In this article, we reviewed our arguments in the Supreme Court in King v. Burwell.
Jeremiah Morgan Testifies Before the Federal Election Commission
Today, on behalf of the Free Speech Coalition, Inc., the Free Speech Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and U.S. Justice Foundation Jeremiah Morgan of our firm testified before the Federal Election Commission at its Hearings on the McCutcheon v. FEC Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. (His testimony appears at 5:19:51 of the video.)
Herb Titus Speaking at CLE on Fourth Amendment
Today, Herb Titus spoke at a Conference on Eminent Domain and Land Value Litigation sponsored by the American Law Institute in San Francisco, California.
Herb’s topic was the reemergence of the private property principle in the Fourth Amendment, as reflected in two recent decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. In United States v. Jones and Jardines v. Florida, the Court ruled that the rights
Los Angeles v. Patel — Amicus Brief
Our firm filed yet another amicus curiae brief in our continuing effort to revitalize and extend the property basis of the Fourth Amendment. Here the case involved applying the Fourth Amendment to protect certain commercial records of hotels — guest registers.
Our brief was filed on behalf of Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, U.S. Justice Foundation, Lincoln Institute for Research
SCOTUS Again Asked to Rule on Presidential Candidate Eligibility
Richard Winger’s Ballot Access News covered our petition for certiorari filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of John Albert Dummer, Jr. and Edward C. Noonan.
World Net Daily Covers Dummett Noonan Petition for Certiorari
Bob Unruh discusses the legal issues involved in our Petition for Certiorari: “They argued a law requiring the secretary of state to put the names of ineligible candidates on the ballot would be unconstitutional. But the California judges shrugged, more or less said “So what?” and dismissed the case.”
SCOTUSBlog discusses our Brief in Rodriguez v. United States
SCOTUSblog published a preview of the oral argument in Rodriguez v. United States, and discussed our amicus brief:
“One amicus brief was filed in support of each side. While the parties avoid the question whether a dog sniff is a “search,” the U.S. Justice Foundation argues in support of Rodriguez that the Jardines and Jones decisions should call Caballes into question on this point,
Jackson v. City & County of San Francisco — Amicus Brief
Today, our firm filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a challenge to San Francisco’s gun storage and ammunition ordinances.
This decision comes as the latest in a long string of decisions wherein the lower federal courts simply have refused to implement the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Heller. As our amicus brief
Comments filed opposing FEC rulemaking after McCutcheon Decision
Today we filed comments in response to the Federal Election Commission notice in considering a petition for rulemaking. This petition asks the FEC to expand the definition of “federal office” to include a delegate to a constitutional convention for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
We explained that the FEC has no authority to expand the definition of “federal office”
John Albert Dummett, Jr. & Edward C. Noonan v. Alejandro Padilla — Petition for Certiorari
Today our firm filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari seeking U.S. Supreme Court Review of two decisions of the California Courts which held that the California Secretary of State had no duty to determine whether a candidate for President of the United States is eligible to serve, if elected, before placing his name on the official state election ballot.
Our Petition explains that Article II, Section
King v. Burwell (Obamacare, Round III) — Amicus Brief
Today, our firm filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in opposition the Obamacare healthcare “exchanges” created by the federal government contrary to the plain language of the statute.
The Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) authorized tax credits only for taxpayers who purchase qualified health insurance through an “Exchange” which was established by a state.
Article: American Thinker article mentions our Heien Brief
Mark Fitzgibbons article: “Lazy, Incompetent Bureaucrats Will Celebrate the Heien Decision for Years”.
Henderson v. United States — Amicus Brief
Tony Henderson was convicted in federal court of a felony drug crime. Before conviction, he had voluntarily turned over his firearms to the FBI. After conviction, knowing that, as a felon, he could no longer legally possess firearms under 18 U.S.C. Section 922(g)(1), Henderson sold his firearms to a third party. Henderson then asked the FBI to transfer his firearms to that eligible third party buyer.
Second Amendment Under Assault In Maryland–Here’s How We Are Fighting Back
Discusses our brief in Kolbe v. Hogan (nee O’Malley)
Herb Titus Interviewed At Bryan College
Herb Titus spoke at a convocation at Bryan College, and afterwards was interviewed by Bryan College President Steve Livesay.
Wall Street Journal Article mentions our von NotHaus Brief
Today, in an article in The Wall Street Journal entitled “A Monetary Gadfly in an Age of Fiat Money,” Seth Lipsky discusses the amicus briefs we filed for GATA in the government’s case against Bernard vonNotHaus.
“These matters were considered by Judge Voorhees, who has been presiding in the von NotHaus case. They were raised most pointedly in an amicus brief by the Gold
Duke Law Review Article on HIPPA Mentions our Work
Our comments on behalf of Gun Owners America, Inc. to the Department of Health and Human Services on proposed HIPPA rules were cited in an article by Stephanie E. Pearl, “HIPPA: Caught in the Cross Fire,” published in the Duke University Law Journal, vol. 64, no. 3, p. 559, 565, n. 39 (2014).
Rodriguez v. United States — Amicus Brief
Today, our firm filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, urging that the Fourth Amendment be applied to all searches and seizures of automobiles. We asked the Court to leave no latitude for judges to compromise away the constitutionally-protected civil liberties of Americans to serve the “needs” of law enforcement.
In Rodriguez,
Kolbe v. O’Malley — Amicus brief
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the Second Amendment protected every citizen’s right to “keep and bear arms” in its 2008 Heller decision, lower federal courts have sought to evade the application of that rule. That pattern is now continuing in Maryland where a district judge has upheld the Maryland 2013 Firearms Safety Act (“Act”) which bans (i) so-called “assault weapons”
Comments filed with the FEC on Definition of “Federal Office”
Today we filed comments in response to the Federal Election Commission notice in considering a petition for rulemaking. This petition asks the FEC to expand the definition of “federal office” to include a delegate to a constitutional convention for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
We explained that the FEC has no authority to expand the definition of “federal office”
Article: World Net Daily covers our Heien Brief
Bob Unruh article “Lawsuit: Ignorance of Law no excuse for Cops”.