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Members of Congress, former Department of Homeland Security officials and former consular officers were among the dozens of parties who submitted friend of the court briefs in support of Muñoz and Acensio and who called on the court to uphold basic due process protections.
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Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The groups say in a friend of the court, or amicus, brief that the selection criteria for the internship do not include race or ethnicity and that application materials do not limit entry to any race or ethnicity.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
Richard Painter, a former top Republican White House ethics lawyer, was one of 17 former prosecutors and defense attorneys who wrote in a recent friend of the court brief that no evidence exists for disqualification.
—USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
Seven prominent legal scholars including UC Berkeley Law School dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Harvard Law School professor Laurence H. Tribe joined in a friend of the court brief filed by the national ACLU.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
But the most noteworthy filing in Loper Bright isn’t from the parties themselves, but from a friend of the court brief filed on behalf of four Democratic senators.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
With that in mind, a friend of the court brief by national credit union organizations urged the justices to stay any adverse ruling against the CFPB for four months so that Congress could adopt a new funding structure for the agency in the interim.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
Powell pointed to the success of liberal and left-wing groups in influencing the courts’ decision-making process, most often by filing friend of the court briefs, known as amicus briefs.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
The Justice Department will submit its own merits brief later this fall, and third-party legal experts and public policy groups that support the government’s position would typically submit their own friend of the court briefs right after that.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2023
Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
The groups say in a friend of the court, or amicus, brief that the selection criteria for the internship do not include race or ethnicity and that application materials do not limit entry to any race or ethnicity.
—Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
Richard Painter, a former top Republican White House ethics lawyer, was one of 17 former prosecutors and defense attorneys who wrote in a recent friend of the court brief that no evidence exists for disqualification.
—USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024
Seven prominent legal scholars including UC Berkeley Law School dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Harvard Law School professor Laurence H. Tribe joined in a friend of the court brief filed by the national ACLU.
—Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
But the most noteworthy filing in Loper Bright isn’t from the parties themselves, but from a friend of the court brief filed on behalf of four Democratic senators.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
With that in mind, a friend of the court brief by national credit union organizations urged the justices to stay any adverse ruling against the CFPB for four months so that Congress could adopt a new funding structure for the agency in the interim.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
Powell pointed to the success of liberal and left-wing groups in influencing the courts’ decision-making process, most often by filing friend of the court briefs, known as amicus briefs.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
The Justice Department will submit its own merits brief later this fall, and third-party legal experts and public policy groups that support the government’s position would typically submit their own friend of the court briefs right after that.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Sep. 2023
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