IRG Court Watch

IRG Court Watch

How do Wisconsin’s courts impact you?

What about your family, children’s school, and work?

The Institute for Reforming Government’s Court Watch initiative will track the activity of Wisconsin Courts and inform the public on their importance. From decisions on election laws, to school choice, to regulations impacting our freedoms, the courts play a crucial role in our everyday lives. Often overlooked, the courts have a quiet but giant role in nearly everything we do, yet most Wisconsinites are unaware of what they do or who even sits on the various benches.

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Wisconsin faces a crossroads. An activist Supreme Court will turn Wisconsin into Minnesota or Illinois. This threatens our commonsense reforms like voter ID, Act 10, and school choice. Judges in Wisconsin have a direct impact on individuals, families, businesses, and schools in our state. Despite the immense power possessed by the courts, the judicial branch is the least understood by voters. That’s why I am excited that the Institute for Reforming Government is launching Court Watch! This will help educate the public about the powers of the judicial branch. These efforts are key to the conservative comeback in the Badger State.

Gov. Scott Walker
Scott Walker
45th Governor of Wisconsin
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Wisconsinites need significant oversight on Wisconsin’s least understood branch. Voters in my district know all too well the effect the judiciary can have on our daily lives. By helping the public understand the activity of the courts, the Institute for Reforming Government is ensuring accountability and transparency from the judicial branch.

Rep. Tom Tiffany
WI-7
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I am grateful for like-minded conservative organizations like IRG who care about the future of Wisconsin. Because we live, work, pay taxes and raise our families here, we all have a vested interest in succeeding. I strongly support IRG’s Court Watch initiative and their efforts to Make Wisconsin Great Again.

Meg Ellefson
Meg Ellefson
host of the Meg Ellefson show on WSAU

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Much of the work of the courts is veiled behind legal jargon and procedure. IRG’s Court Watch project aims to empower Wisconsinites with the knowledge of what the courts can do or have already done. Court Watch will offer oversight on Wisconsin’s judicial branch, scrutinizing its decisions and raising awareness on what it may do next.

Learn more about Wisconsin’s courts below:

The Act 10 fight: Wisconsin legislative reforms at risk

The Act 10 fight: Wisconsin legislative reforms at risk

In July, as Wisconsinites prepared for Fourth of July celebrations, Dane County Judge Jacob Frost issued a decision in Abbotsford Education Association v. WERC, marking another challenge to Act 10 passed in 2011.