The recently flipped Wisconsin Supreme Court met publicly for the first time Thursday, holding a hearing on a petition that would change court rules for how long evictions remain accessible on the state’s court access website.

Since August, the court has been embroiled in controversy as the presence of new Justice Janet Protasiewicz gave liberals a majority for the first time in 15 years. Liberal efforts to change internal rules and exercise control over court administration have resulted in sniping in the press and bitter appearances on right-wing talk radio by conservative justices while Republican lawmakers have threatened to impeach Protasiewicz if she doesn’t recuse herself from challenges to Wisconsin’s gerrymandered voting maps.

Yet on Thursday, as Protasiewicz took the bench for the first time, none of the animosity swirling around the Court was apparent during the hearing as the justices settled into the typical pattern of questioning attorneys presenting their case.

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New Wisconsin Supreme Court meets for first time in hearing on eviction records rule change