Moms for Liberty: How a group of anti-government conspiracists could impact the 2024 elections
By Shauna Shames, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University Motherhood language and symbolism have been part of every U.S. social movement, from the American Revolution to Prohibition and the fight against drunk drivers. Half of Americans are women,...
An appeal to racists: Aggressive attacks by Trump follow a well-worn strategy against legal opponents
Donald Trump’s aggressive response to his fourth criminal indictment in five months follows a strategy he has long used against legal and political opponents: relentless attacks, often infused with language that is either overtly racist or is coded in ways that...
Fourteenth Amendment: Legal scholars say Trump’s actions have disqualified him from the presidency
Various constitutional lawyers have been weighing in lately on whether former president Donald Trump and others who participated in the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election are disqualified from holding office under the Fourteenth Amendment...
Hefty deficit problem looms for Milwaukee as Mayor Cavalier Johnson unveils 2024 budget proposal
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson shared his 2024 city budget with the Milwaukee Common Council on September 19. The spending plan included provisions to increase public safety, infrastructure improvements, and neighborhood quality-of-life investments. Presentation of...
Unlawful charade: Member of secret panel studying removal of Justice Protasiewicz supported her rival
One of the former Wisconsin Supreme Court justices tapped to investigate impeaching newly elected Justice Janet Protasiewicz for taking Democratic Party money accepted donations from the state Republican Party when he was on the court. The former justice, Republican...
Planned Parenthood cites court ruling against 1849 law to resume offering abortions in Wisconsin
Planned Parenthood announced on September 14 that it would resume offering abortions in Wisconsin after a judge ruled on an 1849 law, that seemingly banned the procedure but actually did not apply to abortions. The resumption of abortions on September 18 at clinics in...
Governor Evers vows to preserve reproductive rights in Wisconsin after abortion service announcement
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern PA. v. Casey and upending nearly 50 years of a constitutional right to abortion that...
Constitutional revolution: Why a rightwing SCOTUS supermajority can rewrite our understanding of law
By Morgan Marietta, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington In a 2006 episode of the television show “Boston Legal,” conservative lawyer Denny Crane asserted that he had a constitutional right to carry a concealed firearm: “And the Supreme...
Prosperando Juntos: Milwaukee’s 2023 Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off with community celebration
Milwaukee’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month 2023 kicked off on September 15 at the Marcus Performing Arts Center’s Peck Pavilion, featuring the diverse cultures, accomplishments, and vibrant history of the Latino community. With this year’s...
Sexual Violence: How the United States could reduce a pervasive threat for female farm workers
By Kathleen Sexsmith, Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology, Penn State; Francisco Alfredo Reyes, Ph.D. Candidate in Rural Sociology & International Agriculture and Development, Penn State; and Megan A. M. Griffin, Student Community Engagement Specialist,...
Wisconsin Senate uses false claims by election deniers to justify illegal vote to fire nonpartisan official
The Republican-gerrymandered Wisconsin Senate voted on September 14 to fire the battleground state’s nonpartisan top elections official ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Democrats said the vote was held improperly and that lawmakers do not have the...
Impeachment threat against Judge Protasiewicz seen as unlawful attempt to restore GOP’s balance of power
By Robert Yablon, Associate Professor of Law, Co-Director of the State Democracy Research Initiative, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Derek Clinger, Senior Staff Attorney, State Democracy Research Initiative, University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin’s April 2023...
