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MADISON, Wis. (CN) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday overruled a total ban on abortions beginning at conception, ...
Democrats cheered the ruling as an affirmation that abortion is legal in Wisconsin, while Republicans argue the court ...
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court overturned the state’s 1849 abortion law with a Wednesday ruling, stating that legislation since ...
Wisconsin has an "implied consent" law that authorizes police to order blood draws for drivers who are unconscious and therefore unable to consent. The cops just have to suspect that the driver is ...
MADISON, Wis. (CN) — The consequential debate over implied consent laws continued in the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Thursday with arguments in a case involving an unconscious driver in the hospital ...
The state argued that no warrant was required because its “implied-consent law” authorizes the police to draw blood from an unconscious motorist if they have probable cause to suspect drunk driving.
Libertarians say 'implied consent ... lawyers strongly disagree and think a case from Sheboygan will be the chance for the U.S. Supreme Court to rein in "implied consent" laws in Wisconsin and ...
Gorsuch worried that Wisconsin's law remains unclear. Only three of seven justices said Mitchell had given his implied consent; two others said the blood draw was legal as part of a pre-arrest search.
While all 50 states have some form of implied consent laws, just 29 appear to extend to unconscious suspects. Of those, 20 are split on whether that’s constitutional, according to a brief filed ...