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- 1 2 Barbara Brandriff Crabb at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
- ↑ "Federal Judge Rules Day of Prayer Unconstitutional". Fox News. 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- ↑ Legal challenge to National Day of Prayer thrown out, The Christian Science Monitor
- ↑ Court Dismisses Challenge to National Day of Prayer, USA Today
- ↑ Doug Erickson (2013-11-23). "Judge strikes down law that gives clergy members tax-free housing allowances". Wisconsin State Journal. Retrieved 2013-11-02.
- ↑ Freedom From Religion Found., Inc. v. Lew, 983 F. Supp. 2d 1051 (W.D. Wis. 2013), vacated, 773 F.3d 815 (7th Cir. 2014).
- ↑ "Court overturns same-sex marriage ban". WISC-TV. 2014-06-06. Archived from the original on 2014-06-06. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ↑ Johnson, M.L. (June 7, 2014). "Gay couples rush to marry at Wisconsin courthouses". Associated Press. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Wolf v. Walker - 7th Circuit Court Opinion Affirming District Court Ruling". American Civil Liberties Union. Retrieved Oct 17, 2019.
- ↑ Michael Wines (22 November 2016). "Judges Find Wisconsin Redistricting Unfairly Favored Republicans". The New York Times . p. A1. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ de Vogue, Ariane (June 18, 2018). "Supreme Court sidesteps partisan gerrymandering cases, let maps stand for now". CNN . Retrieved June 18, 2018.
