Amicus Brief Commentary
Americans for Prosperity Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Overrule Humphrey’s Executor and Restore Constitutional Accountability
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, an important separation-of-powers case about democratic accountability, individual liberty, and representative self-government. In October, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) filed an amicus brief urging the Court to overturn Humphrey’s Executor v. United States, a New Deal-era decision that helped create the Administrative State…
Read MoreAFP Foundation Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court Case Supporting Donor Privacy
CONTACT: AFP Media, media@afphq.org Washington, DC — Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFPF) has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, as they consider the issue of donor privacy in today’s oral argument, First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin, a case challenging a New Jersey Attorney General subpoena that seeks to force a nonprofit pregnancy center to reveal…
Read MoreAFP Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Pare Back Qualified Immunity in First Amendment Cases
AFP Foundation filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of petitioner, NRA, which is seeking review of the application of qualified immunity to block recovery in its case alleging First Amendment infringement in NRA v. Vullo. If that name sounds familiar, it should. NRA v. Vullo was before the Supreme Court…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Urges Supreme Court to Enforce Constitutional Limits on Federal Power to Regulate Local Conduct
Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Canna Provisions Inc. et al. v. Bondi—an important constitutional challenge to Congress’s authority to regulate and criminalize purely local conduct that under our system of federalism is supposed to be handled at the state and local levels—urging the Court to address the important…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Files Amicus Brief Urging the Supreme Court to End Fourth Branch of Government
Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Trump et al. v. Slaughter et al. urging the Court to squarely overrule Humphrey’s Executor—a 1935 Supreme Court decision that led to the rise of so-called “independent agencies” that exercise executive power without being any accountable to any elected official. As…
Read MoreSupreme Court Grants Cert in Trump v. Slaughter Teeing Up Whether Humphrey’s Executor Should Be Overruled
On September 22nd, the U.S. Supreme Court granted cert in Trump v. Slaughter, signaling it will address an important question of administrative law going to the heart of our system of separated powers and checks and balances: in essence, does the U.S. Constitution authorize the existence of a headless fourth branch of government comprised of…
Read MoreAFPF Files Amicus Brief to Support Vigorous Application of AFPF v. Bonta
AFPF filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of petitioner, First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, which is seeking to protect its donors’ privacy of against an investigatory subpoena issued by the New Jersey Attorney General. This case should be controlled by AFPF v. Bonta, in which Americans for Prosperity Foundation protected…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation releases summary of Supreme Court engagement for October 2024 term
Arlington, VA – Americans for Prosperity Foundation today released a report of its amicus engagement during the October 2024 Supreme Court term. AFP Foundation Chief Policy Counsel James Valvo said: “AFPF remains committed to providing the Supreme Court with the best legal arguments to defend liberty and ensure the proper textual interpretation of the Constitution and other laws. We…
Read MoreRyan Mulvey on WBNA TV 21 Kentucky’s Voice Discussing the Misuse of Copyright Law to Block Records Requests
AFP Foundation’s Ryan Mulvey appeared on WBNA’s Kentucky’s Voice to discuss AFP Foundation’s coalition brief urging Sixth Circuit to protect public access and rein in abuses of copyright law.
Read MoreAFP Foundation Leads Coalition Brief Urging Sixth Circuit to Protect Public Access and Rein in Abuses of Copyright Law
ARLINGTON, VA – Today, a coalition of organizations led by Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Stovall v. Jefferson County Board of Education, a pivotal case concerning government transparency and the misuse of copyright law to block access to public…
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