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Ed Whelan: Wisconsin Supreme Court pursues mischief on remand

The Wisconsin supreme court adopted a flagrantly unconstitutional interpretation of an unobjectionable tax exemption. After being unanimously reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Wisconsin court isn’t content to allow the exemption to bear its ordinary meaning. It instead is considering using its own unconstitutional interpretation as a reason to invalidate the exemption in its entirety.

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David McGrath: GOP fighting the crime problem it created

Their longstanding strategy to kill any and all restrictions to gun manufacturing and ownership have helped saturate the U.S. with 500 million guns, including those involved in 46,728 American deaths from gun violence in 2023. So when Trump excoriated the mayors of Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, he’s was blaming them for crime waves that he and his party have literally armed.

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WisOpinion: ‘The Insiders’ debate the Wisconsin Supreme Court upholding governors’ veto power

The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, discuss the recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision that upheld the governor’s line-item veto authority after Gov. Tony Evers edited the ’23-’25 state budget to extend a two-year school funding increase by 400 years. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

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Rewind: Your Week in Review for May 2

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the state Supreme Court suspending a Milwaukee County judge after her arrest on charges of obstructing ICE, Republican Washington County Exec Josh Schoemann filing to run for governor, the state budget and more.

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