FIRST FREEDOMS FOUNDATION is a non-profit 501(c)(3) legal foundation protecting historic civil liberties and constitutional principles in Wisconsin through public interest litigation and education. FFF's primary focus is the State of Wisconsin and the United States 7th Circuit, but is active in other states and circuits and the Supreme Court in selected cases.

American civilization and our heritage of "ordered liberty" depend on historic rights and responsibilities reflected in the federal and state constitutions.  FFF represents individuals and organizations defending those rights and responsibilities in five core areas:  free speech and election law, religious liberty, education, economic liberty and property rights, and family integrity.

CORE GOALS:

• Defend historic freedoms and constitutional principles in court.
• Provide public education about constitutional rights and principles, the impact of judicial branch and court decisions, and the critical importance of judicial elections and appointments.
  

CURRENT ACTIONS PENDING: 

The James Madison and First Freedoms Foundation won a critical victory for free speech on February 17, 2009. Read the rest of the story here.

Hands Off Our Land!  Including the Model 'Coordinated Land Use Plan' Resolution

Gresbach v Michael C., US Supreme Court, Case No. 08-220

FREEDOM CORNER:

"Let me say a word here that may sound political.  I hope not, because I believe it’s moral and biblical.  You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the industrious out of it.  You don’t multiply wealth by dividing it.  Government cannot give anything to anybody that it doesn’t first take from somebody else.

Whenever somebody receives something without working for it, somebody else has to work for it without receiving.  The worst thing that can happen to a nation is for half of the people to get the idea they don’t have to work because somebody else will work for them, and the other half to get the idea that it does no good to work because they don’t get to enjoy the fruit of their labor."

Adrian Rogers, Ten Secrets for a Successful Family: A Perfect 10 for Homes that Win.  Crossway Books, 1998, p. 138).