Wed Apr 5, 2023 – 5:41 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz defeated former Justice Daniel Kelly for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court Tuesday, shifting the judicial balance of power left in the Dairy State and putting a wide range of conservative laws at risk.
With 64 percent of the vote in, the Associated Press and other outlets have called the race for the liberal jurist, who led her opponent 56.9 percent to 43.1 percent.
Kelly and Protasiewicz were competing for a seat being vacated by retiring conservative Justice Patience Roggensack, whose term ends on July 31, with the Court’s 4–3 conservative majority hanging in the balance.
A Kelly victory would have preserved the status quo, but Protasiewicz’s win establishes a new 4–3 liberal majority, which is expected to have significant ramifications for Wisconsin’s right to work, public-sector collective bargaining, and election integrity laws, as well as a longstanding abortion ban that was the primary focus of Democrat efforts.
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When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last June, it allowed scores of state
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