The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to hear a lawsuit challenging Act 10.
The court offered no comment in its order explaining the decision to take the case. Justice Annette Ziegler dissented. Fellow conservative Justice Brian Hagedorn did not participate. Hagedorn served as chief legal counsel to then-Gov. Scott Walker as the Republican pushed the 2011 law.
A Dane County judge struck down the law in December 2024, but an appeals court overturned that ruling in July. The coalition of unions and public employees that challenged the law asked the state Supreme Court take up the case in August.
The court’s decision comes as Democrats are set to control both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature and the governorship for the first time since early 2011. Incoming Assembly Speaker Greta Neubauer, D-Racine, has vowed to push for a repeal of the law. Gov.-elect David Crowley has said he would support such an effort.
