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Today Landmark Legal Foundation has filed an amicus brief in support of Trump's motion to dismiss.
Today's filing:https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67490069/410/united-states-v-trump/
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE BRIEF OF PROFESSOR SETH BARRETT TILLMAN AND LANDMARK LEGAL FOUNDATION AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT TRUMP'S MOTION TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENT [ECF NO. 326] by Non Party. Responses due by 4/4/2024. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit-Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit-Brief of Professor Seth Barrett Tillman and Landmark Legal Foundation as Amici Curiae in Support of Defendant Trump's Motion to Dismiss the Indictment [ECF no. 326](mab) (Entered: 03/21/2024)...
... Landmark has filed numerous briefs advocating for the separation of powers in
courts at all levels.
These cases include, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (U.S.Supreme Court),
Trump v. Anderson (U.S. Supreme Court),
Moore v. United States (U.S. Supreme Court),
West Virginia v. EPA (US. Supreme Court) and
Louisiana v. Biden (5th Circuit).
3. On February 22, 2024, Defendant Trump filed a motion to dismiss the indictment based on
the unlawful appointment and funding of Special Counsel Jack Smith. [ECF No, 326]. That
motion argued that “Jack Smith is not an ‘Officer’ under the statutes cited by Attorney
General Garland. At best, he is an employee.” Id. at 3 (emphasis added).
4. On March 5, 2024, an amicus brief was filed by Former Attorney General Meese, et al.
[ECF No. 364-1]. The Meese brief expanded on the argument in the Defendant’s Motion
to Dismiss: “In short, the position supposedly held by Smith was not ‘established by Law.’
The authority exercised by him as a so-called ‘Special Counsel’ far exceeds the power
exercisable by a mere employee.” (citing Lucia v. SEC, 585 U.S. 237, 245-47 (2018)
(emphasis added))...
... Landmark has filed numerous briefs advocating for the separation of powers in
courts at all levels.
These cases include, Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (U.S.Supreme Court),
Trump v. Anderson (U.S. Supreme Court),
Moore v. United States (U.S. Supreme Court),
West Virginia v. EPA (US. Supreme Court) and
Louisiana v. Biden (5th Circuit).
3. On February 22, 2024, Defendant Trump filed a motion to dismiss the indictment based on
the unlawful appointment and funding of Special Counsel Jack Smith. [ECF No, 326]. That
motion argued that “Jack Smith is not an ‘Officer’ under the statutes cited by Attorney
General Garland. At best, he is an employee.” Id. at 3 (emphasis added).
4. On March 5, 2024, an amicus brief was filed by Former Attorney General Meese, et al.
[ECF No. 364-1]. The Meese brief expanded on the argument in the Defendant’s Motion
to Dismiss: “In short, the position supposedly held by Smith was not ‘established by Law.’
The authority exercised by him as a so-called ‘Special Counsel’ far exceeds the power
exercisable by a mere employee.” (citing Lucia v. SEC, 585 U.S. 237, 245-47 (2018)
(emphasis added))...
Maybe lawyers here can explain why amicus curiae can show on dockets, and why they now argue, but (to my knowledge) never previously argued the status of any other special counsels terms, why this special counsel's 'official' status is that of an employee and not an officer; and why Ed Meeks' opinion matters, and why they present this to Cannon.
This is dubious meddling at best, fascist eroding of the judicial system at worst.
Landmark gets its funding from the Koch network of donors. George Mason U. and other familiar Koch names show up.
This network's brazen attempt to meddle with an inexperienced Trump judge shows that Koch's legal strategist network no longer cares to stay in the shadows with buying conservative Supreme Court justices.
If Jack Smith is ever going to appeal to the 11th Circuit, the occasion of this amicus should further motivate and justify his decision, imo.
The Landmark Legal Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization.[27] As of 2017, Landmark Legal had an annual budget of nearly $1.6 million, with nearly 99 percent of funding coming from charitable contributions.[27] Landmark Legal does not accept government funding.[28]
In the 1990s, Richard Mellon Scaife was a major donor to Landmark Legal.[5] Scaife gave $525,000 to Landmark Legal in 1997.[29] The Coors brewing family of Colorado has also donated to Landmark Legal...
A federal appeals court rejected a request by Landmark Legal in 1999 to block a Justice Department investigation of special counsel Ken Starr for alleged misconduct in the impeachment inquiry.[7]
In 2000, Landmark Legal filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that the National Education Association, the largest teachers' union in the U.S., did not disclose spending on political activity in Internal Revenue Service documentation.[8] Landmark Legal also filed similar complaints with the United States Department of Labor in 2002 regarding NEA and political activity; by 2006, the NEA and smaller American Federation of Teachers had filed new documents with the Labor Department revealing over $100 million combined in political action spending.[9]
In 2007 the Landmark Legal Foundation nominated commentator Rush Limbaugh, who sat as an unpaid member of its advisory board, for a Nobel Peace Prize.[10]
In 2016, the director of Penn State Earth System Science Center, climatologist Michael E. Mann, named Landmark as part of an alleged smear campaign against him after his testimony on the C-SPAN TV network about the threat of human-caused climate change.[11][12]
In 2015, a federal judge found that the Environmental Protection Agency had handled Landmark's 2012 Freedom of Information Act request in a "suspicious" manner, but the judge did not impose sanctions because Landmark had not established that the EPA acted in bad faith.[13]
Supreme Court of Arizona Justice Clint Bolick has worked for the foundation.[14] Former Whitewater_controversy special investigator Kenneth Starr has also worked with Landmark.[15] Former U.S. Attorney General and counselor to President Reagan Edwin Meese is currently the Second Vice Chairman of Landmark Legal Foundation.[16]
Leadership and staff
Kansas City attorney Jerald L. Hill served as president of Landmark Legal from 1985 to 1997. From 1997 to 2018, Mark Levin served as president.[17] Since 2018, Pete Hutchison has been president of Landmark Legal.[18]
A former White House official during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Levin joined Landmark in 1991 and previously served as director of legal policy and the foundation's Washington-based Center for Civil Rights before becoming president.[19][20] In 2001 the American Conservative Union awarded Levin its Ronald Reagan Award for his work with Landmark Legal.[21][22] Levin would go on to become a bestselling author and host of the nationally syndicated talk radio program The Mark Levin Show and Fox News Channel program Life, Liberty & Levin; after stepping down as president, he continues to serve Landmark Legal as a member of its board of directors.[23]
After serving in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Clarence Thomas, Clint Bolick served as the director of Landmark Legal's Center for Civil Rights from 1988 to 1991.[24][25][26] In seeking an alternative to affirmative action, Bolick advocated that "the conservative cause on civil rights was better served by identifying blacks, not whites, as its beneficiaries," wrote Steven M. Teles in 2008.[26] Bolick went on to become co-founding vice president at the Institute for Justice and Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.[24]
Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese also serves on the board of directors. The foundation's advisory board includes Hillsdale College president Larry P. Arnn and syndicated columnist and George Mason University economics professor Walter E. Williams.[23]
In the 1990s, Richard Mellon Scaife was a major donor to Landmark Legal.[5] Scaife gave $525,000 to Landmark Legal in 1997.[29] The Coors brewing family of Colorado has also donated to Landmark Legal...
A federal appeals court rejected a request by Landmark Legal in 1999 to block a Justice Department investigation of special counsel Ken Starr for alleged misconduct in the impeachment inquiry.[7]
In 2000, Landmark Legal filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that the National Education Association, the largest teachers' union in the U.S., did not disclose spending on political activity in Internal Revenue Service documentation.[8] Landmark Legal also filed similar complaints with the United States Department of Labor in 2002 regarding NEA and political activity; by 2006, the NEA and smaller American Federation of Teachers had filed new documents with the Labor Department revealing over $100 million combined in political action spending.[9]
In 2007 the Landmark Legal Foundation nominated commentator Rush Limbaugh, who sat as an unpaid member of its advisory board, for a Nobel Peace Prize.[10]
In 2016, the director of Penn State Earth System Science Center, climatologist Michael E. Mann, named Landmark as part of an alleged smear campaign against him after his testimony on the C-SPAN TV network about the threat of human-caused climate change.[11][12]
In 2015, a federal judge found that the Environmental Protection Agency had handled Landmark's 2012 Freedom of Information Act request in a "suspicious" manner, but the judge did not impose sanctions because Landmark had not established that the EPA acted in bad faith.[13]
Supreme Court of Arizona Justice Clint Bolick has worked for the foundation.[14] Former Whitewater_controversy special investigator Kenneth Starr has also worked with Landmark.[15] Former U.S. Attorney General and counselor to President Reagan Edwin Meese is currently the Second Vice Chairman of Landmark Legal Foundation.[16]
Leadership and staff
Kansas City attorney Jerald L. Hill served as president of Landmark Legal from 1985 to 1997. From 1997 to 2018, Mark Levin served as president.[17] Since 2018, Pete Hutchison has been president of Landmark Legal.[18]
A former White House official during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, Levin joined Landmark in 1991 and previously served as director of legal policy and the foundation's Washington-based Center for Civil Rights before becoming president.[19][20] In 2001 the American Conservative Union awarded Levin its Ronald Reagan Award for his work with Landmark Legal.[21][22] Levin would go on to become a bestselling author and host of the nationally syndicated talk radio program The Mark Levin Show and Fox News Channel program Life, Liberty & Levin; after stepping down as president, he continues to serve Landmark Legal as a member of its board of directors.[23]
After serving in the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under Clarence Thomas, Clint Bolick served as the director of Landmark Legal's Center for Civil Rights from 1988 to 1991.[24][25][26] In seeking an alternative to affirmative action, Bolick advocated that "the conservative cause on civil rights was better served by identifying blacks, not whites, as its beneficiaries," wrote Steven M. Teles in 2008.[26] Bolick went on to become co-founding vice president at the Institute for Justice and Associate Justice of the Arizona Supreme Court.[24]
Former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese also serves on the board of directors. The foundation's advisory board includes Hillsdale College president Larry P. Arnn and syndicated columnist and George Mason University economics professor Walter E. Williams.[23]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landmark_Legal_Foundation
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I'd agree, but we know that's not going to happen. 
