Today, our firm filed comments with the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (“ATF”) in response to the ATF’s proposal to combine the federal application to be a firearms dealer (“Form 7”) with the application to be a Collector of Curios and Relics. As our comments pointed out, ATF’s proposed new combined form is an attempt to combine apples and oranges. Dealers (businesses)
FSC/FSDEF Comments Urging IRS to Protect Nonprofit Donor Lists
On behalf of the Free Speech Coalition and Free Speech Defense and Education Fund, we submitted comments to the IRS asking it to protect the confidentiality the donor lists of nonprofit organizations. The IRS had invited comments on its Publication 1075 relating to security guidelines for government agencies in possession of confidential tax
information.
Our comments explained how the California
USJF Comments opposing Mandatory Pro Bono Reporting
There is an effort underway by elements in the federal and state judiciary and leftist lawyers and lawyer groups to increase political controls over lawyers — on whom the American people rely on to protect their interests. Some states are trying to force lawyers to devote free legal services to favored classes of persons. Historically, this proposal has been a cover for the misuse of
Article: “Manuel v. Joliet: Blocking the Courthouse Door to Victims of Police Misconduct”
This morning, the American Thinker published Jeremiah Morgan’s article about the amicus brief we filed in Manuel v. City of Joliet. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in this case on Wednesday, October 5. The article explains why victims of police misconduct should be able to bring a Fourth Amendment based suit when police fabricate evidence to obtain an indictment.
Book: ‘Defining Drugs: How Government Became the Arbiter of Pharmaceutical Fact”
Bill Olson was honored to write the Foreword for the re-issuance of what may prove to be the most important book ever written questioning the authority of the federal government over the sale and use of pharmaceuticals. Professor of Pharmacy Richard Henry Parrish II originally wrote his book, “Defining Drugs: How Government Became the Arbiter of Pharmaceutical Fact” in 2003. Now
FEC Conciliation Agreement Modified
We were pleased to have persuaded the FEC to act unanimously to modify a Conciliation Agreement entered into in 2005. The reason was that the state of election law had changed, based on recent court rulings, which then were followed by changes in Commission regulations.
This may be only the second or third time such a modification has been approved by the FEC. We believe that the last time it
FSC Letter to Congressman Fleming Supporting Impeachment of Koskinen
Today, on behalf of the Free Speech Coalition, we sent a letter to Congressman John C. Fleming, M.D., expressing the Free Speech Coalition’s support for H.Res. 828, the House’s impeachment of IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
In addition to supporting impeachment for his malfeasance in concealing the nefarious deeds of Lois Lerner, our letter explains his nonfeasance in failing to protect
Article: Stunner! Constitution Lets States Tackle Immigration
Bob Unruh’s article in World Net Daily discusses our paper “The Constitutional Case for an Interstate Border Compact.”
Center for Medical Freedom Support for Religious Objection to Vaccination Requirements
Today, for the Center for Medical Freedom, we filed comments with the Virginia Joint Commission on Health Care opposing efforts to terminate the religious exemption for school vaccination requirements.
Our comments were discussed in the Staff Report to the Commission, on page 7.
Link to comments
Legal Policy Paper: The Constitutional Case for an Interstate Border Compact
Today, we authored a paper entitled “The Constitutional Case for an Interstate Border Compact” for the United States Justice Foundation. Even though President Obama is hostile to national immigration law, the states could step in and take the lead. One way that they could assume this responsibility is entering into an “interstate border compact” as authorized by the U.S.
GOA/GOF Comments to ATF on Proposed Changes to Form 4473
Today our firm filed comments on behalf of Gun Owners of America, Inc. and Gun Owners Foundation opposing the proposed changes to the Form 4473, a form ATF claims continues to be necessary, though it is not required by any federal law.
Our comments explain how the proposed additions to the Form 4473 are unnecessarily confusing and often unauthorized. The form is already complex, presenting a legal
GOA/GOF Comments to ATF on Secure Gun Storage
Today our firm filed comments on behalf of Gun Owners of America, Inc. and Gun Owners Foundation opposing proposed regulations issued by ATF to require not only firearms dealers, but also manufacturers and importers, to certify that secure gun storage or safety devices are maintained anywhere firearms are sold.
Our comments explain how ATF’s proposed regulations would purportedly “implement”
Grace v. District of Columbia
Today, we filed a brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in support of a challenge to the D.C. Concealed Carry statute which was brought by Matthew Grace and others. Our brief argues that the District of Columbia Council based its argument on the notion of hidden exceptions to the Bill of Rights, and a flawed understanding of the difference between the restricted nature
Article: Ed Meese: Proposed Lawyer Ethics Rule ‘Borders on Fascism’
An article by Theodore Bunker in Newsmax cited our article in the American Thinker on the proposed ABA rule on discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Article: “Ed Meese: Proposed Lawyer Ethics Rule ‘Borders on Fascism'”
This article by Newsmax mentions our comments on the ABA effort to punish lawyers not sufficiently sensitive to homosexuals, transgenders, etc.
America’s Lawyers Face “Knockout Blow” for LGBT Dissent — Scales of justice tipped to “purify” profession
World Net Daily’s Bob Unruh published a timely story exposing the true nature of the ABA proposed ethics change, published on the eve of the meeting of the ABA House of Delegates in San Francisco.
Article: “‘PC’ Politics Drove ABA’s Proposed Rules Change — A push for new classes of “harassment” in professional ethics reflects hubris and elitism”
We were grateful that the National Law Journal published the fourth article in the U.S. Justice Foundation’s series on the proposed ABA Ethics Changes. This Op Ed was the lead in the National Law Journals email to subscribers sent out on August 8, 2016.
We reproduce here a couple of paragraphs from our article:
“The American Bar Association is on the verge of making sweeping changes
Article: Exposing the Extreme Liberal Slant of a Quasi-Governmental Power: The ABA
CNSNews.com published the third article in the U.S. Justice Foundation’s expose on the American Bar Association. This article focused on the quasi-governmental role that the ABA plays — in reviewing federal judges and in recommending changes to the Model Rules of Practice, a/k/a “ethics.”
Article: “The ABA Plan to Politically Purify the Legal Profession”
The second article in our series on the ABA proposed ethics rules for the U.S. Justice Foundation was published by the Federalist Society and posted on its Blog.
Article: “The ABA’s Plan to Impose Political Correctness on the Practice of Law”
The U.S. Justice Foundation engaged our firm to publish a series of articles exposing the “politically correct” ethics proposals being considered by the American Bar Association at its annual meeting in San Francisco. The American Thinker published the first article in the series.
Citizens United v. State Department — CU Opposition to State’s Motion for 27 Month Delay
In one of the FOIA cases we have filed for Citizens United seeking emails relating to Hillary Clinton’s time at the U.S. Department of State, today we filed an Opposition to State’s last minute effort to avoid compliance with the court-ordered schedule to produce documents that it itself had earlier proposed. The State Department now wants the Court to allow it a remarkable 27 additional
Steven Fish v. Kris Kobach
Today our firm filed an amicus brief in the Tenth Circuit in support of the right of Kansas to require that persons registering to vote under the National Voter Registration Act of 1994 submit documentary proof of citizenship. Our brief supported the position taken by Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach.
Comments: Gun Owners of America & Gun Owners Foundation File Comments Opposing Social Security Administration Efforts to Disarm the Disabled
Today our firm filed comments on behalf of Gun Owners of America, Inc. and Gun Owners Foundation opposing proposed regulations issued by the Obama Social Security Administration to add more names to the NICS system which would prevent many persons with disabilities from buying firearms.
Our comments explain how the Social Security Administration proposal goes well beyond the limitation that firearm
State Department Won’t Release Clinton Foundation Emails for 27 Months
The Daily Caller carried a story today about U.S. State Department request for extraordinary delays in making public disclosure of certain of Hillary Clinton’s emails, in a case brought by our firm for Citizens United.