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Occupational Licensing in Wisconsin: A Roadmap to Reform

Primer analyzes proposed policies and makes recommendations for Wisconsin The Badger Institute and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty ...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Dane County School Closure Order

WILL filed original action when Dane County health department tried to close all schools The News: The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a ...

Federal Court Puts a Hold on Biden Administration Race-Based Loan Forgiveness Program

WILL represents a dozen farmers from 9 states in federal lawsuit The News: U.S. District Judge William Griesbach issued a temporary restraining ...

ANALYSIS: Private Grants to Wisconsin Municipalities Boosted Turnout for Joe Biden in 2020

Statistical analysis finds CTCL funds increased voter turnout for Joe Biden by an average of 41 votes per municipality The News: A new report from the ...

Federal Appeals Court Bars Biden Administration From Using Race to Prioritize COVID Restaurant Relief

WILL challenged federal Restaurant Revitalization Fund on behalf of Tennessee restaurant owner The News: A divided panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of ...

Public School Curriculum Transparency Legislation Key to Battling Politics in the Classroom

WILL is urging the adoption of curriculum transparency legislation to arm parents and taxpayers with the ability to access and review controversial curriculum material in public schools. WILL recently issued identical open records requests to nine large Wisconsin school districts and experienced, first-hand, the cost, time, and difficulty of accessing curriculum material.

WILL to Biden Education Department: Critical Race Theory is Wrong for Public Schools

WILL submitted public comment to the United States Department of Education against the adoption of a proposed grant program to prioritize Critical Race Theory in federally funded American History and Civics Education

WILL, ADF Warn Kettle Moraine School District Gender Identity Policy Violates Parental Rights

District disregarded parents’ wishes about their child’s gender identity at school The News: Attorneys with The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty ...

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Rick Esenberg | What Was Wrong With the Doe

Rick Esenberg blogs at Shark and Shepherd: What Was Wrong With the Doe "While Democrats are decrying the state Supreme Court decision, they ought to be ...

Rick Esenberg | Where Does the John Doe Go From Here?

Not to the United States Supreme Court.

Rick Esenberg | Why the Conservative Justices Didn’t Have to Recuse Themselves in the John Doe

Rick Esenberg | Why the Conservative Justices Didn't Have to Recuse Themselves in the John Doe "So for a Justice to be "biased" in favor of Club for ...

WTMJ4 | Court Upholds Milwaukee Residency Requirements

WTMJ4 | Court Upholds Milwaukee Residency Requirements By The Associated Press. CREATED Jul 21, 2015 - UPDATED: Jul 21, 2015 MADISON -- A state appeals ...

Isthmus | Supremes: Destroy Records of John Doe Probe

Isthmus | Supremes: Destroy Records of John Doe Probe "'But Rick Esenberg, president and general counsel of the conservative Wisconsin Institute for Law ...

Green Bay Press Gazette | Green Bay Sued Over Cutting Natural Plantings

Green Bay Press Gazette | Green Bay Sued Over Cutting Natural Plantings "Kamenick said the Gerhards aren’t challenging the city’s right to set standards ...

WILL’s Doe Amicus Brief

WILL's Doe Amicus Brief

Court of Appeals Protects Property Rights of Homeowners

Websites like Air-BNB and VRBO allow users to rent out their home on a short-term basis.  This gives travelers an alternative to hotels – alternatives ...

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