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O’Keefe v. Chisholm

In October of 2013 Wisconsin prosecutors, using the state’s John Doe statute that bars subpoena targets from disclosing the contents of the subpoena’s, launched a series of SWAT-style pre-dawn raids on conservative groups that participated in the debate over the governor’s union reforms. The raids sparked the lawsuit, O’Keefe v. Chisholm. The case is currently before the United States Supreme Court awaiting an order granting certiorari.

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Amicus Brief On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari

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National Review: Wisconsin’s Shame: Rogue DA Breaks His Silence; Threatens Critics with Prosecution, By David French
Wall Street Journal: Wisconsin Goes to the Supremes, Editorial
National Review: Wisconsin’s Shame: ‘I Thought It Was a Home Invasion,’ By David French
National Review: Government by Intimidation, By George Will
National Review: A Partisan Probe Defeated, By Christian Schneider
Wall Street Journal: Wisconsin Political Speech Raid, Editorial
Center for Competitive Politics: Investigations as a Substitute for Suppression, By Brad Smith
Wall Street Journal: Wisconsin Political Speech Victory, Editorial
National Review: Wisconsin Prosecutors’ Attack on the First Amendment Gets to the Seventh Circuit, By Hans A. von Spakovsky
Watchdog.org: First Amendment big guns back targets of John Doe probe, By MD Kittle
Watchdog.org: In John Doe Land, the left doesn’t illegally coordinate, By MD Kittle
Forbes: Wisconsin’s Progressive Police State Betrays Campaign Finance Folly, By Ilya Shapiro
Wisconsin Reporter: Conservative groups ask U.S. Supreme Court to defend rights of John Doe targets, By M.D. Kittle

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O’Keefe v. Chisholm

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