Supporters of free speech, beware of the mandating the falsification of history by state law. Give support to the American Civil Liberties Union, or any other organization attacking the curricular gag laws.
McDonald retires this month after 35 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as one of the nation’s foremost scholars on Imperial Russia before the 1917 Russian Revolution.
The unauthorized action taken by some of my colleagues firing director of state courts Randy Koschnick is flawed procedurally, legally and on its merits.
Purges of court personnel for unspecified reasons is no way to demonstrate the commitment to “fairness and impartiality” that newly inaugurated Justice Janet Protasiewicz has promised.
The liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has gotten itself off to a disastrous start.
The latest indictments of former President Donald Trump are likely to backfire on liberals.
Calm, reasoned, determined, brilliant, and aware that the mission is not about him or his place in history, but rather the Constitutional foundations of this very nation.
Unfortunately, Congress appears too unhealthy to fix it.
Legislation enabling Milwaukee sales tax included restrictions that could be challenged.
A bill sponsored by Ozaukee County’s Sen. Duey Strobel and Reps. Robert Brooks and Scot Krug of Wood County would decentralize the current imperial solar energy programs that pick winners and losers and instead would democratize energy collection and distribution so that all have the freedom to capture, distribute and purchase solar energy if they so choose.
Easily accessible, illegally-imported, and kid-friendly vaping products are fueling an epidemic in our state. We need to get serious about cracking down on these products and we need more tools if we’re going to be successful.
My favorite gadfly, former elected Texas agriculture commissioner and longtime progressive agitator Jim Hightower, hit it on the head once again in a commentary on the budget deal between Kevin McCarthy’s House Republicans and President Joe Biden, which was credited with avoiding a government shutdown.
