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A First Amendment Lesson for Cindy Hill (and her lawyer)

I was in D.C. for most of last week, where Ben Barr and I met with our friends at the Center for Competitive Politics and other experts to prepare Ben for the upcoming oral arguments in our Free Speech suit, … Continue reading

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Firearms Freedom Case Heard in the Ninth Circuit

Last Monday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Montana Shooting Sports Association v. Holder (MSSA), a lawsuit asserting Montana’s Firearms Freedom Act against the federal government.  Basically, the Firearms Freedom Act (Wyoming passed a similar law … Continue reading

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C’mon, it’s just disclosure! (Again.)

Lawyers make mistakes.  Sarcastic readers may retort that merely attending law school proves the point, and I agree, but I digress.  Recently, in our brief for the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in the Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission … Continue reading

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On Guns, Obama Offers a Stunning Re-purposing of the Bill of Rights

Yesterday, President Obama announced a re-invigorated push for gun control, and signed an executive order for 23 actions while pushing for Congress to pass sweeping measures that will, as gun control always goes, punish law-abiding citizens for the acts of … Continue reading

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WyLiberty Attorneys File Appellate Brief in Free Speech Case

DENVER, CO – WyLiberty attorneys filed a brief with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) in Denver today.  The brief argues that the court should reverse a ruling by Judge Scott Skavdahl … Continue reading

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Rest in Peace, Judge Bork

Judge Robert Bork passed away this morning.  Bork is most remembered in popular culture for the heated confirmation battle he endured in 1987 when he was appointed to the United States Supreme Court by President Regan, which ended in 42-58 … Continue reading

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FedSoc 2012: Federalism, Judicial Activism, Natural Law, and so on.

Last week I made my yearly pilgrimage to Washington, DC.  Although much is wrong in our American Rome (the Pax Romana this is not), there are still some diamonds in the rough like the annual Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention. … Continue reading

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Amendment A: Wielding a Health Freedom Battle Axe

On Tuesday, Wyoming joined the growing number of states that recognize health care freedom in their state constitutions, with overwhelming passage of Amendment A.  A similar state constitutional amendment passed in Alabama, and in Montana a legislative referendum implements a … Continue reading

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WyLiberty Attorneys File Emergency Appeal in Free Speech Case

CHEYENNE — WyLiberty attorneys filed a motion for an emergency injunction with the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit today in the case Free Speech v. Federal Election Commission (FEC) to prevent the enforcement of campaign finance … Continue reading

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Justice DeLay’d

Tom DeLay, former House Republican Majority Leader, was convicted of money laundering in Texas in 2010.  Late last year, Ben Barr and I filed an amici (friends-of-the-court) brief in the appeal of that case on behalf of WyLiberty and the … Continue reading

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