Olson Speaks at National Taxpayers Conference

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Bill Olson was a speaker at the 2005 National Taxpayers Conference, sponsored by the National Taxpayers Union and National Taxpayers Union Foundation. The topic of his presentation was “Combatting Government Threats to Nonprofit Organizations.”

Enhancing Competition By Unbundling the Postal Administration

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Bill Olson co-authored a paper with postal economist Dr. John Haldi (of Haldi Associates, Inc.) entitled “Enhancing Competition By Unbundling the Postal Administration” which was published in Crew & Kleindorfer, Progress Toward Liberalization of the Postal and Delivery Sector, Springer Science+ Business Media, Inc., 2006, and presented at the Thirteenth Conference on Postal & Read More

Business Mailer’s Review Article Discussing Free Speech in the Mail

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The February 14, 2005 issue of the Business Mailer’s Review contains an article about a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit holding that prison inmates have a right to receive bulk mail that they had requested. This article also discusses the observations of Bill Olson, FSC Legal Co-Counsel, as to the possible application of the principle established in this case Read More

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.

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Postal Service Worksharing

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Proceedings from the Eleventh Conference on Postal Delivery and Economics in Toledo, Spain were published in booklet form containing a paper written by John Haldi and Bill Olson called “An Evaluation of USPS Worksharing: Postal Revenues and Costs from Workshared Activities.”

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Barrow County, Georgia — Ten Commandments Case

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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

Linda Chavez Radio Show

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Today Bill Olson was a guest on Linda Chavez’ syndicated radio show on Liberty Broadcasting to discuss the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the McCain-Feingold case.

 

Campaign Finance Laws: Incumbents’ Best Friends

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In this article, Larry Pratt, Executive Director of Gun Owners of America, discusses the Paul Plaintiffs’ constitutional challenge to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and how our freedom of the press arguments surfaced at oral argument through questions posed by various Supreme Court Justices.

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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