Blunt Talk Key to Wisconsin Victory Makes New Justice a Target

The most expensive judicial election in US history isn’t really over in Wisconsin, where politicians worried about losing future cases are war-gaming ways to thwart the state Supreme Court, perhaps by kicking the newest justice off the bench.

Justice Janet Protasiewicz is the target of statehouse impeachment threats after stating her beliefs about abortion and gerrymandering instead of speaking in code or talking around issues that could come before the court.

She’s refused to recuse herself from a pair of political gerrymandering cases, leading Republicans to call for her removal.

Her saga, which appears unlikely to change the philosophical balance ...