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The Wisconsin State Capitol Police began ticketing protesters in the Capitol Rotunda last week for holding up signs without a permit.
Yesterday, two groups supporting racial and environmental justice filed a federal lawsuit in Madison, seeking to block the Wisconsin Department of Transportation from spending $1.7 billion to rebuild and expand Milwaukee's Zoo Interchange at the same time that public transit is being slashed.
MADISON, WI – Today the Supreme Court of the United States struck down three parts of Arizona’s anti-immigration law as unconstitutional.
MILWAUKEE, WI – Bayshore Town Center and the City of Glendale have acknowledged citizens’ First Amendment rights to picket and petition on the public sidewalks in front of the mall thanks to the advocacy of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin Foundation and volunteer attorneys.
The ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation will host an event featuring three Milwaukee area artists who have faced some form of censorship or limits on their expressive work. The “Eye of the Beholder: Censorship in Art from Eden to Milwaukee” event will be held on April 20, 2012.