Category: Courts

WisconsinReport.com – A federal commission created by President Donald J. Trump on so-called “election integrity” grounds, announced in 2017, was disbanded by the president Weds., January 4, 2018. Trump (above-right) had claimed there may have been improprieties in the 2016 election that put him in the White House. He was concerned that although he won more electoral votes, his opponent, Hillary Clinton (above-left), received roughly 3 million more popular votes. He wanted the commission to prove Clinton’s popular vote total was in error, suggesting the commission might discover “dead people” may have been counted among the popular votes received by Hillary Clinton. The commission produced no report during it’s short

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (05/12/2015) – In light of the announcement that the Dane County District Attorney will not charge the officer who shot, and killed, Tony Robinson in Madison, Wisconsin recently, Assembly Representative Chris Taylor vows to continue working on ways to strengthen the mandatory investigation law. The DA said it was a lawful shooting.

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (04/07/2015) – Incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley has been declared the winner of the state-wide election battle. Supporters and the candidate herself are chalking up the win as one that shows most voters wanted to keep partisan politics out of decisions made by the State Supreme Court.

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/23/2015) – The United States Supreme Court failed to take up the challenge to the State’s Voter ID law. That effectively validates the law, putting it into effect. However, it will not go into effect until after the current April 7th election process, which is already in progress.

WISCONSINREPORT.COM (03/16/2015) [PART ONE] – The League of Women Voters of Wisconsin (LWV) is urging lawmakers on the State Committee on Finance to keep Quality of Life in mind during their deliberations over the proposed State Budget. Meanwhile, members of the Joint Finance Committee will hold public hearings on the proposed 2015-17 state budget in various locations around the state.