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POLICY REPORT: Where Wisconsin Ranks on Freedom, WILL Informs Policy Makers Ahead of 2025
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty released its “2024 Wisconsin Freedom Audit”, an extensive review of where the state ranks in various measurements of freedom, including fiscal freedoms, regulatory freedoms, and individual freedoms.
WI Judge Allows Wedding Barn Lawsuit to Continue
A Wisconsin judge ruled that a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) may continue. Two small business owners, represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) are seeking to mitigate the harmful impacts of Wisconsin Act 73, a special interest driven law which will put them out of business.
Wisconsin DPI Re-Defines Mediocre Student Achievement to “Meets Expectations”
The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) released the following statement, after the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) released ...
WILL Identifies Over Sixty Discriminatory Federal Programs
In a new court filing supporting fourth-generation Tennessee farmer Robert Holman, WILL identified over sixty federal DEI programs that discriminate against Americans every day. WILL has created a roadmap for the new Congress and Administration to root out harmful DEI policies in the federal government.
WILL, Leading Public Interest Law Firms Release Comprehensive Title IX Resource Guide
WILL and its partners released a crucial resource guide. Titled “Protecting Title IX: A Resource Guide for School Boards,” this guide aims to empower school boards with the legal insights needed to understand and respond to the complex Title IX requirements of the federal government.
Policy Report: Are Spring School Board Elections Pro-Democracy?
WILL's new report, Enhancing Democracy: The Benefits of Holding School Board Elections in the Fall, highlights how moving school board races to November could foster broader public involvement and more balanced representation.
WILL Encourages SCOTUS to Guarantee Religious Freedom for Choice Schools
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed an Amicus Brief in the US Supreme Court to challenge provisions in the Oklahoma State Constitution that we believe derive from anti-Catholic bigotry and violate the First Amendment principles of religious liberty.
Race-Discrimination Ruling Expanded to Protect WILL Clients Nationwide
WILL secured a significant victory: a court order clarifying and significantly expanding the scope of a preliminary injunction halting the federal Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The ruling now applies nationwide to any state in which WILL’s clients do business.
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Wisconsin Public Radio | Study Shows Wisconsin Choice Schools Outperform Traditional Public Schools
Wisconsin Public Radio covered our most recent report, Apples to Apples, which looked at test scores at various types of schools and how they performed ...
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel | Fernholz, Szafir: A worthy successor to Scalia
Matthew Fernholz and WILL's CJ Szafir writing in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on why Judge Neil Gorsuch was a great pick for the United States Supreme ...
WisconsinEye | Oral Arguments in Krueger v. Appleton Area School District
http://www.wiseye.org/mp4stream/SCT/SCT_170215_CASE_2.mp4
Fox6Now | Wide range of reaction following court ruling against President Trump’s travel ban
Fox6Now in Milwaukee asked WILL President and General Counsel, Rick Esenberg, for his thoughts on the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against ...
ICYMI | Rick Esenberg Joins WTAQ’s Jerry Bader to Discuss SCOTUS Nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch
WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg joined WTAQ's Jerry Bader last week to discuss President Donald Trump's nominee to the United States ...
Kenosha News | New state Assembly committee looking at ways to take more control from federal government
The Kenosha News covered WILL testimony to, and the mission of, the new Wisconsin State Assembly Committee on Federalism:
"The committee is one of the few ...
RightWisconsin | Five Takeaways from the DeVos Hearings
Education Reformer is "Controversial"
WILL VP and Deputy Counsel CJ Szafir and WILL Research Fellow Collin Roth writing at RightWisconsin:
Democrats Like ...
Washington Examiner | With school starting, Marquette professor remains in academic limbo
The Washington Examiner takes a look at professor John McAdams' case against Marquette University. It's now been two years since he was banished from ...
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