This is the biggest thing that the media got wrong about the 'politicized' Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
In what was likely the most important election of the year, Wisconsin voters elected liberal-leaning judge Janet Protasiewicz to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.
with most of the votes counted—was impressive for a state that voted for Joe Biden by less than 1 point less than three years ago.The high stakes in this race were one reason why, in recent months, independent donors, advocacy groups, political parties, and PACs poured a record-setting amount of money into the race:
, arguing that a 1985 law that legalized abortions before fetal viability takes precedence over the antebellum ban.The justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court will be the ones to hear that case. With Protasiewicz on the bench, the court is likely to overturn the ban, allowing Wisconsinites to legally terminate their pregnancies and abortion providers to resume providing care.
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