{"id":1953,"date":"2023-04-06T21:12:56","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T21:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1953"},"modified":"2023-04-06T21:56:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T21:56:59","slug":"from-the-desk-of-rick-esenberg-a-message-on-tuesday-nights-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=1953","title":{"rendered":"From the Desk of Rick Esenberg: A message on Tuesday night\u2019s election results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/from-the-desk-of-rick-esenberg-a-message-on-tuesday-nights-election-results\/\">https:\/\/will-law.org\/from-the-desk-of-rick-esenberg-a-message-on-tuesday-nights-election-results\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<div>Elections ebb and flow, but there are no permanent victories or defeats in politics. No matter who wins or loses, the Constitution must remain our lodestar.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>We, at WILL,\u00a0continue to stand for constitutionally-limited government and respect for our Constitution\u2019s separation of power.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>We will defend the rule of law and the equality of each individual before it. <\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>We will fight for individual liberty and the freedom of civil society.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Politics will wax and wane, but WILL\u2019s mission and guiding principles remain paramount to preserving liberty in Wisconsin and across the country.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>I am asking\u00a0<em>every<\/em>\u00a0WILL donor and supporter to consider what is at stake now that the progressive left controls not only the executive offices in Wisconsin and D.C., the Attorney General\u2019s Office in Wisconsin and D.C., but now, also the Supreme Court of Wisconsin.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The left has already begun bragging of how they will \u201cundo\u201d Act 10, the congressional district maps, and every other hard-fought win that we achieved in the first place. They will start in Wisconsin and go on from here. We cannot let them succeed.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>WILL is the only organization strategically poised to take them head-on\u00a0again, using both our litigation and policy forces.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>We need\u00a0<strong>everyone<\/strong>\u00a0on our side to get into the ring! Let\u2019s defeat their agenda, together.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>In liberty!<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_team_member et_pb_team_member_0 clearfix  et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_image et-waypoint et_pb_animation_off\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"604\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Rick-Photo.jpeg\" alt=\"Rick Esenberg\" class=\"wp-image-11260\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_team_member_description\">\n<h4 class=\"et_pb_module_header\">Rick Esenberg<\/h4>\n<p class=\"et_pb_member_position\">President and General Counsel<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>rick@will-law.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"et_pb_member_social_links\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rickesenberg\" class=\"et_pb_font_icon et_pb_twitter_icon\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_1\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\">\n<div>The work we do would not be possible without the generosity of our donors; we are a tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization that receives no public funds. As a non-profit and non-partisan organization, we litigate in the areas of equality under the law, property rights, the freedom to earn a living, voting rights, regulation, taxation, school choice, and religious freedom. As an educational organization, we strive to advance the debate concerning law and public policy in these and other areas.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Please consider\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/interland3.donorperfect.net\/weblink\/weblink.aspx?name=E353511&amp;id=1\" href=\"https:\/\/interland3.donorperfect.net\/weblink\/weblink.aspx?name=E353511&amp;id=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">making a donation<\/a>\u00a0to defend freedom.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper  et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_light\" href=\"https:\/\/form-renderer-app.donorperfect.io\/give\/wisconsin-institute-for-law-and-liberty\/will-donation-template\">Make a Donation<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\/from-the-desk-of-rick-esenberg-a-message-on-tuesday-nights-election-results\/\">From the Desk of Rick Esenberg: A message on Tuesday night\u2019s election results<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/will-law.org\">Wisconsin Institute for Law &amp; Liberty<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/will-law.org\/from-the-desk-of-rick-esenberg-a-message-on-tuesday-nights-election-results\/ Elections ebb and flow, but there are no permanent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-will"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1953"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1955,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1953\/revisions\/1955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}