Milwaukee, WI, July 28, 2026 —

A lawsuit has been filed in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, targeting five administrators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The legal action, brought forth by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL), Young America’s Foundation, and Citizens Defending Liberty, contends that the university is unlawfully continuing to provide scholarships and grants based on race.

According to the plaintiffs, these race-based financial aid offerings are discriminatory and contravene the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The lawsuit emerges in the wake of a recent decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

That state supreme court ruling determined that certain undergraduate retention grants, specifically designated for minority students, were unconstitutional. This decision was reportedly influenced by the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 judgment regarding race-based considerations in college admissions.

The administrators named in the lawsuit are top officials within the University of Wisconsin-Madison system. The specific details regarding the amount of funding involved in the contested scholarships and grants, or the exact number of recipients, were not immediately available.

WILL, a public interest law firm, is representing the plaintiffs in this legal challenge. The organization advocates for constitutional principles and limited government. Young America’s Foundation is a conservative youth organization, and Citizens Defending Liberty is a group focused on civil liberties.

The lawsuit seeks to halt the university’s alleged practice of offering race-based scholarships and grants. The full impact of the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s previous ruling on the university’s broader financial aid programs remains a subject of ongoing discussion and interpretation.



Story summarized from the original created by Corrinne Hess, Wisconsin Watch on urbanmilwaukee.com, see more information here.

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