Patience D. Roggensack

U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson determined there was no harm in Roggensack serving as chief justice while Abrahamson's lawsuit continued.

Roggensack dissented from the majority, voting to uphold the ban on absentee-ballot drop boxes, arguing there was a need for "judicial resolution by the Wisconsin Supreme Court before the 2022 elections begin.

It wasn't just the regular folks in Brown County.” A challenge to acting Wisconsin health secretary Andrea Palm's extension of statewide business and school closures, filed by Senate Majority Leader Scott L. Fitzgerald and House Speaker Robin Vos, Roggensack's comments sparked political criticism from Democratic lawmakers and labor union leaders, labeling her use of the term “regular folks” elitist, classist, and racist.

Defending her statement, Rick Esenberg, President of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, said that by "regular folks" Roggensack meant the general population of Brown County.

[12] Before the nonpartisan primary in the 2023 Wisconsin Supreme Court election, Roggensack endorsed Waukesha County circuit judge Jennifer Dorow.

[13] After Dorow was eliminated in the primary, Roggensack declined to endorse the only remaining conservative candidate in the race—former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice Daniel Kelly.

Seal of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin
Seal of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin