Amy is a legal fellow in the Meese Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. Felon-in-possession cases will continue to present very real and pressing questions about the parameters of Heller’s “presumptively lawful” dicta. NSA Digital Archive / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
In January, the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a state statute permanently banning felons from possessing firearms.
The majority concluded that Wisconsin’s statute is substantially related to the government’s important interest in addressing gun violence.[
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has now joined a growing list of courts applying intermediate scrutiny to uphold lifetime bans on gun possession for non-violent felons.
Robert Snell
FBI
FBI released a photo of Karl Dreschâs Calumet home in court documents on Jan. 20.
Powerful friends are pushing for the release of an Upper Peninsula man accused of storming the Capitol, including a county sheriff unconcerned that FBI agents seized a cache of weapons from the convicted felon’s home.
Friends and supporters of Calumet resident Karl Dresch including Houghton County Sheriff Brian McLean wrote letters to a federal judge requesting that Dresch be freed on bond while awaiting trial along with hundreds of others charged in the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
Dresch is not violent or dangerous, the friends wrote, despite a criminal record for leading police on a 145 miles-per-hour chase through Wisconsin and Michigan in 2013 and even though the FBI seized weapons from his home in January.
Equality Act trashes truth and crushes conscience 04/03/2021 at 7:08 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
Equality Act trashes truth and crushes conscience
By Robert G. Marshall ( bio – articles – email ) | Mar 31, 2021
President Joe Biden and Speaker Nancy Pelosi want doctors and health care establishments to perform abortions and sex change operations, provide puberty blockers for minors, and assist at suicides even if private conscience and religious rights are violated. Presently, federal and state conscience laws protect doctors, nurses and health care establishments from having to comply with these immoral practices.
The Equality Act, HR 5, supported by Biden and Pelosi, will strip traditional protections from health care personnel and institutions resulting in legal action and loss of medical licenses.
Midwest Renewable Energy Association Files Lawsuit to Open Solar and Other Clean Energy Opportunities for Wisconsinites Earthjustice represents MREA to remove barriers preventing Wisconsinites from accessing the benefits of local clean energy development
Contacts
Nick Hylla, Executive Director, Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA), nickh@midwestrenew.org, (715) 592-6595, ext. 107 Stevens Point, WI
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin Circuit Court to remove barriers preventing Wisconsinites from accessing the benefits of local clean energy development. MREA’s filing asks the court to ensure that the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) sticks to regulating monopoly utility companies and does not illegally interfere with competitive clean energy alternatives for Wisconsin families and businesses.