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 in Gill v. Whitford , a challenge to Wisconsin's legislative maps. In reaction, Rick Esenberg, ...
Brief supports appellants’ argument that the maps meet constitutional requirements and that there is no law-based, workable standard for separating permissible maps from impermissible maps in claims of political gerrymandering, particularly where, as in Wisconsin, traditional redistricting ...
Brief supports appellants’ argument that the maps meet constitutional requirements and that there is no law-based, workable standard for separating permissible maps from impermissible maps in claims of political gerrymandering, particularly where, as in Wisconsin, traditional redistricting ...
Confident that SCOTUS will decline to insert judiciary into political questions
June 19, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – Today, in a highly significant development, the United States Supreme Court has decided to hear Gill v. Whitford, the long running challenge to Wisconsin’s legislative maps. The ...
Legislature did not depart from traditional redistricting principles
April 25, 2017 - Milwaukee, WI – The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has filed an amicus brief urging the United States Supreme Court to review the decision of a divided three judge panel finding Wisconsin's ...
Decision appropriately preserves the power to prepare a redistricting map in the hands of the legislature
January 27, 2017 – Milwaukee, WI – Following is WILL president and general counsel Rick Esenberg's response to today's order from the United States District Court for the Western District ...