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Mountains and molehills: the why, how, and what of the 2024 constitutional amendments
When Wisconsinites head to the polls on April 2, they will find two ballot questions asking whether the Wisconsin Constitution should be amended. The first question asks whether election officials may ever use private funds to help administer elections; the second...
VICTORY: Wisconsin Governor Signs Fair, Constitutional State Legislative Maps
We are thrilled to share a significant development in the case of the Fake Electors Penebaker et al v. Hitt et al., currently pending in the Circuit Court for Dane County, Wisconsin. Law Forward, in collaboration with Georgetown University Law Center’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection (ICAP) and Stafford Rosenbaum LLP, has announced a historic settlement agreement.
Parties in Clarke v. WEC File Responses to Maps Proposed to Wisconsin Supreme Court
On Jan. 22, 2024 the parties in Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission - the fair maps case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, who ruled that the 2021 legislative maps...
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Andrade v. City of Milwaukee Board of Fire and Police Commissioners
On September 15, 2023 Law Forward filed an amicus brief on behalf of Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC), a nonprofit organization committed to improving the quality of life for Black Wisconsinites, supporting the termination of Milwaukee police officer Erik Andrade.
Werner v. Dankmeyer
On behalf of The Andrew Goodman Foundation and Common Cause Wisconsin, Law Forward filed an amicus brief in La Crosse County Circuit Court in defense of youth voters.
Evers v. Marklein
On March 13, 2024, Law Forward filed an amicus brief on behalf of former Wisconsin State Court judges, Paul Lundsten, Richard Sankovitz, John Markson, and Richard Niess, in support of Governor Tony Evers’ lawsuit against Republican lawmakers in Evers v. Marklein.
Wisconsin Is Under Assault
Conservative interests have captured our courts, trying to take away freedoms from anyone who does not look like them.
They are attempting to dismantle the values Wisconsinites hold dear.
Together, we can fight
their litigation agenda by:
protecting voting rights, access to the polls, and the fair administration of elections.
enforcing state constitutional requirements and separation of powers.
advancing fair legislative districts and resisting efforts to gerrymander Wisconsin again.
resisting current efforts to revive long-discredited legal doctrines.