Overview

• Judge Frank Remington dismissed a lawsuit by watchdog group American Oversight alleging that a panel researching the possible impeachment of Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz violated the state's open meeting laws.
• The panel, created by Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, was tasked with advising on whether impeaching Protasiewicz would be justified.
• Protasiewicz, a member of the court's four-justice liberal majority, has been criticized by Republicans for her campaign remarks indicating that the Legislature's GOP-drawn district boundaries are 'rigged.'
• Two former justices on the panel, David Prosser and Jon Wilcox, advised Vos that Protasiewicz's campaign remarks do not rise to an impeachable offense.
• Despite the dismissal of the lawsuit, American Oversight can continue seeking records from the panel, and thousands of pages of documents have already been turned over.