The Buckeye Institute v. Internal Revenue Service, et al.
HLLI ifled an amicus brief in arguing that the IRS disclosure requirement for donors of nonprofits violates the First Amendment.
Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump and Trump v. V.O.S. Selections, Inc.
The Hamilton Lincoln Law Institute filed an amicus brief on behalf of Cato Institute economists challenging the use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs without congressional authorization.
New York, et al. v. National Science Foundation, et al.
Docket number: 1:25-cv-4452 (S.D.N.Y.) On April 18, 2025, the National Science Foundation issued a Policy Directive that reorientated its research funding decisions to the original mission of pursuing scientific research that focuses on intellectual merit that has a broad impact on the country, rather than favor certain narrow classes. The National Science Foundation terminated certain projects that do not align with that mission. The National Science Foundation also implemented a cap…
Dubash v. City of Houston, et al.
Docket: No. 24-20485 (5th Cir.) HLLI filed an amicus brief with Young America's Foundation and Advancing American Freedom is support of the free speech rights of Houstonians asking the Fifth Circuit to overturn a lower court's order blessing the restriction of First Amendment activity in a public park in City of Houston because the city delegated control of the park to a private non-profit corporation whose sole purpose is the operation…
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Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Pamela Bondi
HLLI filed an amicus brief in Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc. v. Merrick Garland, opposing the Department of Justice’s emergency motion to stay a district court’s nationwide injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act.
B.A., et al. v. Tri County Area Schools, et al.
HLLI filed an amicus brief with Dhillon Law Group and Young America's Foundation in support of the free speech rights of two minor students and their mother who are asking the Sixth Circuit to reverse a lower court's decision upholding their school district's ban on clothing in school with the slogan "Let's Go Brandon."
Waples Mobile Home Park Limited Partnership v. Reyes
Docket number: No. 23-1340 HLLI filed an amicus brief with Pacific Legal Foundation and Manhattan Institute, in support of petitioner Waples Mobile Home Park's request that the Supreme Court grant certiorari to address the legal burden that parties must carry in cases relying on a disparate impact theory of liability under the Fair Housing Act ("FHA"). The case arose when four noncitizen families sued Waples Mobile Home Park under the FHA…
Little v. Hecox
Docket number: No. 24-38 On August 12, 2024, HLLI filed a brief of amici curiae on behalf of 35 athletic officials and coaches for female athletes in support of petitioners in Little v. Hecox, who are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit enjoining an Idaho law that protecting women's sports by limiting participation to biological women. HLLI’s brief explains…
Powell, et al. v. Securities and Exch. Comm’n
HLLI filed an amicus challenging the SEC's “gag order” policy, which unconstitutionally silences citizens and prevents the public from receiving information about the Commission’s work.
Iowa v. SEC
HLLI filed an amicus brief in the Eighth Circuit in Iowa v. SEC, challenging the SEC’s new regulation requiring publicly traded companies to make climate-related disclosures in securities filings.
