Will Releases Statement on Redistricting Ruling
The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) has released a statement condemning a new ruling from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in favor of a lawsuit seeking to change…
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Democracy Alert | WILL Files Motion to Intervene in Redistricting Case
Overturning the current maps would be unprecedented, and would deny voters their rightful representation. WILL’s intervention will allow WI voters to defend their interests.
WI Supreme Court Selects Race-Neutral Legislative Maps
Majority found Senate and Assembly maps drawn by Wisconsin Legislature are race neutral, comply with equal protection guarantees The News: The Wisconsin Supreme Court selected legislative maps submitted by the Wisconsin Legislature…
U.S. Supreme Court Reverses WI Supreme Court, Gov. Evers’ Maps Unconstitutional
Majority decision says state court “committed legal error” in adopting maps The News: The United States Supreme Court issued a 7-2 decision reversing the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s selection of Governor Tony Evers’s…
WILL Joins Redistricting Appeal to U.S. Supreme Court
Governor Evers’ maps are racially gerrymandered, violating federal Constitution The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) joined an appeal by the Wisconsin Legislature to the U.S. Supreme Court arguing…
Response to Wisconsin Supreme Court Decision on Redistricting
The Wisconsin Supreme Court selected federal and legislative maps submitted by Governor Tony Evers in a decision issued on March 4, 2022. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed…
Wisconsin Supreme Court Adopts Criteria for Redistricting in WILL Lawsuit
Court will adopt maps without considering partisanship, will seek “least changes” The News: The Wisconsin Supreme Court issued an opinion in Johnson v. WEC, a Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) redistricting case, that…
Wisconsin Supreme Court Takes WILL Redistricting Case
WILL filed original action on behalf of four Wisconsin voters living in malapportioned districts The News: The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to take an original action filed by the Wisconsin…
WILL Asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to Take Jurisdiction of Redistricting
Original action, on behalf of four voters, requests judicial apportionment plan The News: The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) filed an original action with the Wisconsin Supreme Court…
WUWM | Plaintiffs Look Forward to Reworking Wisconsin Gerrymander Case
WUWM talks with Rick Esenberg on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Gill v. Whitford, Wisconsin’s legislative redistricting case. Justices ruled that the plaintiffs were trying to show that the…
RealClearPolitics | Esenberg: Why the Supreme Court Punted in Redistricting Case
Rick Esenberg writing at RealClearPolitics on why the U.S. Supreme Court punted on Wisconsin’s redistricting case, Gill v. Whitford: In the eagerly awaited redistricting case, Gill v. Whitford, the United States…
WILL Press Release | Rick Esenberg statement on U.S. Supreme Court decision in Gill v. Whitford , a challenge to Wisconsin’s legislative maps
Court may have punted, but have pinned plaintiffs deep inside their own territory June 18, 2018 – Milwaukee, WI – Today, the United States Supreme Court issued a much-anticipated decision…