McCreary (Ten Commandments) U.S. Supreme Court Case Amicus Brief Filed

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Today we filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of :
Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund,
Joyce Meyer Ministries,
Committee to Protect the Family Foundation,
Lincoln Institute for Research and Education,
American Heritage Party,
Public Advocate of the United States,
Radio Liberty, and
Spiritual Counterfeits Project, Read More

FSC Comments to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance

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On behalf of the Free Speech Coalition, we submitted post-hearing comments to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance relating to its staff report and June 22, 2004 hearings on “Charity Oversight and Reform: Keeping Bad Things from Happening to Good Charities.” The comments point out shortcomings of many of the proposed solutions contained in the discussion draft.

Link to comments

Barrow County, Georgia — Ten Commandments Case

admin Constitutional Law, U. S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia

Our firm has been retained to represent Barrow County Georgia and the Chairman of its Board of Commissioners, in a case challenging their right to allow a citizen to display the Ten Commandments in a county building.

Today the Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint and to Strike Plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction as well as a supporting Memorandum of Law. Read More

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act — U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument

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With 12 consolidated cases challenging the constitutionality of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, and only four appellant lawyers permitted to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court today, we were not permitted to present our case to the Court except through our written briefs.

We were pleased, however, that three of the issues which we litigated were repeatedly addressed during the oral argument Read More

FEC Challenge — Response in Opposition to Allocation of Oral Argument TIme Proposed by Certain Appellants

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Today we filed our Response of Appellants, Congressman Ron Paul, et al., in Opposition to Allocation of Oral Argument Time Proposed in Motion for Divided Argument of Certain Aligned Appellants. We previously asked the Supreme Court for 20 minutes of the four-hour oral argument time, while certain other appellants asked that we, and a few other appellants including the NRA, be given none of Read More

Coalition for Postal Worksharing Final Comments to the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service

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Our firm submitted final comments to the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service, on behalf of the Coalition for Postal Worksharing, urging the Commission to endorse worksharing and private sector competition by: (i) requiring the Postal Service to charge separate rates for workshared services that are sufficient to cover the cost of providing those services; and (ii) subjecting Read More

John Geddes Lawrence and Tyron Garner v. State of Texas

admin Constitutional Law, U. S. Supreme Court

Our firm filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of Public Advocate of the United States, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, Help and Caring Ministries, Inc., and Citizens United Foundation in support of the State of Texas urging the Court to uphold the the Texas Homosexual Conduct Statute.

Petitioners challenging the Texas Read More

Free Speech Coalition Comments to the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service

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Our firm submitted comments to the President’s Commission on the U.S. Postal Service, on behalf of the Free Speech Coalition, Inc., addressing (i) the Postal Service’s belief that it is the final authority with respect to most of its administrative decisions, refusing to have those decisions reviewed by anyone, even by a federal court, and (ii) the danger of granting governmental powers Read More