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"The Court cannot draw a logical connection [... between X and Y] any more than an internal memo showing that a car dealership has not and will not require a blood sacrifice to buy a car would affect its negotiations with customers."

That's a hell of a thing to see in a legal brief.

Alaska Joins Case with 22 States to Overturn NEPA Ruling-Dangerous to the Energy Economy
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(Anchorage, AK) – The State of Alaska joined an amicus petition before the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a case that threatens the energy industry of States by how NEPA was applied. “The...
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#nepa #utah #amicus-brief #alaska #supreme-court

If any #environmentallaw folks think they may want to file an amicus brief in this environmental whistleblower Dept of Labor ARB appeal, a summary of the questions for appeal is included below!

If Apple wins this appeal, they will change federal #CERCLA #whistleblower protection law to narrow coverage by about 95%, as well as put the other env whistleblower statues at risk for the same.

Here's a link to the Dept of Labor site with info on the ARB #amicus brief process: dol.gov/agencies/arb/resources

This is very smart. Get educated.. [Slate, Amicus] How Originalism Ate the Law: The Trick
Part one of a series examining the theory of constitutional interpretation that has eaten the law and gobbled up a bunch of your rights with it.

America is pinned under the dead hand of Originalism

slate.com/podcasts/amicus/2024

Slate · How the Supreme Court’s Originalist Rampage Got Its StartOriginalism is no older than bell bottoms but it’s much deadlier.

Video #Streaming Wars Escalate As #Sports Focused Internet Channel Aggregator #Fubo Fails To Secure Deal With David Zaslav's WB #Discovery Networks And Has Filed #AntiTrust Lawsuit Alleging #JointVenture #SportsStreaming Deal With #Disney & #Fox Are Anti-Competitive. Fubo's case was boosted when its own competitors #DirectTV and #DishNetwork filed #amicus briefs backing the claims.

Ironically WB Discovery stock fell by almost 10% this week, as #investors worried the content conglomerate would lose its longtime exclusive #NBA #BroadcastRights to rival network #NBCUniversal owned by cable kingpin #Comcast, who are having their own problems with a #CarriageAgreement broadcast dispute over #MLB games with #BallySports

theverge.com/2024/4/30/2414581

mlb.com/news/bally-sports-nort

thewrap.com/warner-bros-discov

The Verge · Fubo drops Discovery networks and blasts WBD for abusing its powerBy Chris Welch

18 #RedState AG's file #amicus brief supporting embattled TX #GOP AG #KenPaxton for his 2020 anti-democratic #election interference misrepresentations made in a petition to #SCOTUS. Paxton and a key underling facing professional #misconduct disciplinary hearings in front of #Texas #StateBar. #Montana's thumbs up for the sovereign right to champion chump ass chicanery was joined by #StatesRights confederates serving as top legal officers of Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah & W. Virginia. Paxton survived an impeachment hearing last fall for other misdeeds.

law.com/dailybusinessreview/20

Retired #military leaders filed an #amicus brief Mon writing that #Trump’s #AbsoluteImmunity theory “has the potential to severely undermine the Commander-in-Chief’s #legal & #moral authority to lead the military forces, as it would signal that they but not he must obey the #RuleOfLaw.”

#law #SCOTUS #Jan6 #TrumpCoupAttempt #democracy #NationalSecurity #UnitedStates
supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/

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#RAGA had an arm called the "Rule of Law Defense Fund,"
deployed
to do #robocalls, to
👉urge people to go to the Jan. 6 events that Trump said would be wild, to go there on the day that Congress was supposed to be certifying the election, as he was mounting this intimidation campaign against [Vice President Mike] Pence, unleashing his followers to assail him.

And this is in the context of weeks of efforts by Trump and his lawyers and advisers --- trying to help him execute a coup.

You had the #state #attorneys #general actively involved in some of this litigation to try ⭐️to stop other states from certifying the election. ⭐

The group itself through this "Rule of Law Defense Fund" was actively involved in ♦️peddling the big lucrative lie about the election ♦️to push people to go to the mall on Jan. 6.

There was sort of shock and horror that a group of state attorneys general would be involved in trying to aid the precursor events to the violent insurrection at the Capitol.

And big companies 👍said they weren’t going to fund RAGA. 👍

And so 🔸for a moment there,🔸 there was a bright light shining on RAGA and on the events around the capital and these AGs.

💥But then months later, some of those companies came back to fund RAGA.

The #accountability light was ON and then OFF for the companies that were funding RAGA in 2020.

In addition to #Leonard #Leo’s network, #Koch Industries, #Comcast, #Walmart, #Home Depot, #Amazon, #TikTok, 1-800-CONTACTS, #Chevron, the #NRA, #Monsanto, #Facebook, Fox, #Uber, #Coca-#Cola, #Exxon, and #Google were some of the main funders of it.

Of course it didn’t last.

Leonard Leo continues to be the biggest subsidizer of RAGA through the money that is coming through his network,

but it’s also the case that they’re facing 🔹no consequences,
basically allowing them to just get away with it. 🔹

There’s been💥 no consequence for them, and the Rule of Law Defense Fund still exists. 💥

RAGA still exists, and many of these attorneys general have been actively involved in other efforts that make it
🔥harder for Americans to vote, and they may well be involved this fall in
🔥a repeat of 2020 in terms of their efforts to protect Trump at any cost.