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The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest and final court of appeals in the state judicial system of the U.S. state of Wisconsin.In addition to hearing appeals of lower Wisconsin court decisions, the Wisconsin Supreme Court also has the option to take original jurisdiction of cases, and serves as a regulator and administrator of judicial conduct and the practice of law in Wisconsin.
In 1853, a separate Wisconsin Supreme Court was created with all members elected state-wide. Initially the court was three members; it grew to five justices in 1878, and to its current size of seven seats in 1907.
The 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court election was held on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, to elect a justice to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a ten-year term. Milwaukee County circuit judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Daniel Kelly, effectively flipping the ideological balance of the court from a conservative to liberal majority.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s seven justices are elected to staggered 10-year terms — only one seat is up for election at a time — in odd-year spring elections.
Appointed to Wisconsin Supreme Court: Paul R. Van Grunsven: 2004 Appointed by Jim Doyle: 10 Ted E. Wedemeyer Jr. 1978 1982 Elected to Wisconsin Court of Appeals: Rudolph T. Randa: 1982 1992 Appointed by Lee S. Dreyfus Appointed to U.S. District Court, E.D. Wis. Timothy Dugan: 1992 2016 Appointed by Tommy Thompson Appointed to Wisconsin Court of ...
She was elected to the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 1995 and re-elected in 2005 and 2015. In 2011, then-Justice David Prosser put his hands on Bradley's neck in front of other justices during an ...
The chief justice of the court is elected for a term of two years by the vote of a majority of the justices then serving on the court, although the justice so elected may decline the appointment. In addition to the supreme court, the constitution provides for the Wisconsin Circuit Courts , which each have districts prescribed by the legislature ...
Bradley, 73, was first elected to the Supreme Court in 1995 and is the longest-serving justice on the court. She won her last election in 2015 by 16 points. Bradley did not return a text message ...