U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Public Interest Legal Foundation, Inc. v. Meagan Wolfe
August 19, 2026
Summary
The court affirmed dismissal of the Foundation's challenge to Wisconsin's exemption from the National Voter Registration Act. It held that the exemption does not violate equal-state-sovereignty principles because it relieves, rather than imposes, federal regulatory burdens on states whose registration systems align with federal policy. It also held that the congruence-and-proportionality test does not apply because Congress enacted the Act under the Elections Clause, not Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment.