Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty

In Episode 11 of the "If You Can Keep It" Podcast, we look past the fireworks of America's 250th birthday celebrations to examine the state of our Republic. We dive into what has kept this great two-and-a-half-century experiment alive, how today's polarization is testing our foundation, and what it will take for our nation to survive the challenges ahead. WILL President Rick Esen...

WILL Research Director Will Flanders joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss what ending Wisconsin school choice programs would mean for the state's students.

WILL Deputy Counsel Rebecca Furdek joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss WILL's lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's ban on Christian talk therapy. The lawsuit follows SCOTUS' 8-1 ruling that struck down a similar unconstitutional Colorado law.

WILL Managing Vice President Dan Lennington joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss WILL's legal victory at the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The Court ruled that the racially discriminatory "Minority Undergraduate Retention Program" was unconstitutional and that taxpayers have standing in court to challenge such programs.

WILL Research Director Will Flanders joined The Dan O'Donnell Show to discuss WILL's recently launched, "The Wisconsin Education Comeback: A Roadmap for Student Success," a series of reports to reform education in Wisconsin. The first report titled, "The FORT Gap: How Inconsistent Teacher Preparation Is Fueling Wisconsin's Literacy and Educator Crises", discusses how inconsistencies in teacher pre...

WILL Research Director Will Flanders joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss WILL's recently launched, "The Wisconsin Education Comeback: A Roadmap for Student Success," a series of reports to reform education in Wisconsin. The first report titled, "The FORT Gap: How Inconsistent Teacher Preparation Is Fueling Wisconsin's Literacy and Educator Crises", discusses how in...

WILL Associate Counsel Lauren Greuel joined Your Talk Show with Tim Bremel to discuss WILL's new teacher documentary, "Classrooms in Crisis," which puts human faces on the growing crisis of student behavior, school safety, and teacher authority in Wisconsin classrooms.

In Episode 10 of the "If You Can Keep It" Podcast, we shift our focus to America’s classrooms to examine the current state of education in Wisconsin and beyond. We dive into why the traditional "assembly line" model of public schooling may be out of date, how the birth rate collapse is driving school consolidation, and the balance between public education and school choice. WIL...

WILL Deputy Counsel Dan Lennington joined Brownfield Ag News with Larry Lee to discuss a settlement WILL reached with the USDA, on behalf of Wisconsin dairy farmer Adam Faust, that ends race-based discrimination across three federal farming programs.

WILL Policy Director Kyle Koenen joined the New Fashioned Conservatives podcast with host Justin Phillips to discuss the various challenges facing Wisconsin education.

WILL Deputy Counsel Dan Lennington joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss an upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court case that could make Wisconsin a sanctuary state for illegal immigrants.

WILL Research Director Will Flanders joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss $600 million in new funding for public schools as part of State budget's negotiations.

WILL Research Director Will Flanders joined the Point Taken with Steve Scaffidi and Kristen Brey to discuss WILL's new teacher documentary, "Classrooms in Crisis," which puts human faces on the growing crisis of student behavior, school safety, and teacher authority in Wisconsin classrooms.

WILL Associate Counsel Kirsten Atanasoff joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss a lawsuit filed by WILL on behalf of a Milwaukee food truck owner, seeking to block a newly approved City of Milwaukee ordinance that bans food trucks after 10:00 p.m. in the downtown area and after 11:00 p.m. near Burnham Park.

WILL Deputy Counsel Dan Lennington joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss a Wisconsin rule banning consensual, client-driven Christian counseling despite an 8-1 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down Colorado's identical law.

WILL Associate Counsel Lauren Greuel joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss WILL's new documentary, "Classrooms in Crisis," which puts human faces on the growing crisis of student behavior, school safety, and teacher authority in Wisconsin classrooms.

WILL Managing Vice President Dan Lennington joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss the former dean of Sun Prairie schools being sentenced to 18 years in prison for child pornography and public schools across Wisconsin failing students.

In Episode 9 of the "If You Can Keep It" podcast, we break down the high-stakes world of redrawing new congressional maps and the future of American elections. We discuss the fallout from the latest SCOTUS ruling on the Voting Rights Act and how both red and blue states are moving quickly to maximize their political power. Former state representative and election data expert, Joe Handric...

WILL President Rick Esenberg joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss the dismissal of two lawsuits filed against Wisconsin's congressional maps and break down the U.S. Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act decision.

WILL Research Director Will Flanders joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss schools in Wisconsin and across the country cancelling classes on May 1 to celebrate a Communist holiday.

WILL Vice President Dan Lennington joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss the Southern Poverty Law Center's recent federal indictment for financially supporting white supremacist groups such as the Klu Klux Klan.

WILL Deputy Counsel Lucas Vebber joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss Trump Administration rescinding Biden-era rule that requires foster care parents to affirm a child's gender transition.

WILL Research Director Will Flanders joined The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction removing once publicly available school spending data after WILL exposed that current school funding is higher than year 2000 levels.

New Richmond Parents for Strong Schools has filed a federal lawsuit against the New Richmond School District, alleging that its bathroom policy violates the rights of high school girls under Title IX. WILL represents the group—which includes both parents and female students—seeking an end to the district’s policy and a declaration that the girls’ civil rights were violated by the district’s action...

In Episode 8 of the "If You Can Keep It" podcast our team asks, can liberty and capitalism survive the rise of AI? We dive into the technological revolution that is moving faster than our laws can keep up with as we explore whether the free market can outlast the rise of the machines. Our special guest is Neil Chilson, Head of AI Policy at the Abundance Institute and author of "Gett...