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From the Desk of Rick Esenberg: A message on Tuesday night’s election results

Elections ebb and flow, but there are no permanent victories or defeats in politics. No matter who wins or loses, the Constitution must remain our ...

Beyond the Budget: The Surge of Non-Agency Pork in Wisconsin

WI Taxpayers potentially on the hook for record amount of pork projects, WILL believes the JFC should intervene The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law ...

WILL Takes on Biden’s Racial Equity Agenda: New Motion Seeks to Halt New Federal Agency

The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed for a preliminary injunction to halt the Biden Administration’s new “Minority ...

First Amendment Rights Trampled by Wisconsin School Board

No one should be “shut down” for speaking their mind at a school board meeting; WILL advises all school boards to protect the freedom of speech The News: ...

WILL Formally Launches New Project to Preserve America’s Democracy for the Next Generation

The Preserving Democracy Project will protect the framework of America’s system of government, established by our nation’s founding fathers in the ...

Wisconsin: A Broken Home for Home-based Businesses

Policy report shows local government strangling home-based businesses with red tape, hurting economic growth, and infringing on freedom.

WILL Responds to President Biden’s Veto on Bipartisan ESG Bill

The News: Today, President Joe Biden vetoed the bipartisan resolution from Congress that condemned, and would ultimately block, the use of environmental, ...

WILL & Dr. Erica Anderson File Amicus in Case Against Massachusetts School District that Hides Minor Students’ Gender Identity Transitions from Parents

Brief asserts that the school district is violating parents’ constitutional rights The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), on ...

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Protecting Property Owners Against Eminent Domain Abuses

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals acted yesterday to protect property owners’ rights to receive full and just compensation when government takes their land ...

Madison Considers Forcing Food Truck Vendors to Offer Vegetarian Items

According to an article in the Wisconsin State Journal, Madison is considering requiring all food cart vendors to offer “vegetarian menu items.”  Madison ...

Economic Freedom in Decline

Canada’s Fraser Institute has just released its 2012 Report on Economic Freedom across the world.  In the words of the Institute itself: “The United ...

The Hidden Costs of Fuel Efficiency Standards

The New York Times has an article that shows the unintended consequences and high costs of government policy that is designed to fool the voters.  Many ...

Corporate Rights Are Our Rights

Kudos to Milwaukee County Supervisor Chris Abele for vetoing the Milwaukee County Board's attempt to put a referendum on the ballot calling for an end to ...

Free Speech – Common Ground Between WILL and the ACLU

Eugene Volokh at the Volokh Conspiracy shares this story about the ACLU of Connecticut defending the right of a high school student to wear an anti-gay ...

Free market at work. Consumers benefit. Government responds. The story in microcosm.

The Sheboygan Press recently reported on the growth of the food truck business in Sheboygan – and city government’s predictable reaction to a popular new ...

Wisconsin Supreme Court Digest

State v. Dinkins – Can a homeless sex offender be criminally charged for failing to provide his address for the sex offender registry when being released ...

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