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“We’re not making it harder to get government assistance,” Walker told The Federalist in an interview. “We’re making it easier to get a job. And that’s really what it was all about was long-term employment, people pursuing their careers knowing that in the end … true freedom and prosperity don’t come from the clumsy hand of the government. They come from empowering people to control their own lives and set their own destinies through the dignity that comes from work.”

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Read WILL's new policy brief by Will Flanders here.

“Our law has the capacity, it has the avenues to respond, unfortunately those in power have chosen not to use them,” said Rick Esenberg, the firm’s president.

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The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty filed a motion for summary judgment in Lindoo v. Evers, a lawsuit filed in Polk County Circuit Court challenging Governor Tony Evers’s legal authority to issue multiple emergency declarations in response to COVID-19. A motion for summary judgment asks Judge Waterman to make a decision on the merits of the claims made in WILL’s lawsuit. Judge Waterman’s recent denial of an injunction on October 12, did not address the merits of all of the lawsuit’s claims.

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A new left-wing law firm opened up shop in Wisconsin. With so many comparisons being made to WILL, Rick Esenberg had the opportunity to weigh in on the new venture.

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