Amicus curiae

Socially Responsible Agriculture Project Submits Amicus Brief to U.S. Supreme Court Supporting California’s Prop 12

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP), on behalf of 17 organizations across the country, filed an Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court highlighting the connection between growing consolidation and anticompetitive behavior rampant in the food system.

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  • Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP), on behalf of 17 organizations across the country, filed an Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court highlighting the connection between growing consolidation and anticompetitive behavior rampant in the food system.
  • The Amicus Brief demonstrates how Californias Proposition 12 benefits independent and sustainable U.S. farmers.
  • SRAPs Amicus Brief challenges the position of the National Pork Producers and American Farm Bureau Federation, who oppose Prop 12 because it will disrupt the market control of the multinational meatpackers they represent.
  • This filing with the court points out that many farmers were already compliant with Prop 12 before it passed, and others have invested to become compliant.

Physicians for Informed Consent Files Amicus Curiae Brief in Crucial Parental Rights and Informed Consent Lawsuit

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Physicians for Informed Consent provided an Amicus brief to address the following key points:

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  • Physicians for Informed Consent provided an Amicus brief to address the following key points:
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  • "Physicians who are fluent in obtaining informed consent would confirm that the Minor Consent Act would violate every level of judicial scrutiny.
  • "Physicians for Informed Consent will continue to monitor this important case with far-reaching implications for constitutional rights, namely, the right of parents to decline a vaccination for their child," said Greg Glaser, general counsel for Physicians for Informed Consent.
  • In addition, the PIC Coalition for Informed Consent consists of over 300 U.S. and international organizations.

Nails Coalition Files Brief Supporting U.S. Government in Tariff Extension

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Tuesday, January 11, 2022

The Government has appealed a decision last year by the U.S. Court of International Trade that invalidated a presidential proclamation extending the original steel tariffs to nails and other derivative products.

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  • The Government has appealed a decision last year by the U.S. Court of International Trade that invalidated a presidential proclamation extending the original steel tariffs to nails and other derivative products.
  • Foreign nail makers, including Oman Fasteners, and U.S. distributors, including PrimeSource Building Products, then challenged the extension of tariffs to nails and won favorable judgments last April.
  • The Biden Administration appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, to which the American Steel Nail Coalition addressed its Amicus brief today.
  • That brief made three basic arguments:
    First, "Proclamation 9980 has had a positive impact on the domestic steel nails industry, and thus, on American steel production and capacity utilization generally."

Family Research Council Files Amicus Brief at US Supreme Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health

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Friday, July 30, 2021

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Family Research Council filed an amicus brief yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, in one of the most significant challenges to the Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.

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  • WASHINGTON, July 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Family Research Council filed an amicus brief yesterday with the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, in one of the most significant challenges to the Court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade.
  • Yet no court can change the truth that a society that does not respect life that is defenseless, does not respect life," concluded Perkins.
  • I'm proud that our amicus brief boldly calls for an end to the viability standard that has no grounding in the Constitution.
  • To read FRC's amicus brief, please see: https://downloads.frc.org/EF/EF21G39.pdf
    To read FRC's state policy brief publication on what states can do to advance life in a post-Roe world, please see: https://www.frc.org/statepolicybrief/total-abortion-ban
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The Foundation for Government Accountability Files an Amicus Curiae Brief with the Missouri Supreme Court in Opposition to Medicaid Expansion

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

NAPLES, Fla., July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court of Missouri to support the lower court's decision that the Medicaid Expansion Amendment violates Missouri's Constitution.

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  • NAPLES, Fla., July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Today, the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) filed an amicus curiae brief with the Supreme Court of Missouri to support the lower court's decision that the Medicaid Expansion Amendment violates Missouri's Constitution.
  • FGA also argues that the large, unanticipated costs associated with Medicaid expansion demand a valid source of funding upfront to avoid decimating the State's budget.
  • FGA urges the Supreme Court of Missouri to affirm the lower court's ruling in Case #99185 that the Medicaid Expansion Amendment is unconstitutional.
  • The Foundation for Government Accountability is a non-profit, multi-state think tank that specializes in health care, welfare, work, and election reform.

Sixty-eight Organizations Representing Over a Million People Filed an Amicus Brief in Support of Children’s Health Defense’s OTARD Lawsuit

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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

The Amicus brief was filed in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

Key Points: 
  • The Amicus brief was filed in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
  • CHDs main brief was filed on June 23, 2021.
  • An amicus brief is filed by non-parties to a litigation to provide information that has a bearing on the issues to assist the court in reaching the correct decision.
  • The 67 US organizations that filed the brief represent over a million people.

NCLA Commends Federal Court for Permanently Enjoining Enforcement of Tax Mandate in Ohio

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Friday, July 2, 2021

Washington, D.C., July 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A federal court ruling, filed Thursday, permanently enjoins the Secretary of the Department of Treasury from enforcing the Tax Mandate provision of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) against the State of Ohio.

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  • Washington, D.C., July 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A federal court ruling, filed Thursday, permanently enjoins the Secretary of the Department of Treasury from enforcing the Tax Mandate provision of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) against the State of Ohio.
  • ARPA, enacted on March 11, 2021, includes the shortbut constitutionally alarmingprovision, which impermissibly seizes taxing authority from the states.
  • The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civil rights group, filed amicus briefs in State of Ohio v. United States Department of the Treasury, et al.
  • At its founding, the Framers insisted upon these state and federal checks and balances to protect and preserve individual liberty.

NCLA Celebrates Perfect Six for Six Amicus Record Over Administrative Power at U.S. Supreme Court

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Friday, July 2, 2021

The high courts administrative power cases produced several unlikely majorities, including two NCLA amicus wins in the form of unanimous opinions written by Justice Sotomayor and Justice Breyer.

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  • The high courts administrative power cases produced several unlikely majorities, including two NCLA amicus wins in the form of unanimous opinions written by Justice Sotomayor and Justice Breyer.
  • These six rulings in favor of NCLAs positions show that our strategy of defending civil liberties against administrative power in the federal courts is working.
  • NCLA released the following statements:
    NCLAs six Supreme Court amicus curiae victories are a testament to good sense by the justices and a good deal of administrative abuse that needed checking.
  • Mark Chenoweth, Executive Director and General Counsel, NCLA
    The Supreme Court this term consistently ruled against unchecked power of the administrative state.

A Controversial Nuclear Waste Cleanup Could Put a Critical Legal Question Before the U.S. Supreme Court

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

La Bella believes the court made a misstep that could have sweeping implications for future cases.

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  • La Bella believes the court made a misstep that could have sweeping implications for future cases.
  • The issue evolved as Public Watchdogs pushed for the safe storage of spent nuclear waste during the decommissioning process at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) in California.
  • At least one group of environmental advocates is writing an amicus brief in support of having the Supreme Court hear this pressing legal question that has critical public health and safety implications nationwide.
  • We hope the highest court in the land will send the issue back to the ninth circuit for another look."

NCLA Amicus Brief Challenges Congress’ Brazen Gambit to Seize State Governments’ Taxing Authority

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Thursday, May 27, 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) , enacted on March 11, 2021, includes a constitutionally alarming provisionthe Tax Cut Banwhich impermissibly seizes taxing authority from every state.

Key Points: 
  • The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) , enacted on March 11, 2021, includes a constitutionally alarming provisionthe Tax Cut Banwhich impermissibly seizes taxing authority from every state.
  • ARPA offers state governments approximately $195 billion to assist with recovery from the economic damage inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • NCLA argues, in this case and in an amicus curiae brief filed in State of West Virginia, et al.
  • Further, the power of the state governments to tax or not to tax is a core attribute of state sovereignty.