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Bryna Godar in the Associated Press: Staff Attorney Godar explains how Elon Musk’s cash offers to Wisconsin voters still carry legal risk even if the offer is later changed.
Bryna Godar and Rob Yablon in the Guardian: Staff Attorney Godar and Faculty Co-Director Yablon explore the stakes behind Wisconsin’s record-breaking Supreme Court race.
Rob Yablon in Votebeat: Faculty Co-Director Yablon discusses the legal implications of Elon Musk’s offers of cash payments to Wisconsin voters.
Bryna Godar in the New York Times: Staff Attorney Godar explains how Elon Musk’s million dollar offer to voters runs afoul of WI election bribery laws.
Bryna Godar in Wisconsin Watch: Staff Attorney Godar discusses how cash offers from Elon Musk to Wisconsinites may violate state laws.
Bryna Godar in The Hill: Staff Attorney Godar provides the context behind the record-breaking spending in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court – Baxter v. Philadelphia Board of Elections Amicus Brief Filed
PDF Available Here On March 28, the State Democracy Research Initiative’s faculty co-directors Miriam Seifter and Rob Yablon filed an amicus brief with five other legal scholars in Baxter v. Philadelphia Board of Elections, a …
Explainer: Wisconsin Supreme Court Set to Consider Fate of “Mini Legislature”
Derek Clinger, Senior Staff Attorney PDF Available Here Published: March 25, 2025 In recent decades, the Wisconsin Legislature has increasingly empowered legislative committees, rather than its full membership, to wield control over state agencies and …