Recent Updates
Law Forward’s Public Comment to Attorney General Josh Kaul on Wisconsin Constitution Amendment
On May 14, 2024 we, along with Common Cause Wisconsin, Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice, Leaders Igniting Transformation, the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, the ACLU of Wisconsin, Fair Elections Center, All Voting is Local and the Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition...
A Win for Voters
This week the Wisconsin Elections Commission decided two complaints in favor of our clients, confirming that voters cannot be required to show their photo ID when returning absentee ballots.
UPDATED – New Report: A Democracy Crisis in the Making
Attempts to undermine our democracy are increasing. Moves to change the rules—and put partisan political actors in charge of their own elections—are on the rise.
Historic Settlement Agreement in Fake Electors Case
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.
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...
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.
We convene national and local organizations with common goals, strategize with them on how they can use litigation to advance their missions and, where appropriate, represent them in court. Get updates on our work.