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Andrew C. McCarthy: As a Trump DOJ should know, Judge Dugan has a defense
Her team will argue that, when intervening in the case of an illegal immigrant, she was acting within the scope of her official duties.

Tim Vetscher: When people die, openness matters
Milwaukee County’s new medical examiner, Dr. Wieslawa Tlomak, announced the office would stop sharing narrative reports until investigations were concluded and cases closed.

Melissa Agard: Anxious about current events? Here’s a list of things to do
You are not powerless. The strongest response to dysfunction in Washington, D.C., is local action.

Bruce Murphy: Will Richland County turn against Trump?
Wisconsin’s rural counties may suffer — a lot — from his policies.

Michelle Bryant: “Sinners” and the urgency of preserving historical truth
“Sinners” is not just a great movie; it is a case study of why we must fight to preserve and teach history in all its complexity.

Janine P. Geske, John T. Chisholm, and Dean A. Strang: Protecting justice for all: Why access to counsel is fundamental to the rule of law
The column below reflects the views of the author, and these opinions are neither endorsed nor supported by WisOpinion.com. May 1st is Law Day, an opportunity to celebrate a bedrock of our nation, the Rule of Law. As Wisconsin lawyers,

Sarah Keyeski: Taking action to lower costs for working class Wisconsinites
While our state sits on a surplus of $4 billion, I believe it’s high time we invest that money to improve the quality of life for Wisconsinites.

Sara Gabler: Workday and the excesses of higher-ed “efficiency” consultants
In higher ed, consulting fees and big technology buys go hand-in-hand with austerity.

Terrance Wall: My visit to Hillsdale College
Unlike at public universities, like the UW, where other students and I felt afraid to speak our minds or disclose the love of our country or even mention God, at Hillsdale, students and teachers can talk their minds.

Jim Geraghty: Beware the spin about a judge’s arrest for allegedly helping an illegal immigrant escape
If the events occurred as described in the affidavit of criminal complaint against circuit court judge Hannah Dugan are accurate, then she committed obstruction of justice and concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest, and it’s extremely difficult to envision an alternate interpretation of the known facts that would exculpate Judge Dugan.

Jeffrey Mandell and Norman Eisen: Wisconsin has a history of fighting injustice. Judge Dugan is the latest example.
Like the effort to return Joshua Glover to slavery, this is a bad case, built on bad law, pursued for bad reasons.

Mark Belling: Feds: We have a warrant. Milwaukee judge: So what?
What makes Dugan’s action especially revolting is that she is a judge. ICE and the FBI had a warrant. How can a judge defy a warrant? What does Dugan do when somebody defies one of her judicial warrants?

Lucy Ripp: The cost of Trump’s first 100 days
From reckless tariffs that are raising our cost of living and hurting local farmers to ripping jobs away from thousands of Wisconsin workers and cutting off funding that ensures kids have food to eat and families have health care — in its first 100 days, the Trump regime wasted no time causing real harm to Wisconsin families and communities.

Dave Zweifel: GOP pulling nation back to era of ‘separate and unequal’
The problem with the Trump administration’s anti-DEI crusade is that it doesn’t distinguish between what works and what doesn’t.

David Blaska: America needs friends, even if they are Canadian
Friends come and go; enemies accumulate. Lyin’ Ted may have needed to kowtow, Canadians don’t and won’t.

Gregory Humphrey: Trump’s tariffs vs. Chinese who ‘patiently take the long view against impatient interlocutors’
Over the past weeks, the bluster and shoot-from-the-hip mentality of Trump, along with the haphazard moves regarding tariffs, has further informed China that they can outmaneuver this White House.

Steven Walters: New Capitol models of lawmaking evolve
Republicans put four constitutional changes before voters last year, passing two of them.

Ron Malzer: Brad Schimel didn’t stand a chance
In the case of the People of Wisconsin versus Elon Musk, Susan Crawford got to write the opinion for the majority in Wisconsin. And it was Justice Marshall, in absentia, concurring.

Bruce Murphy: The patriotism of Hannah Dugan
Milwaukee judge who loves the U.S. Constitution and history has fueled a national controversy.

David Blaska: Democrats are stuck on fly paper
No one is above the law — except progressive judges.

‘The Insiders’ review partisan reshuffling in the Wisconsin Legislature
The WisOpinion Insiders, Chvala and Jensen, review partisan reshuffling in the Wisconsin Legislature following the November general election. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Counties Association and The Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

Rewind: Your Week in Review for Dec. 20
On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and CBS 58’s Emilee Fannon discuss the debate over school safety after Monday’s school shooting in Madison, legislative priorities in 2025, disagreement over funding for university building projects, Wisconsin’s GOP electors certifying President-elect Donald Trump’s win and Attorney General Josh Kaul’s vow to challenge the Trump administration on deportations and other issues.