Trump v. Biden – Wisconsin Supreme Court 4-3 Dismissal on Laches of Claims re: “Democracy in the Park,” Indefinitely Confined Voters, and Altered Certification Envelopes (WI)

[Established Fact – As to 4-3 ruling and dismissal basis] In Trump v. Biden (Wis. Sup. Ct. 2020), the Wisconsin Supreme Court dismissed three of four election challenge claims under the doctrine of laches in a 4-3 decision. The dismissed claims included challenges to (1) the WEC’s absentee ballot distribution in “Democracy in the Park” events, which bypassed statutory procedures; (2) the WEC’s guidance expanding the “indefinitely confined” voter category in ways that the dissenting justices found to have no statutory basis; and (3) altered certification envelopes that did not comply with Wisconsin absentee ballot requirements. The court’s majority held that the campaign’s delay in bringing the challenges was “unreasonable in the extreme.” In the context of this bribery investigation, the 4-3 split is significant: three justices would have reached the merits. The financial relationships – if any – between CTCL/EOLDN-affiliated organizations and the four justices who voted for procedural dismissal without merits review constitute an open investigative question that the OSC’s investigation did not formally reach. The finding is presented as requiring a financial disclosure audit of the four majority justices rather than as an established finding of bribery.