Supreme Court Declines to Hear John Eastman’s Case, Justice Thomas Recuses
On the first day of the new term, the Supreme Court announced that it will decline to hear a case involving Professor John Eastman’s emails sought by the January 6 Committee. Justice Thomas did not participate in the consideration or decision of this petition...
The American Spectator 9-23-23
The American Spectator
“Social Media’s Hypocrisy on Free Speech Must Stop” by Benjamin Whearty
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Landmark’s Submits Two FOIA Requests to DHS!
Landmark’s Submits Two FOIA Requests to DHS! Landmark has filed two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Requests with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeking records relating to AFT President Randi Weingarten’s role on a federal advisory committee and records...
KCOL Mornings with Jimmy Lakey 9-14-23
Connecticut Today with Paul Pacelli 9-14-23
Mike Ferguson in the Morning 9-13-23
Upfront with Vicki McKenna 9-13-23
Landmark Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Strike Down the Mandatory Repatriation Tax for Being An Unconstitutional Direct Tax
Landmark filed an amicus brief on September 6 in support of the Petitioners in Charles G. Moore et ux. v. United States at the merits stage. This case will have massive impact on the ability of Congress to enact a wealth tax, a tax that goes directly to your...
Charles G. Moore and Kathleen F. Moore v. United States of America
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Steve Gruber Show 8-17-23
Lou Desmond/KMET 8-17-23
The American Spectator 8-16-23
American Family News 8-16-23
American Family News
“New theory about special counsel: A clever Plan B if Biden needs to go” by Chad Groening
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The Mike Porcaro Show 8-15-23
Jimmy Lakey/KCOL 8-15-23
Andrea Kaye Show 8-14-23
Mike Ferguson in the Morning 8-14-23
Yahoo News 8-11-23
Landmark Submits Comments on EPA’s New Power Plan Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has attempted to cut down carbon emissions from US power plants by way of regulatory action. This week, Landmark filed a regulatory comment to challenge the legality of this attack on American power producers....
Landmark’s Statement on Latest Trump Indictment
Special Counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of former President Trump criminalizes the types of claims from politicians of both parties about rigged elections that have been tolerated in many instances in the recent past. At its heart, the indictment of Trump for...
Shaun Thompson Show 8-2-23
Mike Ferguson In the Morning 7-31-23
Election Law Update: Biden Team Splits with Marc Elias
According to a new Axios article, President Joe Biden and his campaign have parted ways with Marc Elias, an election lawyer who has represented the party since 2009. Elias has been an aggressive advocate for the left in many cases that, in Landmark’s opinion, weakened...
Real Clear Policy 7-26-23
Real Clear Policy
Why Should DHS Take Randi Weingarten Seriously after the Pandemic?” by Michael O’Neill
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Landmark urges Supreme Court to overturn Chevron
Last week, Landmark filed an Amicus Brief in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Gina Raimondo. This case involves attempts by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to force fishermen to pay the salaries of federal monitors. These monitors, working for the...
Landmark Reports on Congressional Hearings on Weaponization of DOJ’s Efforts to Suppress Free Speech!
On July 20th, the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government conducted a hearing about the federal government’s role in censoring free speech. The panel included both Emma-Jo Morris of Breitbart News and formerly the New York Post, as...
The What’s Up Radio Program with Terry Lowry 7-18-23
FBI Director Christopher Wray Testifies Before the United States House Committee on the Judiciary
On July 20th, the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government conducted a hearing about the federal government’s role in censoring free speech. The panel included both Emma-Jo Morris of Breitbart News and formerly the New York Post, as...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, et al. v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited, et al.
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Washington Examiner 7-10-23
Landmark Urges EPA to Revoke Unlawful Emissions Regulation
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has set out to slash automobile emissions by way of regulatory fiat. Last week, Landmark Legal Foundation filed a regulatory comment to challenge this unlawful assault on the American economy. Through the...
Washington Alliance of Technology Workers v. Department of Homeland Security, et al.
Read the full brief here.
Supreme Court Rules Against Affirmative Action
Today, the Supreme Court released its opinions in the Students for Fair Admission cases versus Harvard and UNC. In their decisions, the Court effectively overturned Grutter v. Bollinger and therefore prohibited the use of race as a factor...
Supreme Court Upholds Biden Refusal to Deport Illegal Aliens
On Friday, June 23rd, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in the immigration case United States v. Texas. The suit was filed by the Attorneys General of Texas and Louisiana in the Southern District of Texas, arguing that their respective states would...
Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Wealth Tax Case Moore v. United States
Americans build up wealth over decades in their homes and their 401ks. They do so in the hopes that they can retire comfortably and maybe pass something along to their children and grandchildren. Democrats like Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are interested in taxing...
SCOTUS Uphold Government Power to Deport Noncitizen Felons
Today the Supreme Court released its opinion in Pugin v. Garland. This immigration case held that noncitizens can be deportable when they commit a felony relating to the obstruction of justice, even if the obstructive activity did not occur in direct...
AFT, Other Left Wing Groups Mount Campaign to Discredit Supreme Court
“So committed is the Left to changing our country through judicial fiat that it has now embarked on a brazen and unconstitutional strategy to pack the federal judiciary from top to bottom with activist judges.” Mark Levin, Men in Black (2005) This week, Left...
NLRB Rules Against Freedom for Independent Contractors
Earlier today, the National Labor Relations Board released its ruling in The Atlanta Opera, Inc. This long-anticipated decision enshrined a broad definition of “employee” that will punish many firms and independent contractors. Atlanta...
Landmark Statement on Trump Federal Indictment
For the second time this year, presidential candidate Donald Trump has been indicted by his political opponents. This time, the indictment was handed down by federal prosecutors appointed under President Biden’s Department of Justice. This latest indictment...
The Epoch Times 6-8-23
The Epoch Times
“The Silver Lining in the Student Loan Forgiveness Plan
People” by Michael O’Neill
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Landmark Files at SCOTUS to Block Backdoor Immigration Program
Yesterday, Landmark filed an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in hopes they will accept this opportunity to correct the Biden administration’s dangerously broad interpretation of our nation’s immigration law
The New York Times 6-1-23
The New York Times
New York Times quotes Mike O’Neill on Supreme Court’s decision in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters
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Glacier Northwest Ruling: Supreme Court Defends Employer Property, Maintains Broad Labor Protections
The Court yesterday released its decision in Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 174. The decision, rendered in favor of Glacier Northwest, Inc., vindicates the rights of employers, property owners, and state...
Sackett v. EPA: SCOTUS Upholds Property Rights, Textualism
The Supreme Court issued a watershed opinion in Sackett v. EPA, substantially reducing the EPA’s latitude to wield the Clean Water Act against economic activity
SCOTUS Dismisses Title 42 Lawsuit, Gorsuch Vindictive on Covid Tyrannies
Last week, the Supreme Court issued a long-anticipated dismissal in Arizona v. Mayorkas. The case, which centered around the Title 42 immigration restrictions, was rendered moot earlier this month when President Biden formally terminated the policy. The...
Arlen Foster v. Department of Agriculture, et al.
Read the full brief here.
Stacy on the Right 5-10-23
Shaun Thompson Show 5-8-23
Connecticut Today with Paul Pacelli 5-3-23
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing Fails to Impugn SCOTUS Ethics
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Supreme Court ethics reform. It was the latest crest in a wave of campaigns to place the court under closer supervision by a liberal-controlled Senate. In the wake of the hearing, however, such...
The Center Square 5-2-23
The Center Square
“Op-Ed: Should the IRS require exempt organizations to report political expenditures?” by Michael O’Neill
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Washington Examiner 5-01-23
Washington Examiner
Disorder in the court: The impact of the Supreme Court Dobbs leak one year on
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Media Attacks Against Clarence Thomas Are Truly An Assault on The Independent Judiciary
Clarence Thomas will be remembered as one of the great Justices of his era. A champion of the Constitution, he has ably advanced Originalist principles of jurisprudence. An inspired tutor, his law clerks have graduated into the highest echelons of...
Trump Indictment: Primary Documents
Former President Trump was indicted this week for violation of New York Penal Code § 175.10. The statute at issue: § 175.10 Falsifying business records in the first degree.“A person is guilty of falsifying business records in the first degree when he commits the...
Connecticut Today with Paul Pacelli 4-5-23
Mike Ferguson In the Morning 3-31-22
Landmark Statement on Indictment of President Trump
Anytime an individual is charged with a crime because of who he is rather than what he is accused of doing, the Rule of Law ceases to exist for all Americans. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s indictment of former President Trump is a reckless abuse of power....
Landmark Files Regulatory Comment Opposing FTC on Non-Compete Clauses
On March 30, 2023, Landmark filed a Regulatory Comment opposing the Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) Proposed Rule on Non-Compete Clauses.
Landmark Files Brief with Supreme Court in Moore v. United States
On March 27, Landmark filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to grant the petition for certiorari in Moore v. United States. You can read the full brief here. The Moore case carries tremendous implications for the future of American tax law. In...
Virginia Commonwealth Board of Elections Demand Letter
September 20, 2016Landmark Legal Foundation recently sent this demand letter to the Virginia Commonwealth Board of Elections. The Foundation demanded that the Board distribute to Virginia’s 113 voting registrars the latest data on voting record changes assembled by...
Supplemental Request for Investigation
July 25, 2017 Request for investigation, leaking surveillance activity conducted in accordance with foreign intelligence surveillance court warrants. View Request
Landmark Legal Foundation Seeks Probe of Leaks About Investigations Into Trump Campaign Ties to Russia
April 26, 2017 Landmark Legal Foundation announced today that it has asked the inspectors general of six federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to investigate dozens of illegal leaks to journalists of classified information relating to electronic...
Landmark’s California Voter Registration Investigation
Landmark files complaint with the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security Re: California’s Failure to Maintain Accurate Voter Rolls. View the complaint here. View exhibits 1-5 View exhibits 6 part 1 View exhibit 6 part 2...
Landmark Files Complaint With California Dept. of Motor Vehicles For Failure To Maintain Accurate Voter Rolls
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LANDMARK OPED: California Ignores Non-Citizen Voter Registrations
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Landmark Legal Foundation Requests Federal Investigation Into California Voter Registration Improprieties
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Landmark Legal Foundation Defends Virginia Voting Protections Even Though The Commonwealth Won’t
View Landmark’s blog post here. View the brief here.
Texas Voting Laws Defended by Landmark and PILF
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Ohio’s Process For Protecting The Integrity Of Its Voter Rolls
Read the OpEd in USA Today by Landmark’s President Pete Hutchison here.Landmark’s amicus brief in support of the State of Ohio is available here.Listen to Landmark’s President Pete Hutchison’s Interview on the Mark Levin Show.
Landmark Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Arizona Ballot Harvesting Protections
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Landmark and PILF File Joint Brief Supporting Ballot Integrity in Texas
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Angel Family Representation
What is happening at the border today is an absolute atrocity, and a slap in the face to the Rule of Law. The Biden Administration is facilitating the exploitation of vulnerable people by international drug cartels. Worse, they have opened the border to a flood of...
Landmark Files Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners in State National Bank of Big Springs, et al v. Steven Mnuchin, et al.
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Landmark Urges the Supreme Court to Decide Whether Massachusetts’s Ban on Corporate Political Spending Violates the First Amendment
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Landmark Chairman Mark Levin Addresses The Mueller Report
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Landmark Legal Foundation Files Amicus Brief in Support of Seila Law LLC
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Janus v. AFSCME: High Court Restores First Amendment Rights to Public Employees
Read Landmark’s Scotusblog Analysis here.Read Landmark’s Brief here.
U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Compelled Employee Financial Support of Public Sector Unions
Landmark joined other freedom based legal groups and organizations supporting the rights of public employees wanting freedom from compelled financial support of public sector labor unions and their radical political agenda. The case is Thompson v. Marietta Education...
Landmark Fights for Donor Privacy
Your privacy is of the highest concern to Landmark Legal Foundation. That is why we joined 38 conservative legal and public policy organizations in challenging new rules imposed by the states of California and New York that will compel charitable organizations to...
U.S. Supreme Court Brief Filed in Troesch v. Chicago Teachers Union
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Shaun Thompson Show 3-7-23
Mike Ferguson In the Morning 3-7-22
Supreme Court Set to Dismiss Pair of Blockbuster Cases
This blockbuster Supreme Court term may soon become a little less polarized. According to a recent article from the New York Times, the Court may soon dismiss two of the term’s most widely publicized cases. Arizona v. Mayorkas and Moore v....
Ed Dean Morning Show 3-3-23
Connecticut Today with Paul Pacelli 2-28-23
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Student Loan Cases
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments yesterday in its highly anticipated pair of student loan cases, Biden v. Nebraska and Brown v. Department of Education. Crowds amassed outside the Court as early as this weekend, as supporters of...
The Detroit News 2-27-23
Yet Another Massive Student Loan Giveaway from the Biden Administration
President Biden announced his infamous student loan giveaway. These challenges will reach a head this month, during oral arguments at the Supreme Court . Landmark filed an amicus brief in one of the two consolidated cases before the Court.
Ed Dean Morning Show 2-13-23
Bobby Gunther Walsh AM Show 2-8-23
Bobby Gunther Walsh AM Show February 8, 2023 Mike O’Neill discusses the failure of the Supreme Court leak investigation +listen
Bobby Gunther Walsh AM Show 2-7-23
Bobby Gunther Walsh AM Show February 7, 2023 Pete Hutchinson discusses DOJ hypocrisy and Biden’s student loan forgiveness +listen
Happy Birthday, Ronald Reagan.
Ronald Reagan was born on this day in 1911 in Tampico, Illinois. Today would have been his 112th birthday. At Landmark Legal Foundation, we are proud of our connection through our board of directors to one of America’s greatest presidents. When Reagan entered...
Landmark Files Brief In Student Loan Forgiveness Case Before Supreme Court
Today, Landmark filed a brief supporting the challenges to President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan. The plan is a colossal regulatory action affecting millions of individuals and costing hundreds of billions of dollars. Yet Congress never authorized this...
Media’s Attempt to Undermine Faith in Supreme Court
Once again, the media has latched onto an attempt to undermine faith in our nation’s Supreme Court. This latest spasm of outrage arises from a complaint against the wife of Chief Justice Roberts. Last December, a self-proclaimed whistleblower requested that...
Another Media Miss on SCOTUS
In a piece recently published by The Atlantic, Steven Mazie speculates that there might be personal animosity on the Supreme Court and places the blame on the conservative justices. This claim seems alarming, as Mazie suggests deteriorating relationships...
Is this What Chuck Schumer Meant?
This might be what Chuck Schumer meant when he threatened Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch that they will “pay the price” for having “released the whirlwind.”...
Supreme Court News: January 20, 2023
Two recent items of note from the Supreme Court today. First, the Court is expected to issue its first opinion of the term on Monday, January 23, 2023.Second, Gail Curley, the Marshal of the Court who led the Dobbs leak investigation, issued a statement...
Landmark Responds to Failed Supreme Court Investigation
Landmark is deeply disappointed in yesterday’s statement by the Supreme Court that – despite a months-long investigation – the individual or individuals who leaked the draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health has not been identified. This lack of...