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Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
55% in new Marquette poll say Democratic Gov. Tony Evers should not seek a third term
MADISON - More than half of Wisconsin voters do not want Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to seek a third term, according to a recent survey from the Marquette University Law School poll. Fifty-five percent of voters polled in recent days by Marquette said Evers should not seek another term, while 42% said the governor should run again, according to the poll released on June 25. Evers has not yet laid out his plans and has said he won't announce whether he will pursue another bid for governor until after the current state budget-writing process is complete later this summer. While Wisconsin governors are not term-limited, only former Republican Gov. Tommy Thompson has been elected more than twice. Marquette University Law School poll director Charles Franklin said past polling also showed voters largely opposed to giving a third term to former Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican. In that survey, 61% opposed the idea of Walker running for a third term, while 36% said he should run again. Walker lost to Evers in 2018. This developing story will be updated. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Gov. Tony Evers should not seek a 3rd term, 55% say in Marquette poll
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Approval of Donald Trump's presidency nearly evenly split in Wisconsin, Marquette poll says
MADISON — Five months into President Donald Trump's second term, Wisconsin voters remain nearly evenly split on how the president is handling the job. Forty-seven percent of registered Wisconsin voters approve of Trump's handling of the presidency thus far, while 52% disapprove, according to a new poll from the Marquette University Law School. The president is underwater among Democrats and independents; 98% of Democrats disapprove of his job performance and 59% of independents disapprove. Meanwhile, 90% of Republicans approve of Trump's approach. That's largely unchanged from the last time Marquette polled voters on the president's job approval, in February, when 48% of the state's registered voters backed his handling of the job while 51% disapproved. At this point in Trump's first term, 41% of registered Wisconsin voters approved of the way he was doing his job, and 51% disapproved. A plurality of voters in Wisconsin supported Trump in the 2024 presidential election, delivering about 29,000 more votes to Trump than to former Vice President Kamala Harris. Wisconsin was one of seven swing states to deliver victories for Trump in 2024. He won the Badger State in 2016 and lost it in 2020. Voters were surveyed June 13-19, before the U.S. bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, inserting itself directly into Israel's military campaign against Iran. Jessie Opoien can be reached at This developing story will be updated. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Trump approval nearly evenly split in Wisconsin, Marquette poll says
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
What to know about Anthony Cotton, defense attorney for Maxwell Anderson
Waukesha defense lawyer Anthony Cotton is the man who will represent accused killer Maxwell Anderson at trial in Milwaukee. Anderson, 34, of Milwaukee, is charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse and arson in the death last April of Sade Carleena Robinson, 19. Trial for Anderson begins May 27. Education: Cotton was born and raised in Waukesha and went to Catholic Memorial High School before studying at University of Wisconsin in Madison. He graduated from Marquette University Law School in 2005. Experience: He joined the firm, Kuchler & Cotton S.C., in 2005. The firm, based in Waukesha, is run by his mother, Donna Kuchler, who represented Jessy Kurczewski in 2024 in what became known as the "Eye Drops homicide trial." 44 He represented Morgan Geyser, one of the defendants in the Slender Man case in Waukesha County. The 2014 case involved two 12-year-old girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, who stabbed their classmate and friend and left her for dead in a park. The girl survived the stabbing. Geyser and Weier were found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and ordered to a mental health institute for decades-long commitments in 2017. Weier was released in 2021, and Geyser, represented by Cotton, was approved for conditional release March 6, 2025. Cotton was also the lawyer for Dominic Black, who faced weapons charge in November 2020 for illegally giving a rifle to Kyle Rittenhouse, the 17-year-old later acquitted of killing two people during protests in Kenosha earlier that year. Black took plea deal in order to avoid criminal conviction. Cotton was hired by a Yale law professor during his second year of law school to investigate human rights abuses in Eritrea, East Africa. He traveled throughout Eritrea to interview civilians and prepare claims for people who had been victimized as a result of the Eritrean-Ethiopian war. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What to know about Anthony Cotton, attorney for Maxwell Anderson
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
What to know about Judge Laura Crivello who is presiding Maxwell Anderson trial
A judge's role in any trial is to make sure the proceedings are fair and that lawyers stay on topic and aren't grandstanding in front of a jury. Circuit Court Judge Laura Crivello will be the one officiating Maxwell Anderson's homicide trial. Education: Crivello attended University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for her undergraduate degree and went to law school at Marquette University Law School and graduated in 1993. Work experience: Crivello worked 24 years as an assistant District Attorney in Milwaukee County. During that time, she prosecuted various felony and misdemeanor criminal cases, including those involving homicide, firearms, drugs, domestic violence, community prosecution, and child protection cases. 54 Crivello was appointed to the Milwaukee County Circuit Court in 2018 by then-Gov. Scott Walker. She retained her seat in an uncontested 2019 judge race and again in 2025. The case against Anderson was transferred to Crivello in July as part of a judicial rotation schedule change in July ordered by Chief Judge Carl Ashley. The initially was assigned to Judge Mark Sanders. Sade Robinson, 19, was just weeks from graduating from Milwaukee Area Technical College when police say she was killed during a first date in April, and her body was dismembered. Anderson, 34, has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide and other felonies in connection with her death. He has pleaded not guilty. Crivello presided over the trial of Stephanie Rapkin, the Shorewood lawyer who was convicted of a misdemeanor for spitting on a Black teenager during a racial justice protest in 2020. Rapkin rejected the judge's sentence of a year of probation and 100 hours of community service, and chose instead to spend 60 days in the House of Correction as punishment. Crivello oversaw the trial of Antonius Trotter, who was convicted of killing 11-year-old Ta'Niyla Parker and wounding her younger sister in an October 2021 shooting that drew protests and demonstrations around the city. Trotter is serving a 60-year in prison sentence. This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: What to know about Judge Crivello, presiding Maxwell Anderson trial
Newsweek
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Newsweek
Majority of Americans Believe President Must Obey Court Rulings: New Poll
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A new Marquette University Law School Poll has revealed that 79 percent of Americans believe presidents must obey federal court rulings, with even stronger support—84 percent—for compliance with Supreme Court decisions. The national survey, conducted May 5-15, 2025, interviewed 1,004 adults with a margin of error of +/-3.6 percentage points. The poll gains heightened significance after President Donald Trump's Memorial Day attack on federal judges, whom he called "monsters" who want the United States "to go to hell." The poll also found that 70 percent of respondents oppose impeaching judges for ruling against presidential actions, despite escalating rhetoric from the Trump administration following a series of unfavorable court decisions on immigration policies. Newsweek reached out to the White House via email on Monday for comment. Why It Matters These findings underscore broad public support for judicial independence at a critical moment as Trump's rhetoric against federal judges has reached new heights. On Memorial Day, the president posted on his Truth Social platform that judges suffer from "an ideology that is sick" and accused them of being "on a mission to keep murderers, drug dealers, rapists, gang members, and released prisoners from all over the world" in the country. Trump's attacks follow a series of court defeats, including a recent 7-2 Supreme Court ruling that found his administration violated due process rights of Venezuelan migrants during deportations. What To Know The survey reveals strong cross-partisan support for judicial compliance, with more than 70 percent of Republicans, Democrats, and independents agreeing presidents must follow court rulings. However, the data shows significant partisan variations on specific constitutional questions: Growing Democratic Opposition to Executive Overreach: Among Democrats, support for presidential compliance with Supreme Court rulings surged from 79 percent in December 2024 to 93 percent in May 2025—a 14-point increase that coincides with Trump's return to office. Republican Consistency Despite Tensions: Republican opinion remained remarkably stable, with 78 percent supporting compliance in May compared to 79 percent in December, even as Trump escalated his attacks on federal judges. Executive Power Boundaries: The poll reveals clear limits to public tolerance for expanded presidential authority. Some 62 percent say Trump's actions to freeze spending and close congressionally authorized agencies exceed presidential power, with sharp partisan divides: 88 percent of Democrats and 64 percent of independents oppose such actions, while 63 percent of Republicans support them. Legislative Authority Remains Sacred: An overwhelming 81 percent oppose allowing presidents to make laws unilaterally when Congress fails to act—up from 72 percent in 2020—with even 69 percent of Republicans rejecting such expanded executive power. Court Blocking Orders Viewed as Proper: When asked about federal courts temporarily blocking Trump administration executive actions, 64 percent call this a proper use of judicial authority. The response splits along partisan lines, with 87 percent of Democrats and 69 percent of independents supporting such judicial interventions, while 61 percent of Republicans oppose them. What People Are Saying The escalating tension between the Trump administration and federal judiciary has drawn sharp reactions from key figures: President Donald Trump's Memorial Day Truth Social message: "U.S. judges were on a mission to keep murderers, drug dealers, rapists, gang members, and released prisoners from all over the world, in our country so they can rob, murder, and rape again—all protected by these USA hating judges who suffer from an ideology that is sick." White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, of the Trump administration-ordered deportations: "Those are the terrorists that President Trump is finding and apprehending that our Democrat judges and Democrat activists are trying to keep on U.S. soil." The top White House adviser has said the Trump administration is actively exploring ways to expand its legal authority to deport undocumented migrants, including the potential suspension of habeas corpus rights. Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News that Judge James Boasberg was "meddling in our government" and questioned "why is the judge trying to protect terrorists who invaded our country over American citizens?" In March, the president called for Boasberg, who had ordered a halt of the Trump administration's deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members, to be impeached, accusing him of being on the "radical left." Conservative former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig to MSNBC: "No, the judges are not deranged, Pam Bondi. They are simply enforcing their oath to the Constitution of the United States. The same oath that you, Madam Attorney General, took yourself." He added: "I don't know where this ends…but it appears that, in this moment, the president intends to prosecute this war against the federal judiciary and the rule of law to its catastrophic end." On recent Supreme Court cases, the poll shows mixed public reception. Sixty-seven percent favor the court's ruling requiring the Trump administration to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, erroneously deported to El Salvador, though 59 percent of Republicans oppose this decision. Similarly, 65 percent support the court's ruling on due process requirements for deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Chief Justice John Roberts at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025, in Washington D.C. U.S. President Donald Trump, left, greets Chief Justice John Roberts at the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 2025, in Washington Happens Next Trump's escalating conflict with the federal judiciary appears far from resolution, with the president showing no signs of moderating his rhetoric, despite suffering multiple legal defeats. The Marquette poll's findings suggest this strategy may face public resistance, with broad bipartisan support for judicial compliance and opposition to impeaching judges for unfavorable rulings. Even among Republicans who oppose recent Supreme Court immigration decisions, substantial majorities—75 percent to 79 percent—still say presidents must obey court rulings.
