Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty

WILL Deputy Counsel Lucas Vebber joined Tim Bremel of WCLO radio to discuss the "Red Tape Reset" legislative package going to Governor Evers' desk to be signed into law.

In Episode 4, Season 2 of the "If You Can Keep It" podcast, WILL President Rick Esenberg explores the shifting frontline of the First Amendment. As we move past the era of DEI, we examine how free speech is being redefined in 2026—from the FCC's crackdown on media bias to the ongoing fight for free speech in our nation's institutions. Our special guest is UW-Madison Professor Don...

WILL Research Director Will Flanders joined the Vicki McKenna Show to discuss out-of-control bureaucratic bloat in Wisconsin public schools despite plummeting proficiency academic scores.

In Episode 3, Season 2 of the "If You Can Keep It" podcast, WILL President Rick Esenberg is back to discuss the rise and fall of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). For years, DEI has been the standard in government, schools, and big business, but as we enter 2026, we’re seeing WILL and others push back against these policies. Our special guest is Dan Lennington, Managing Vice Presid...

In Episode 2, Season 2 of the "If You Can Keep It" podcast, WILL President Rick Esenberg tackles an issue that is top of mind for many Americans: affordability. Tune in as we discuss a range of factors, from inflation to the rising cost of groceries, that are reshaping the American Dream. Our special guest is Patrick McIlheran, Director of Policy at the Badger Institute. As a leading exp...

WILL Research Director Will Flanders joined the Vicki McKenna Show to discuss how proposals to end Act 10 would lead to local school districts and governments forced to cover roughly $2 billion in new expenses.

WILL is defending a Wisconsin mother after the School District of Pittsville, Wisconsin threatened her with a potential defamation lawsuit and police visited her home, based on her social media post.

WILL Research Director Will Flanders joined the Vicki McKenna Show to discuss how Milwaukee Public Schools, a school district with declining enrollment and only 8.1% of Wisconsin's public school population, is getting over 50% of the property tax revenue shift.

A wide coalition of free market groups and associations representing Wisconsin’s largest job creators are calling on the Wisconsin Legislature to vote on a legislative package known as the “Red Tape Reset.”

WILL Vice President & Deputy Counsel talks the Equality Amendment to end racial discrimination in Wisconsin.

A wide coalition of free market groups and associations representing Wisconsin’s largest job creators are calling on the Wisconsin Legislature to vote on a legislative package known as the “Red Tape Reset.”

WILL President Rick Esenberg joined Point Taken discuss the recent ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

In Episode 1, Season 2 of the "If You Can Keep It" podcast, WILL President Rick Esenberg dives into one of the highest-stake issues in politics today: redistricting. With the balance of power in Congress on the line in the looming 2026 midterms, the battle to redraw congressional maps is ramping up in Wisconsin. Our special guest in this episode is Wisconsin redistricting "guru&quot...

WILL Deputy Counsel Lucas Vebber Joins UPFRONT to talk the latest in redistricting fight. WILL is an intervenor in two lawsuits seeking to overturn Wisconsin's current Congressional maps.

WILL Deputy Counsel Dan Lennington discusses the persecution of Jim Troupis in alternate electors case on the Vicki McKenna Show.

WILL Deputy Counsel Dan Lennington discussed Wisconsin potentially becoming a sanctuary state on the Vicki McKenna Show.

WILL President Rick Esenberg discussed WILL's move to file motions intervening in two lawsuits which seek to overturn Wisconsin's current Congressional maps. WILL is defending those maps on behalf of a group of Wisconsin voters.

WILL Deputy Counsel Luke BergWILL Deputy Counsel Luke Berg discussed WILL's move to file motions intervening in two lawsuits which seek to overturn Wisconsin's current Congressional maps. WILL is defending those maps on behalf of a group of Wisconsin voters.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court allowed two new legal challenges to the state’s congressional maps to continue forward by appointing two separate three–judge panels to hear the cases. WILL had argued against such an appointment as any attempt to redraw the Congressional district lines in this manner would violate the U.S. Constitution.

WILL and the Center for Individual Rights filed a major lawsuit against the Trump Administration, targeting the foundation for many of the remaining federal DEI programs: the preference for so-called “socially disadvantaged individuals.”

WILL Associate Counsel Lauren Greuel talked how WILL notified Lighthouse Learning Academy, on behalf of a Wisconsin parent, that it is prepared to take legal action over the school’s refusal to provide certain curriculum materials, even though most of the items requested were non-religious, simply because some were created by a Christian publisher or contained a few religious references.

WILL Research Director, Will Flanders, discussed DPI's newly released report cards for the 2024-25 school year. Once again, the agency has quietly changed the standards that determine how schools are rated—making it easier to appear successful without actually improving student performance.

A new report from WILL, titled “Energy Choice for Wisconsin: A Free-Market Case for Community Solar,” outlines how privately financed community solar projects can expand consumer choice, strengthen the electric grid, preserve farmland, and inject market competition into Wisconsin’s monopoly utility system.

WILL Deputy Counsel Lucas Vebber appeared on The Vicki McKenna Show to discuss WILL's latest letter to the USDOJ, which identified additional, serious concerns regarding the Wisconsin Election Commission’s maintenance of Wisconsin's statewide voter registration list. WILL's new findings now show that over 41,000 voter registration records cannot be reconciled with the data maintained b...

WILL Deputy Counsel Lucas Vebber appeared on The Jay Weber Show to discuss WILL's new letter to the USDOJ, which identified additional, serious concerns regarding the Wisconsin Election Commission’s maintenance of Wisconsin's statewide voter registration list. WILL's new findings now show that over 41,000 voter registration records cannot be reconciled with the data maintained by the W...