FEF Publishes Update
In the May 25, 2020 edition of American Free Press, Merlin Miller FEF board member, summarizes FEF’s achievements and plans for the future. See the article here.
In the May 25, 2020 edition of American Free Press, Merlin Miller FEF board member, summarizes FEF’s achievements and plans for the future. See the article here.
On November 24, 2020, the Fourth Circuit set oral argument for January 26, 2021 in Glen Allen’s appeal from the District Court’s dismissal of his complaint against Heidi Beirich, Mark Potok, and the SPLC. Allen commented that “the Fourth Circuit waited over six months after briefing was completed to schedule oral argument, so I was becoming concerned. But I’m happy…
On June 3, 2019, in a great victory for free expression and the rule of law, Judge Cormac Carney granted the Rise Above Movement defendants’ motions to dismiss their indictments in the United States v. Rundo, et al. prosecution in California under the Anti-Riot Act. FEF had filed an amicus brief in support of the motions to dismiss and the…
The following is the text of the Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Court) brief filed with the United States Supreme Court by Free Expression Foundation lawyers on October 25. The brief presents a direct and so far ignored rationale for striking down the 1968 Anti-Riot Act. It also proposes a simple solution to the multitude of problems created by recent…
On June 17, 2019, the American Free Press (“AFP”), citing FEF’s contributions, published an article commending the Rise Above Movement defendants’ victory in California. The front-page AFP article about the RAM victory can be viewed here.
On May 11, 2020, Glen Allen, responding to the SPLC’s brief in opposition to his opening brief, filed his reply brief in further support of his appeal. In his reply brief, Allen castigated the SPLC Defendants for improperly citing matters outside the appellate record in their opposition brief by seeking to introduce newspaper articles and articles written by the SPLC…
On May 31, 2019, Judge Cormac Carney granted FEF’s application to file its amicus (Friend of the Court) brief in the United States v. Rundo, et al. prosecution in the federal District Court for the Central District of California. This Rundo case is one of two federal prosecutions of Rise Above Movement (“RAM”) members under the federal Anti-Riot Act (the…