In light of the coronavirus pandemic and the unprecedented steps taken by state and local officials, WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg dives into the tough legal questions provoked by the "Safer at Home" order. You can share this analysis here.
Last week, I analyzed the ...
In light of the coronavirus pandemic and the unprecedented steps taken by state and local officials, WILL President and General Counsel Rick Esenberg explains the breadth of Wisconsin’s emergency powers as well as some of their constitutional limits.
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers’ ...
Polly Olsen is a student at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) in Green Bay. One year ago today (on Valentine’s Day) she was handing out religiously themed Valentines on the NWTC campus. She was stopped by an NWTC security guard and told that she must cease and desist. She was ...
Gov. Walker signed three bills into law on Friday that were passed during the extraordinary session, and on Monday, a liberal group requested that a Madison federal court judge overturn the new law that they claim “limits” early voting in violation of the judge’s previous order relating to a ...
Legislature approves administrative rulemaking reforms, tax reform; maintains DPI oversight
The extraordinary session began in both the Assembly and Senate yesterday and was still going on while most Wisconsinites were eating breakfast this morning. A lot of changes were made, and in the end a ...
Administrative law reforms, transparency and oversight, and key tax reforms
The Legislature is meeting to consider hundreds of pages of reforms. These reforms are moving quick. Both the Assembly and the Senate intend to vote today. A lot has been written about the process being used as well as ...