What would normally be a relatively low-key election for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court has become nationalized a a referendum on abortion. TWTFrontPage
, the ideological majority is seen as very important,” said Charles Franklin, a political science professor and director of the Marquette Law School Poll.will likely have to rule on partisan legislative districts drawn by a Republican-led legislature that strongly favor Republicans despite the overall purple tinge to the state.
“The current maps were approved in a controversial 4-3 decision that could be reconsidered if the election results in a liberal majority,” Mr. Franklin said.will have the final say on an 1849 abortion law that says: “Any person, other than the mother, who intentionally destroys the life of an unborn child is guilty of a Class H felony.” The law was unenforceable until Roe was struck down.
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