“The Trace” Commentary on GOALS Summit in Knoxville

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“The Trace,” a website describing itself as “the only newsroom dedicated to reporting on gun violence,” covered the recent Gun Owners Advocacy and Leadership Summit in Knoxville.  The story stated:

“Many at the summit saw Harris as a threat to the continued vitality of that deterrent, not least because of her perceived determination to confiscate guns. Rallying gun Read More

Article: Virginia’s “Assault Weapons” Ban Draws Immediate Legal Fire — in State and Federal Court

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“The complaint is signed by attorneys from three Virginia firms:  David G. Browne of Spiro & Browne in Glen Allen; Robert J. and William J. Olson of William J. Olson, P.C. in Vienna; and Oliver M. Krawczyk and Gilbert Ambler of Ambler Law Offices in Winchester.  This team is not new to this theory or this courtroom posture.  Olson, Browne, and Ambler worked Read More

Epoch Times Article Highlights America’s Future Amicus Briefs

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With Flynn Family at Helm, Conservative Nonprofit Leads Revamped Advocacy Mission

The nonprofit organization has filed dozens of amicus briefs in federal courts this year, backing President Donald Trump in several key constitutional battles.

Ryan Morgan 12/16/2025

…After Flynn and O’Neill took the helm at America’s Future in 2021, they soon decided that submitting amicus briefs in active Read More

People article: “Conservative Lawyer Pitched Trump Plans to Overturn 2020 Presidential Election: ‘Your Solemn Duty'”

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“While Trump, 76, was at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, on Christmas Day 2020, conservative lawyer William J. Olson promoted several extreme ideas to the then-president over the phone, The New York Times reported.  Olson, who later conceded his plans, revealed that they included tampering with the Justice Read More

Raw Story article: “Right-wing lawyer advised Trump to use ‘martial law’ in effort to overturn election”

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“…around Christmas day in 2020 Donald Trump spoke on the phone with a right-wing lawyer for advice on using martial law as a mechanism to overturn the presidential election results…. ‘The lawyer, William J. Olson, was promoting extreme ideas to the president that Mr. Olson later conceded could be regarded as tantamount to declaring “martial law” and could even Read More

Documents Obtained through our FOIA Lawsuit for Citizens United Reveal new Biden Corruption

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This in-depth article by Fox News states: “In an email released to Citizens United on Thursday as part of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) filing, and obtained by Fox News, former deputy assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eastern Europe George Kent wrote to a number of Obama administration officials about a meeting he had with Ukrainian prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko in September 2016 about Blue Star Strategies. ”

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Courthouse News Article Reports on Our Brief for AG Meese for Gen. Flynn

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The Courthouse News Article began its coverage of our brief with this:  ” Edwin Meese, former attorney general under President Ronald Reagan, filed his own brief along with the Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund in support of Flynn. The conservatives’ brief highlights an indelible moment between Flynn and Sullivan in 2018, when the judge said to the defendant in open court, “Arguably, you sold your country out.”  Meese argued that the motion to dismiss was unusual, but not extraordinary, and that it is Attorney General William Barr’s responsibility to “terminate a baseless prosecution in the interest of justice.”

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Article: “Sixth Circuit Hears Debate Over Legality of Bump Stocks”

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L-R: Rob Olson and Erich Pratt.

L-R: Rob Olson and Erich Pratt.

Today, Rob Olson presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in our continuing litigation against ATF’s bump stock regulation issued in December 2018. The issue today before the court was the correctness of District Judge Paul Maloney’s ruling denying our motion for a preliminary injunction against the regulation. This article in CourthouseNews discusses the oral argument.

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