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In a friend of the court brief, Durbin, D-Springfield, urged the OCC to clarify its understanding of interchange laws.
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Catrina Barker | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Dec. 2024
An amicus, or friend of the court, is a person or organization who submits an expert opinion to a court in support of a party in a case.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
The Texas Blockchain Council has opened a new front in the cryptocurrency industry's battle over regulations by submitting a friend of the court brief to a case challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) policy of requiring silence in all settlement agreements.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 11 July 2024
In June, Durbin tried to pass Whitehouse’s stalled bill codifying for the Supreme Court a code of conduct, gifts reporting, recusal standards and disclosures about friend of the court briefs.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Downwind states such as Maryland, New York, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania filed a friend of the court brief in the case, saying pollution that wafts into their states from upwind sources has major health consequences for their residents.
—Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
During arguments before Cannon on Friday, Trump’s defense lawyers aided by outside attorneys invited by the judge — known as friends of the court — jumped at the chance to pick at the arcane laws and regulations authorizing the special counsel appointments over the years.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
The judge’s decision was a win for Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and several other state attorneys general, who had filed as friends of the court arguing that the district court made an error in not considering whether the complaint provided an exemption to federal immunity law.
—José Luis Martínez, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2024
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.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
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Catrina Barker | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Dec. 2024
An amicus, or friend of the court, is a person or organization who submits an expert opinion to a court in support of a party in a case.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
The Texas Blockchain Council has opened a new front in the cryptocurrency industry's battle over regulations by submitting a friend of the court brief to a case challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) policy of requiring silence in all settlement agreements.
—Brady Dale, Axios, 11 July 2024
In June, Durbin tried to pass Whitehouse’s stalled bill codifying for the Supreme Court a code of conduct, gifts reporting, recusal standards and disclosures about friend of the court briefs.
—Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 6 July 2024
Downwind states such as Maryland, New York, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania filed a friend of the court brief in the case, saying pollution that wafts into their states from upwind sources has major health consequences for their residents.
—Maxine Joselow, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
During arguments before Cannon on Friday, Trump’s defense lawyers aided by outside attorneys invited by the judge — known as friends of the court — jumped at the chance to pick at the arcane laws and regulations authorizing the special counsel appointments over the years.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2024
The judge’s decision was a win for Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and several other state attorneys general, who had filed as friends of the court arguing that the district court made an error in not considering whether the complaint provided an exemption to federal immunity law.
—José Luis Martínez, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2024
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.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2024
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