Law Matters — Episode 20

ddavies Appearances, Constitutional Law

Attorneys Alicia Kutzer and Bill Olson discuss our Amicus brief filed at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in United States of America v Eric Adams, the Biden Administration Department of Justice’s politically-motivated prosecution against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, which President Trump’s administration is now trying to dismiss.

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Trump v. United States — Amicus Brief

Jeremiah Morgan Constitutional Law, U. S. Supreme Court

Today, our firm filed an amicus brief in support of the President having immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts taken while in office. Our amicus brief explained that the Constitution provides for impeachment of the President, and there are other principles which support the immunity of the President. Allowing criminal prosecution results in specious charges such as the ones in this Read More

Morehouse v. ATF — Petition for Rehearing En Banc

Jeremiah Morgan Administrative Law, Firearms Law, Litigation, Statutory Construction, U. S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit

Today, our firm, with Stephen Stamboulieh, filed a Petition for Rehearing En Banc — joined by 17 States — in the Eight Circuit, in the challenge to the Biden Administration’s ATF rulemaking on frames and receivers.

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Loper Bright v. Raimondo — Merits Amicus Brief

Jeremiah Morgan Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Statutory Construction, U. S. Supreme Court

Today, our firm filed an amicus brief in a case requesting the Supreme Court to overturn its Chevron doctrine, a judicially created rule to defer to executive branch agency interpretations of statutes instead of the courts actually interpreting the statutes. Our amicus brief described the confusion caused by Chevron deference, both in the D.C. Circuit in this case and as demonstrated in the various Read More