I wish I had more time to analyze and write about this, but let's just say it was a good day for the Wisconsin chapter of the ACLU.
In addition to granting a 10 day injunction barring enforcement of Wisconsin's brand-new abortion restrictions (you can read about that in Puddytat's recommended diary), the same federal judge issued a preliminary injunction barring Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's administration from "(1) distinguishing based on the content of the speech between “rallies” and other events for permitting purposes inside the Capitol and (2) enforcing the permit requirement for gatherings expected to draw 20 or fewer persons inside the Capitol rotunda itself."
The plaintiff, Michael Kissick, assisted by the ACLU and Madison attorney Steven Porter, had filed a lawsuit claiming that Kissick's free speech rights were being restrained by a recently revised, more restrictive access policy requiring citizens to obtain permits to express their views inside the Wisconsin Capitol rotunda. The judge determined Kissick is likely to prevail on some of his arguments when the case goes to a full trial.