Brendan Fischer

Brendan Fischer is the director of Campaign Legal Center’s Federal Reform Program. Follow him on Twitter: @brendan_fischer.

News Analysis

As Walker Announces, Wisconsin GOP Moves to Gut Open Records Law

The unprecedented proposal would give lawmakers authority to hide the special interests who are working to influence legislation.

By: Brendan Fischer ,; PRWatch

July 6, 2015

News Analysis

Divide-and-Conquer Walker Thinks Equal Pay Is Divisive

He claimed equal pay “pits one group of Americans versus another.”

By: Brendan Fischer ,; PRWatch

June 26, 2015

News Analysis

Politics & Elections

Scott Walker’s Wisconsin: A Laboratory for Oligarchs

The impact of Walker's ALEC-inspired agenda has been less than rosy.

By: Brendan Fischer ,; PRWatch

June 16, 2015

News Analysis

Scott Walker: Men Can Sue if a Woman Gets an Abortion, but Women Can’t Sue for Pay Discrimination

Walker says women will “clog up the legal system.”

By: Brendan Fischer ,; PRWatch

June 5, 2015

News Analysis

Politics & Elections

Scott Walker: The First ALEC President?

If Walker is successful in his presidential bid, he would be the first ALEC alum to take the oval office.

By: Brendan Fischer &; Mary Bottari ,; PRWatch

June 4, 2015

News Analysis

Politics & Elections

GOP Prosecutor Defends Scott Walker Criminal Probe; Says, “Let’s Get the Truthout“

Two career prosecutors just called Scott Walker a liar, and not a single national newspaper took notice.

By: Mary Bottari &; Brendan Fischer ,; PRWatch

May 6, 2015

News Analysis

Politics & Elections

Koch Brothers Declare: “Scott Walker Is Our Man“

Has Scott Walker won the Koch primary?

By: Mary Bottari &; Brendan Fischer ,; PRWatch

April 21, 2015

News

Tony Robinson Killing Highlights Wisconsin’s Racial Inequities

After the killing of Tony Robinson, Madison's problems can no longer be ignored.

By: Brendan Fischer ,; PRWatch

March 13, 2015

News Analysis

Rumors of the Walker Probe’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

To adapt the Mark Twain quote, rumors of the John Doe's death have been greatly exaggerated.

By: Brendan Fischer ,; PRWatch

February 8, 2015

News

Republicans Call for Imposing ALEC Zones on Poorest Neighborhoods of Milwaukee

Two suburban Wisconsin lawmakers have unveiled an economic development plan directly from a right-wing playbook.

By: Brendan Fischer ,; PRWatch

February 4, 2015

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