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Billionaires should not be able to buy our nation’s highest Judges. Period.
Recent reporting that the U.S. Supreme Court Justices are adopting a code of ethics is an acknowledgement of growing public pressure calling for accountability on ethics breaches by certain members of the court, and the overwhelming public dissatisfaction with the court’s removal of long-standing rights.
Wisconsin Voters Fight for Fair Legislative Maps in Oral Arguments at Wisconsin Supreme Court
Democracy in Wisconsin is at stake. Our current gerrymandered legislative maps distort the political landscape, stifle voters' voices, block popular policies, disempower vulnerable communities, and are unconstitutional. On Nov. 21, 2023 Law Forward - with co-counsels...
Fair Maps Plaintiffs Tell Their Stories
“Fair Maps is how democracy works - that’s the foundation of our democracy, right? Accurate representation in our legislature will truly get what people want in our state done.” - Nathaniel Slack, Wisconsin Assembly District 96 voter and plaintiff in Clarke v....
All eyes on a Supreme Court in Transition
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is at a turning point. A new Justice, Janet Protasiewicz, took office on August 1, replacing retiring conservative Justice Patience Roggensack. In the short time since then, the Court’s new majority has changed some administrative rules,...
New WEC Complaint: Peters v. Goergen
In municipalities in which absentee ballots are processed at the polling place, voters should be able to bring their ballots directly to the officials who will count them. But due to vague language in the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s opinion in Teigen v. Wisconsin...
Wisconsin Voters File Challenge to Wisconsin Gerrymandered Legislative Maps
By every metric, Wisconsin’s legislative plans score among the most– if not the most– skewed in the nation. We have endured 12 years of rule by right-wing interests, and the voters of Wisconsin deserve fair representation. On Aug. 2, 2023 Law Forward and co-counsels...
Over the past decade, Wisconsin has become the nation’s primary testing ground for reactionary policies. Law Forward is a nonpartisan, nonprofit impact litigation firm committed to protecting and advancing democracy.
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