Wisconsin’s high court, which almost overturned Biden’s win in the state, flips to liberal control

By SCOTT BAUER
Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats are celebrating the beginning of a new era for the state Supreme Court as it flips from conservative to liberal control for the first time in 15 years. Janet Protasiewicz is a new justice who made abortion rights a focus of her winning election campaign. She was sworn in to a 10-year term Tuesday in a ceremony in the state Capitol Rotunda that was attended by hundreds of supporters. Her win carries tremendous weight in Wisconsin. It’s a battleground where the state Supreme Court has been the last word on some of the biggest political and policy battles of the past decade-plus. The conservative-controlled court came within one vote of overturning President Joe Biden’s narrow win in the state in 2020.