Commentary: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election should never have happened
On Tuesday, Janet Protasiewicz defeated Dan Kelly for a seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court. At $42 million, it was the most expensive state Supreme Court race in our nation’s history. The outcome swings the Wisconsin court’s majority away from a textualism and originalist orientation and toward more purpose-driven or evolving readings of the law. It’s being described as a victory for progressives, since it’s the first time their preferred justices will have the majority since 2008 — just in time to address likely cases on
