Our Work and Cases of Interest
AMICI CURIAE BRIEFS
U.S.A. v. DeMarinis (Election Law)
Issue: Whether the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals should compel Maryland to produce the state’s full, unredacted statewide voter registration list and related election records under Title III of the Civil Rights Act, the NVRA, and HAVA so the DOJ can assess Maryland’s compliance with federal voter list maintenance requirements
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U.S.A. v. Scanlan (Election Law)
Issue: Whether the First Circuit Court of Appeals should compel New Hampshire to produce the state’s full, unredacted statewide voter registration list and related election records under Title III of the Civil Rights Act and HAVA so the DOJ can assess New Hampshire’s compliance with federal voter list maintenance requirements
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U.S.A. v. Galvin (Election Law)
Issue: Whether the First Circuit Court of Appeals should compel Massachusetts’ secretary of state to produce the state’s full, unredacted statewide voter registration list and related election records under Title III of the Civil Rights Act, the NVRA, and HAVA so the DOJ can assess Massachusetts' compliance with federal voter list maintenance requirements
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U.S.A. v. Benson (Election Law)
Issue: Whether the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals should compel Michigan’s secretary of state to produce the state’s full, unredacted statewide voter registration list and related election records under Title III of the Civil Rights Act, the NVRA, and HAVA so the DOJ can assess Michigan’s compliance with federal voter‑list maintenance requirements
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Watson v. Republican National Committee (Election Law)
Issue: Whether the federal election-day statutes, 2 U.S.C. § 7, 2 U.S.C. § 1, and 3 U.S.C. § 1, preempt a state law that allows ballots that are cast by federal election day to be received by election officials after that day
Babylon Bee et al. v. Bonta (First Amendment Law)
Issue: Liberty Legal Foundation urges the Ninth Circuit to affirm the US District Court's permanent injunction against California’s AB 2655, arguing that the law is unconstitutionally vague, overbroad, and viewpoint discriminatory, and is also preempted by Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.
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CASES OF INTEREST
U.S.A. v. Board of Elections of New York (Election Law)
Issue: Whether the Second Circuit Court of Appeals should compel New York Board of Elections to produce the state’s full, unredacted statewide voter registration list and related election records under Title III of the Civil Rights Act, the NVRA, and HAVA so the DOJ can assess New York’s compliance with federal voter list maintenance requirements
Project Civica's amicus brief in the Second Circuit reports that voter files from at least 14 New York counties contain approximately 10,700 records flagged as noncitizens, including records that appear to show voting history. The brief further reports that New York’s statewide voter database does not identify these registrants as noncitizens and instead appears to classify many of the corresponding removals as “duplicate” purges.
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Mara Nathan et al. v. Alamo Heights Independent School District et al. (Mosaic Law)
Issue: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals considered whether a Texas state law, S.B. 10, requiring the Ten Commandments classroom display violates the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause or Free Exercise Clause. The deeply divided Court ruled 9-8 that public schools are allowed to display Ten Commandments posters or framed copies in public school classrooms, setting up a potential landmark case in the Supreme Court’s next term.
Liberty Legal Foundation is seeking amici to participate in a brief in support of Defendants-Appellees that may come before the United States Supreme Court. Please contact stacey@libertylegalusa.org if interested. For information on what it means to be an amicus, link here.
Darcy Roake et al v. Cade Brumley et al. (Mosaic Law)
Issue: Whether a Louisiana state law, H.B. 71, requiring public schools to permanently display the Ten Commandments in every classroom is unconstitutional. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that the law violates neither the Establishment Clause nor the Free Exercise Clause. The decision states, "It is fully consistent with the Constitution, and what’s more, it reinforces our Founders’ firm belief that the children of America should be educated about the religious foundations and traditions of our country....the Louisiana Ten Commandments law is not just constitutional—it affirms our Nation’s highest and most noble traditions."
Liberty Legal Foundation is seeking amici to participate in a brief in support of the law that may come before the United States Supreme Court if the Petition for Certiorari is granted. Please contact stacey@libertylegalusa.org if interested. For information on what it means to be an amicus, link here.
How the Biden-Wray FBI Manufactured a False Narrative of Catholic Americans as Violent Extremists (First Amendment Law)
Issue: The Committee and Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government conducted extensive oversight of the FBI’s anti-Catholic memorandum. From testimony and limited documents, the Committee determined that there was no legitimate basis for the memorandum to insert federal law enforcement into Catholic houses of worship.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE AND SELECT SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE WEAPONIZATION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT