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These critical roles in support of a free and independent press which often relies on information from sensitive sources would be adversely impacted by the President's executive orders targeting law firms like Perkins Coie.
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EFF Joins #AmicusBrief Supporting #PerkinsCoie Law Firm Against #Unconstitutional #ExecutiveOrder
EFF has joined the #ACLU and other legal advocacy organizations across the ideological spectrum in filing an amicus brief asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie for its past work on #VotingRights lawsuits and its representation of the President’s prior political opponents.
#trump #maga #takeover
Electronic Frontier Foundation · EFF Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Perkins Coie Law Firm Against Unconstitutional Executive OrderEFF has joined the American Civil Liberties Union and other legal advocacy organizations across the ideological spectrum in filing an amicus brief asking a federal judge to strike down President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting law firm Perkins Coie for its past work on voting rights...
Harris County Attorney Christian Menefee has joined a nationwide legal challenge against the Trump Administration’s ongoing layoffs of probationary federal employees, which Menefee said “have a direct impact" on Houston-area residents.
Houston Public Media · ‘We need a stable government:’ Harris County Attorney joins legal fight against federal layoffs
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24 #RedStates file an #amicusbrief to convince the #corrupt #US #SupremeCourt to #ban #trans #girls from #sports.
There is absolutely no #legitimate #scientific #evidence that #transgender #girls have any #significant #biological #advantage in #sports that is not balanced out by corresponding #disadvantages.
More than 160 #Democrats urge #SupremeCourt to #support #transgender #people’s #rights to #healthcare.
The #lawmakers #wrote an #amicusbrief in support of #families of #transgender #youth.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #US #Politics #Courts #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://www.advocate.com/news/democrats-supreme-court-trans-care
Advocate.com · Democrats urge Supreme Court to side with trans young people
Via #CitizensForEthics @ 6:29pm EDT on Sept 03, 2024
We just filed an #AmicusBrief saying Judge #Cannon should be reassigned from the #Trump #ClassifiedDocuments case.
Her apparent bias in favor of Trump and disregard of existing precedent make clear that she should not remain on the case.
CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonAmicus: Judge Aileen Cannon must be reassigned in Trump case - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonJudge Cannon should be reassigned in the federal classified documents case against former President Trump if her decision is reversed.
#Alabama's #Republican #AttorneyGeneral files #amicusbrief in #Idaho’s #transgender #sportban #case #appeal.
Arguing #Idaho should be allowed to #bar #transgender #girls from playing on #girls’ #sports #teams based on “#biology.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Alabama #Politics #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
Alabama Reflector · Alabama AG files amicus brief in Idaho's transgender sport ban case appeal • Alabama ReflectorA mother of two transgender children said that the brief is more about controlling women than protecting sports.
In an #AmicusBrief submitted today to the #SupremeCourt, #CREW urged the Court to dismiss arguments in support of President #DonaldTrump that #AttorneyGeneral #MerrickGarland did not have the #legal authority to appoint #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith, given that #Trump did not challenge the validity of Special Counsel Smith’s appointment at the trial court level.
CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonCREW files brief against Trump's Supreme Court immunity arguments - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in WashingtonPresidents should not be beyond reproach and allowed to exist and operate above the law.
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Jamelle Bouie of the NYT, wrote a great piece that considers the #AmicusBrief as well as 2 others filed in recent days & the “arguments leveled against the Colorado court’s decision &, by extension, its interpretation of Section 3 of the #14thAmendment to the U.S. Constitution.”
#SCOTUS #law #legal #History #2024election #Trump #Insurrection #Jan6
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/30/opinion/trump-insurrection-supreme-court.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
The New York Times · Opinion | If It Walks Like an Insurrection and Talks Like an Insurrection …
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The authors of the #AmicusBrief are (I edited their credentials as they’re extensive)
Jill Lepore, Professor of History, Harvard University
David Blight, Professor of History & African American Studies at Yale University
Drew Gilpin Faust is President Emerita of Harvard University
John Fabian Witt, Professor of Law at Yale Law School
«Ex-conservative judge sends brief to #SupremeCourt begging not to fear #Trump's voters
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Former U.S. appeals court judge and prominent #conservative #JMichaelLuttig's #AmicusBrief to the Supreme Court leveled a barrage of reasons why former President #DonaldTrump deserves to be stricken from seeking to become the country's 47th president.»
#Disqualification #Insurrection #14thAmendmentSection3
https://www.rawstory.com/michael-luttig-amicus-brief-14th-amendmendment-trump/
Raw Story - Celebrating 19 Years of Independent Journalism · Ex-conservative judge sends brief to Supreme Court begging not to fear Trump's voters
After Fleeing on Jan. 6, GOP Lawmakers Urge Supreme Court to Keep Trump on Ballot
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The ex-president also filed a brief and claimed that ballot disqualification efforts "promise to unleash chaos and bedlam if other state courts and state officials follow Colorado's lead."
Two-thirds of...
https://alaska-native-news.com/after-fleeing-on-jan-6-gop-lawmakers-urge-supreme-court-to-keep-trump-on-ballot/72158/
#trump #ballot #elections #congress #republicans #amicusbrief
"Without some form of moderation, online communities die."
Laws in the states of Texas and Florida could affect how we all interact with the Internet. They seek to eliminate or strictly limit a platform’s ability to moderate content.
Good for trolls, bad for the rest of us.
Today we filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate these laws 
Internet Society · Can You Kick the Trolls Out Of Your Online Forum? U.S. Supreme Court to Decide - Internet SocietyThe U.S. Supreme Court is ruling on eliminating or strictly limiting platforms' abilities to moderate content—creating a major Internet threat.
21 #AttorneysGeneral #Sign #AmicusBrief to #9thCircuit: No #Negative #Incidents From #Trans #People In #Bathrooms.
Brief represents the work of AGs in 21 states, and contains #legalprecedents, #nondiscriminationlaws, and #experiences of allowing #equal #accommodations for trans #people.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/21-state-ags-sign-amicus-brief-no
Erin In The Morning · 21 State AGs Sign Amicus Brief: No Negative Incidents From Trans People In Bathrooms
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"...now, we have never considered a dispute over a congressional #subpoena for the President's records. And, according to the parties, the #appellate #courts have addressed such a subpoena only once, when a #SenateCommittee subpoenaed President #Nixon during the #Watergate scandal. See infra , at 2032 – 2033..."
Now of course #ScareCrow aka #HarlanCrow should have better paid the #lawfirm to produce something of an #AmicusBrief on behalf of still-#JusticeThomas, but...
"Should it be a #FederalCrime to encourage an #UndocumentedImmigrant to remain in the country? In a friend of the court brief filed today with the U.S. Supreme Court, we argue that such a prohibition is facially unconstitutional on #FirstAmendment grounds that it would sweep up and prohibit constitutionally protected speech."
Electronic Frontier FoundationEFF Files Amicus Brief to Protect the Speech Rights of Immigrants and Immigrant Rights AdvocatesThis post was written by intern Devin Sullivan.Should it be a federal crime to encourage an undocumented immigrant to remain in the country? In a friend of the court brief filed today with the U.S. Supreme Court, we argue that such a prohibition is facially unconstitutional on First Amendment...