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UMLC Files Lawsuit Challenging New Minnesota Voting Law

The Upper Midwest Law Center, on behalf of plaintiffs Minnesota Voters Alliance, Mary Amlaw, Ken Wendling, and Tim Kirk, filed a lawsuit challenging the recently passed voting law in Minnesota. The plaintiffs argue that the new statute exceeds the authority granted to the state legislature under the Minnesota State Constitution.

UMLC Secures Two Victories in COVID-19 Unemployment Cases and Prepares for Supreme Court Appeal in One

The Upper Midwest Law Center celebrates two significant victories in unemployment cases before the Minnesota Court of Appeals (COA). The court ruled in favor of Mitchel Benish and Rachel Millington in Benish v. Berkley Risk Administrators Trust Company, LLC and Millington v. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, respectively, reversing the denial of unemployment benefits and recognizing their religious beliefs as valid grounds for declining to comply with their employers’ COVID-19 vaccination policies.

Minnesota Law Weekly | Episode 21: Minnesota Supreme Court Ruling Protects Election Integrity

In the twenty-first episode of Minnesota Law Weekly, James Dickey, Senior Trial Counsel for the Upper Midwest Law Center, shares news of the crucial ruling in favor of the Upper Midwest Law Center. Hear about the legal battle that challenged the Secretary of State’s absentee ballot processing rule, and find out which unconstitutional laws passed by the Minnesota Legislature UMLC is planning to fight in court.

UMLC Receives Victory in Election Integrity Lawsuit

Minnesota Supreme Court ruled largely in favor of the Upper Midwest Law Center’s challenge to the Secretary of State’s absentee ballot processing rule, which the Secretary had interpreted as allowing virtually any signature to satisfy the statute’s signature match requirement for absentee ballots. The Upper Midwest Law Center represented the Minnesota Voters Alliance and three absentee ballot board members in the case.

Minnesota Law Weekly | Episode 20: New Election Law Limits Free Speech, Protects Unions

Watch the twentieth episode of Minnesota Law Weekly. Governor Walz’s recently signed HF/SF 3 into law, which allows felons to vote before they have completed their sentences, gives Attorney General Keith Ellison the power to sue citizens for what he deems as false speech and shuts down corporate political donations but exempts DFL-friendly labor unions. 

Minnesota Law Weekly | Episode 19: Concerning Developments in Education Bill

Watch the nineteenth episode of Minnesota Law Weekly. The legislature has been moving fast and furious in both houses of the legislature to fundamentally change major Minnesota laws and policies. Education law has not been spared that treatment, as bills are passed granting money based only on race and requiring CRT in Minnesota schools as a fundamental principle in our education standards and curricula.