WILL Defends Public School Counselor Fired for Speech that Denounced Gender Ideology at a Public Rally

On behalf of Marissa Darlingh, a former school counselor at Allen-Field Elementary School in the Milwaukee Public School District (MPS), WILL filed a federal lawsuit against certain MPS employees for firing Ms. Darlingh for her First Amendment protected speech.

In late September, MPS fired Ms. Darlingh because of remarks she gave at a feminist rally in Madison last April. The former counselor spoke at the event to express her view about the harms to children from certain aspects of “gender identity ideology.”

🗯 WILL Deputy Counsel, Luke Berg, said, “The District has blatantly violated Ms. Darlingh’s First Amendment rights. Firing her for expressing her views on such an important subject is not only inexcusable, but unconstitutional.”

📰 Read about WILL's lawsuit in FoxNews, Wisconsin Public Radio, and Wisconsin Spotlight. 

🎙 Listen to the news on The Vicki McKenna Show (starting at 43:21).

WILL Demands Wisconsin Elections Commission to Adhere to State Law

On behalf of Robert Pellegrini, a registered Wisconsin voter and taxpayer, WILL filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Elections Commission (WEC) challenging WEC’s abdication of its duties to investigate and decide complaints against local election officials. Instead of the six WEC Commissioners deciding those complaints, they have delegated the responsibility to staff.

🗯 WILL Deputy Counsel, Lucas Vebber, said, “It’s absolutely absurd that the Wisconsin Elections Commission repeatedly refuses to take accountability. According to state law, it is the Commission’s responsibility as a whole to respond to such complaints, not to assign the duty to another.”

📰 Read about this recent lawsuit in The Center Square.

🎙 Listen to the news on The Vicki McKenna Show (starting at 9:58).

RECORDED EVENT | The Path Ahead of Education in WI



Last week, WILL Director of Education Policy, Libby Sobic, spoke as a panelist representing education reform for a program called "So Now What? The Path Ahead for Education in Wisconsin and the Nation." The event was held at Eckstein Hall at the Marquette Law School. She discussed the outcomes of this upcoming election cycle, explained the declining test scores from pre-pandemic times, and addressed where the state of Wisconsin education now stands.

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