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AMICUS BRIEFS 
Eagle Forum files briefs in U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Circuit Court Cases

U.S. Supreme Court: 2007-2008 Term 
District of Columbia v. Dick Anthony Heller (PDF)Whether the following provisions — D.C. Code §§ 7-2502.02(a)(4), 22-4504(a), and 7-2507.02 — violate the Second Amendment rights of individuals who are not affiliated with any state-regulated militia, but who wish to keep handguns and other firearms for private use in their homes?
Faith Center v. Glover (PDF)Whether Evangelical Christians have the same right as other groups to use the community meeting room at a public library.

U.S. Supreme Court: 2006-2007 Term 
Gonzales v. Carhart (PDF)Partial-birth abortion

U.S. Supreme Court: 2005-2006 Term 
Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood (PDF)Parental consent/notification for abortion
Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. (PDF)The Solomon Amendment

U.S. Supreme Court: 2004-2005 Term 
Internet case:
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios v. Grokster (PDF)
    "Peer-to-peer" internet technology facilitates First Amendment activity, and should not be destroyed by judicial activism. It sparked the impeachment of Clinton, defined the Swift Boats Veterans issue in 2004 and brought down Dan Rather.
  • Ten Commandments cases:
  • Thomas Van Orden v. Perry (PDF)

  • McCreary County KY v. ACLU of KY (PDF)
  • Title IX cases:
  • Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education (PDF)

  • National Wrestling Coaches Association v. Department of Education case (PDF)
  • Misc. case:
  • American Trucking v. Michigan Public Service Commission (PDF)
    States cannot impose taxes to interfere with interstate commerce. The Constitution fosters free enterprise among the states and bans state taxes that specifically interfere with it. The Michigan tax discriminates against interstrate commerce and is unconstitutional. American Holland Trucking should prevail.

  • U.S. Supreme Court: 2003-2004 Term 
    Pledge of Allegiance cases:
  • Elk Grove Unified School District v. Michael A. Newdow (PDF)

  • Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (PDF)Birthright citizenship
  • Mexican trucks case:
  • U.S. Dept. of Transportation v. Public Citizen (PDF)

  • U.S. Supreme Court: Previous Terms
    U.S. v Sell 
    Alexander v. Sandoval
    English Language  [further reading]
    Brzonkala v. Morrison
    Boy Scouts of America v. James Dale
    California Democratic Party v. Bill Jones
    Eldred v. Reno (now Eldred v. Ashcroft)
    Disney Mickey Mouse Case
    Falvo v. Owasso Independent School District
    Family Education Rights and Privacy Case
    Giani v. American Target Advertising
    State Regulation of Direct Mail Fundraising
    United States v. Morrison
    Violence Against Women Case
    U.S. Circuit Courts 
     
    Illegal Immigration case:
  • Lozano v. City of Hazleton — Eagle Forum filed an amicus curiae brief (PDF) in the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, February 12, 2008.
  • Ten Commandments case:
  • Staley v. Harris County, Texas — Eagle Forum filed an amicus curiae brief (PDF) in the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals (en banc), December 21, 2006.

  • Staley v. Harris County, Texas — Eagle Forum filed an amicus curiae brief (PDF) in the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, February 18, 2005.
  • Parent/Student Rights case:
  • C.N. v. Ridgewood Board of Education — Nosy Questionnaire Case — Eagle Forum filed an amicus curiae brief (PDF) in the Third U.S. Court of Appeals, June 18, 2001.
  • Title IX case:
  • National Wrestling Coaches Association v. Department of Education — Eagle Forum filed an amicus curiae brief (PDF) in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Nov. 10, 2003.
  • Internet cases:
  • Napster v. A.M. Records"peer-to-peer" internet technology

  • Veeck v. SBCCI (PDF)The Building Codes Case
  • Eagle Forum's Amicus Curiae Briefs — Dec. 2001 PSR

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