ONE WISCONSIN INSTITUTE, INC. v. NICHOL, 15-cv-324-jdp. (2015)
Court: District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Number: infdco20150818c39
Visitors: 20
Filed: Aug. 17, 2015
Latest Update: Aug. 17, 2015
Summary: ORDER JAMES D. PETERSON , District Judge . The Public Interest Legal Foundation, Inc. (PILF) has asked to participate as amicus curiae in this case. Dkt. 24. PILF states that it is a non-partisan public interest organization whose mission is to promote election integrity and to preserve state control over elections. PILF offers to marshal an array of election law experts, scholars, and practitioners to assist the court with this case. The court has the discretion to accept a brief from
Summary: ORDER JAMES D. PETERSON , District Judge . The Public Interest Legal Foundation, Inc. (PILF) has asked to participate as amicus curiae in this case. Dkt. 24. PILF states that it is a non-partisan public interest organization whose mission is to promote election integrity and to preserve state control over elections. PILF offers to marshal an array of election law experts, scholars, and practitioners to assist the court with this case. The court has the discretion to accept a brief from a..
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ORDER
JAMES D. PETERSON, District Judge.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation, Inc. (PILF) has asked to participate as amicus curiae in this case. Dkt. 24. PILF states that it is a non-partisan public interest organization whose mission is to promote election integrity and to preserve state control over elections. PILF offers to marshal an array of election law experts, scholars, and practitioners to assist the court with this case.
The court has the discretion to accept a brief from amicus curiae, if it would be helpful. Voices for Choices v. Ill. Bell Tel. Co., 339 F.3d 542, 544 (7th Cir. 2003). The court will decline PILF's offer. Wisconsin's Attorney General and its Department of Justice are quite capable of defending the state's election laws. If they wish to adduce expert evidence in support of their case, they may offer it. But the court would be reluctant to receive expert evidence on any legal question, no matter who offers it. Interpretation of the law is the province of the court, not of the parties or their experts.
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that Public Interest Legal Foundation, Inc.'s motion for leave to participate as amicus curiae, Dkt. 24, is DENIED.
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