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Wisconsin Clerk Cleared For Election Night Mistake

Posted 11.29.2011

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By TODD RICHMOND, ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP) MADISON, Wis. -- A county clerk likely violated the law when she failed to report thousands of votes in thi...

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Won't Face Charges In Choking Case

AP | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 10.25.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — A conservative Wisconsin state Supreme Court justice who staved off an unusually intense campaign to replace him this summer wil...

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Amanda Terkel

Wisconsin Judge Strikes Down Anti-Union Law

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.26.2011

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WASHINGTON -- A Wisconsin judge struck down the state's controversial anti-collective bargaining law on Thursday, but Democratic state senators say th...

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Court Upholds Life Sentence For Fourteen-Year-Old

AP | TODD RICHMOND | Posted 07.20.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — Fourteen-year-olds convicted of homicide can be sent to prison for life without parole, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday...

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Amanda Terkel

Congresswoman Wants Federal Investigation Of Wisconsin Supreme Court Race

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After the bombshell announcement that a Waukesha County clerk forgot to report thousands of votes in Wisconsin's Supreme Court election,...

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Mark Blumenthal

Wisconsin Election Bombshell: How Plausible?

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 06.09.2011

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UPDATE: 11:20 p.m. -- Perhaps the most convincing evidence so far that human error explains the initial omission of Brookfield's results comes from ou...

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Amanda Terkel

WATCH: New Twists In Wisconsin Supreme Court Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.07.2011

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This story has been updated. WASHINGTON -- In a dramatic turn of events on Thursday, the Waukesha County clerk announced that the vote total announ...

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Amanda Terkel

Was Wisconsin Election A Referendum On Scott Walker?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After JoAnne Kloppenburg declared victory on Wednesday over conservative incumbent Justice David Prosser in the Wisconsin Supreme Court ...

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Amanda Terkel

Scott Walker's Loss: 19 Counties Flip To Dems In Wis. Supreme Court Election

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.06.2011

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This story has been updated and corrected. WASHINGTON -- A divisive budget battle between labor unions and Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) turned a stat...

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Wisconsin Supreme Court Election Morphs Into Intense, Expensive Contest

AP | By DINESH RAMDE | Posted 06.05.2011

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MILWAUKEE (AP) – Labor groups and conservative activists have turned Tuesday's Wisconsin Supreme Court election into an intense and expensive contes...

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Wisconsin Gay Marriage Ban Upheld By State Supreme Court

AP | RYAN J. FOLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Supreme Court has upheld the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage and civil unions. In a 7-0 ruling, the co...

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Follow the Money

Stanley Kutler | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stanley Kutler

Wisconsin's Supreme Court has adopted a rule stipulating that campaign contributions, endorsements and paid ads are not enough to force recusal. Money has invaded the judicial arena.

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