News and Updates

OPINION | The Pronoun Police Come for Middle Schoolers

WILL President and General Counsel, Rick Esenberg, and Deputy Counsel, Luke Berg, highlight WILL's involvement in defense of three middle school boys who are being subject to a Title IX complaint and investigation for using 'incorrect pronouns' when referencing a classmate. They write in The Wall Street Journal, "We hope Kiel is an outlier, but it may not be... The Biden administration is about to unveil its long-awaited update to Title IX regulations and, given the president’s pronouncement that transgender discrimination is the civil-rights issue of our time, it wouldn’t be surprising if the new rules call for the policing of pronouns. All of this may soon be coming to a school near you."

Luke Berg and Kiel Family Talk Title IX and Pronouns with Laura Ingraham

WILL Attorney, Kiel Family Talk Title IX Pronoun Controversy With Laura Ingraham

WILL Deputy Counsel, Luke Berg, and Kiel parent, Rose Rabidoux, and her son, Braden, joined Laura Ingraham for an interview on Fox News. WILL issued a letter to the Kiel Area School District urging the district to drop a Title IX complaint and investigation against three middle school boys who are accused of sexual harassment for "mispronouning" a classmate.

Watch The Interview

WILL to Argue Critical Parental Rights Case at Wisconsin Supreme Court

WILL Deputy Counsel, Luke Berg, will participate in Wisconsin Supreme Court oral arguments in Doe v. Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD), a critical parental rights case brought on behalf of a group of district parents. WILL and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the case in Dane County Circuit Court in 2020 after MMSD adopted policies that allow children of any age to transition to a different gender identity at school without parental consent and even instructed district employees to deceive parents about the transition.

---> Watch the oral arguments Tuesday May 24, at 11:00 am on Wisconsin Eye.

OPINION | Who is a Person?

WILL Deputy Counsel, Dan Lennington, writes in The American Mind about the profound legal, constitutional, and moral questions that will face Americans in a post-Roe society. Namely, who is a person?

OPINION | Wisconsin Not Meeting Demand for Charter Schools

WILL Research Director, Will Flanders, writes in The Cap Times on the baffling policy decisions made by the Biden and Evers administrations to squeeze and curb the growth of charter schools.

STUDY | Voting With Their Feet: Economic Freedom and Migration in Wisconsin

A new WILL study finds that economic policy is a key driver of migration flows; with Wisconsin gaining 65,000 new residents from states that rank low for economic freedom, while losing nearly 38,000 to states that rank high for economic freedom. The study examines state-level migration during a five-year period from 2015-19, and metro area migration from 2010-15.