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Wisconsin 2024 Presidential Primary
Jul 8, 2022

Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes

Wisconsin's conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled on Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can return a ballot in person, dealing a defeat to Democrats who said the decision would make it harder to vote in the battleground state.

Jun 11, 2021

Court: Wisconsin health departments can’t close schools

The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that local health departments do not have the authority to close schools due emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic.

May 4, 2021

Certified question before state Supreme Court seeks clarity on private-school busing requirements

Busing services for children attending private religious schools figured at the center of a certified question before the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday.

Mar 1, 2021

WILL proposes reforms to Wisconsin emergency powers

A new report from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty proposes a series of reforms to Wisconsin's emergency-powers statutes, including preventing emergency declarations from lasting more than 30 days and prohibiting orders from confining people to their homes.

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Jan 22, 2021

WILL hires 2 attorneys, 2 policy experts

The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty is adding to its team with two new attorneys and two policy experts.

Jan 14, 2021

Wisconsin justices skeptical of GOP redistricting proposal

A Republican-backed push to fast-track redistricting lawsuits in the Wisconsin Supreme Court met with skepticism during a Thursday hearing, as the court's conservative chief justice questioned why the proposal was necessary and wondered how the thinly staffed court could be expected to draw maps.

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Nov 10, 2020

Kyle Koenen hired as WILL policy director

The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty has hired Kyle Koenen as its policy director.

Jun 1, 2020

Wisconsin Supreme Court agrees to hear voter purge case

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a case seeking to purge about 129,000 voter registrations from the rolls ahead of the November presidential election after previously deadlocking on whether to get involved.

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Jun 1, 2020

Szafir leaves WILL, joins conservative nonprofit group as president

CJ Szafir, the former executive vice president of the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, has been named president of the conservative nonprofit group Institute for Reforming Government.

Mar 11, 2020

Wisconsin voter purge case appealed to state Supreme Court

A conservative law firm asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn an appeals court ruling that stopped the purging of more than 200,000 people from the state's voter rolls, a step that Democrats argued was intended to make it harder for their voters to cast ballots.

Jan 16, 2020

WILL president ‘a bit angry’ about cartoon depicting him as executioner

Rick Esenberg, president and general counsel of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, said he was initially "a bit angry" after seeing a political cartoon depicting him as an executioner with several nooses. The Cap Times, a Madison newspaper, published the cartoon this week in response to WILL's lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Committee.

Jan 2, 2020

Conservatives seek immediate purge of voters in Wisconsin

A conservative law firm on Thursday asked a judge to find the Wisconsin Elections Commission in contempt and fine its members $2,000 a day until it immediately purges more than 200,000 voters from the rolls, a step Democrats are fighting in this battleground state.

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