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Will Illegal Aliens Decide Who Will Be America's Next President?
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November 9, 2000
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U.S. Border Control has asked our firm to review the Florida election results carefully to determine whether a challenge can be made to the votes cast in certain Florida precincts in order to document the scope of voting by non-citizens. The press release gives more details.
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The Art of Presidential Usurpation
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November 2000
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Bill Olson co-authored an article on executive orders, "The Art of Presidential Usurpation," that was published in the November 2000 issue of USA Today magazine.
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Browner, et al. v. American Trucking Associations, et al.
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September 11, 2000
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Our firm filed an amicus curiae brief in this case, which comes on a petition for a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, where a bare majority ruled that Section 109 of the clean air act violated Article I, Section 1, of the United States Constitution which vests legistlative power in Congress. The case generated a number of opinions, the majority insisting that there were still meaningful constitutional limits on Congressional delegation of powers, and the dissent contending that the doctrine was no longer taken seriously as a limit on Congressional power.
This case provides an opportunity for the Supreme Court to breathe new life into its doctrine prohibiting the unconstitutional delegation of legislative power, which has been virtually unenforced since the early New Deal.
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State of North Dakota v, Family Life Services, Inc., et al. (Opinion)
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August 31, 2000
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Today, the Supreme Court of North Dakota unanimously reversed a Cass County District Court order that would have dismantled and reconstituted the board of directors of Family Life Services, a Christian pro-life ministry in the Fargo-Morehead community. North Dakota's high court ruled that the lower court's order turning Family Life Services over to persons whose religious views met with the approval of the trial judge violated Family Life Services' First Amendment rights of freedom of religion.
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ATA v. Giani
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May 15, 2000
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Our firm filed the brief of Free Speech Defense and Education Fund as amici curiae in support of petitioner in American Target Advertising, Inc. v. Francine A. Giani, Division Director, Utah Division of Consumer Protection in the United States Supreme Court. The brief argues that Utah's Charitable Solicitations Act is unconstitutional. The Free Speech Defense and Education Fund was joined by 47 co-amici.
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Boy Scout Brief (on the Merits)
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February 28, 2000
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Our firm filed a second brief in the United States Supreme Court in the Boy Scout case — this time after certiorari was granted — on the merits of the Boy Scouts' arguments for reversal.
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State of North Dakota v. Family Life Services, Inc., et al.
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February 22, 2000
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Our firm was retained as appellate counsel for a nonprofit, pro-life organization under attack by the Attorney General of North Dakota.
This brief explains the circumstances of the case, as well as the statutory and constitutional issues involved in overreaching by the Attorney General and the North Dakota trial court.
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Chenoweth, et al. v. Clinton, et al.
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January 6, 2000
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On December 30, 1999, we filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of eight members of Congress (Hon. John T. Doolittle, Hon. George Radanovich, Hon. Tom Tancredo, Hon. Bob Stump, Hon. Barbara Cubin, Hon. Tom A. Coburn, Hon. Wally Herger, and Hon. John E. Perterson) and four nonprofit organizations (Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, Gun Owners Foundation, Citizens United Foundation, and Concerned Women for America).
We believe we gave the Supreme Court good reasons to find that Representatives Chenoweth, Schaffer, Young, and Pombo have standing to challenge the constitutionality of President Clinton's American Heritage Rivers initiative. A victory in this case would be an important step toward obtaining judicial review of unconstitutional Executive Orders generally. (On March 6, 2000, the Supreme Court denied the petition for certiorari.)
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