First Amendment
Attorneys Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss our amicus brief filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Roake v. Brumley, supporting a Louisiana law requiring public schools to display a copy of the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
Attorneys Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss our amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin and nonprofit organizations’ right under the First Amendment to not disclose donor records to government agencies or officials.
Attorneys Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss our amicus brief in National Religious Broadcasters v. IRS, at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. This brief argues that the Johnson Amendment, a 1952 modification to the Internal Revenue Code (IRC)
For a discussion of this case, see Law Matters Episode 29.
For a discussion of this case, see Law Matters Episode 28.
The Committee is considering a proposed amendment to Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure (“FRAP”) Rule 29, which would make it more difficult for interested parties to file amicus briefs. In our comments, signed by 26 non-profit organizations, we argue that federal judges and the federal rules are not above the Constitution, and the proposed rules would violate amici’s First Amendment rights
Attorneys Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss our U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief in Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, supporting Texas’ age verification law to protect children from explicit material on pornographic websites.
For a discussion of this case, see Law Matters Episode 13
Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss our Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District amicus brief at the Sixth Circuit. In this case, a school district is censoring the free speech rights of students by banning the use of pronouns reflective of the biological sex of another student and compelling the use of other students’ preferred pronouns.
Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discus the constitutionality of the Corporate Transparency Act and our Amicus brief in Hotze v. U.S. Department of Treasury.
For a discussion of this case, see Law Matters Episode 12
For a discussion of this case, see Law Matters Episode 9
Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss “standing” and our Amicus brief in the Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. v. Biden case at the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.