Janet Protasiewicz is sworn in as a state Supreme Court justice at the Wisconsin Capitol on Aug. 1, 2023. The Wisconsin GOP’s plan to impeach a Democratic state Supreme Court justice is unsupported by law and would undermine judicial independence. Why you can trust us By Robert YablonDerek Clinger 5 MIN READWisconsin’s April 2023 state Supreme Court election was historic. The one Wisconsin judge impeached in the state’s history, Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Levi Hubbell, who faced 11 articles of impeachment. Protasiewicz or her allies could challenge an attempted impeachment in state court, as has happened in some other states.