http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/judge-janice-brown-writes-scathing-economic-rights-concurrence/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/judge-janice-brown-writes-scathing-economic-rights-concurrence/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 17:06:00 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=132574 Findlaw: This case is part of the economic rights debate, which grew more heated in the Obamacare lawsuits. The scathing opinion of the judges here shows the controversy over government regulation over economic rights and whether the courts should assert more power to overturn infringing laws. Brown has been highly vocal over the years on economic issues, at times comparing liberal economic policies with slavery ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/05/01/judge-janice-brown-writes-scathing-economic-rights-concurrence/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/u-s-court-of-appeals-d-c-concurrence-criticizes-supreme-court-precedents-that-have-undermined-american-economic-freedom/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/u-s-court-of-appeals-d-c-concurrence-criticizes-supreme-court-precedents-that-have-undermined-american-economic-freedom/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:47:10 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=131213 Volokh Conspiracy Blog (Judges Brown and Sentelle Urge the Supreme Court to End Rational Basis Review of Economic Regulations): America’s cowboy capitalism was long ago disarmed by a democratic process increasingly dominated by powerful groups with economic interests antithetical to competitors and consumers. And the courts, from which the victims of burdensome regulation sought protection, have been negotiating the terms of surrender since the 1930s . . . The hope of correction at the ballot box is purely illusory . . . | Hettinga v. United States ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/04/16/u-s-court-of-appeals-d-c-concurrence-criticizes-supreme-court-precedents-that-have-undermined-american-economic-freedom/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/analysis-obama-yet-to-make-a-mark-on-key-u-s-court/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/analysis-obama-yet-to-make-a-mark-on-key-u-s-court/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 19:22:49 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=126932 Chicago Tribune: The D.C. Circuit, as it is called, is also often a springboard to the Supreme Court where four of the current nine justices served on the D.C. Circuit. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/27/analysis-obama-yet-to-make-a-mark-on-key-u-s-court/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/u-s-court-of-appeals-d-c-circuit-seniors-cant-reject-medicare-right/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/u-s-court-of-appeals-d-c-circuit-seniors-cant-reject-medicare-right/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:49:15 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=124817 News from The Associated Press: A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits, in a rare case of Americans suing to get out of a government entitlement. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2012/02/07/u-s-court-of-appeals-d-c-circuit-seniors-cant-reject-medicare-right/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/boston-globe-editorial-on-the-halligan-nomination-to-the-d-c-circuit-outrage-machine-grinds-away/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/boston-globe-editorial-on-the-halligan-nomination-to-the-d-c-circuit-outrage-machine-grinds-away/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:34:47 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120110 Editorials - The Boston Globe: Discrediting Perfectly qualified nominees to the federal judiciary is a dreary, familiar business - one whose latest target is Caitlin Halligan, a former New York solicitor general who once clerked for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. Ever since President Obama nominated her for the DC Circuit Court of Appeals last year, critics have been combing her record for evidence of dangerous radicalism. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/boston-globe-editorial-on-the-halligan-nomination-to-the-d-c-circuit-outrage-machine-grinds-away/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/senate-republicans-stop-another-obama-pro-abortion-judge/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/senate-republicans-stop-another-obama-pro-abortion-judge/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 11:30:05 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=120139 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/06/senate-republicans-stop-another-obama-pro-abortion-judge/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/d-c-cir-cloture-filed-on-halligan-nomination/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/d-c-cir-cloture-filed-on-halligan-nomination/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:36:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119855 Senate Democrats: This evening Senator Reid filed cloture on the nomination of Caitlin Joan Halligan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/12/02/d-c-cir-cloture-filed-on-halligan-nomination/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/longtime-appellate-lawyer-nominated-for-d-c-court-of-appeals/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/longtime-appellate-lawyer-nominated-for-d-c-court-of-appeals/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:45:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=119011 The Blog of Legal Times: Roy McLeese III, a veteran appellate attorney in Washington, was nominated Thursday to a slot on the D.C. Court of Appeals. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/18/longtime-appellate-lawyer-nominated-for-d-c-court-of-appeals/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/u-s-court-of-appeals-for-circuit-of-d-c-upholds-obamacare/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/u-s-court-of-appeals-for-circuit-of-d-c-upholds-obamacare/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:29:12 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=118046 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/11/08/u-s-court-of-appeals-for-circuit-of-d-c-upholds-obamacare/feed/ 2 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/31/obama-asks-aba-to-vet-adegbile-for-supreme-court%e2%80%99s-farm-team/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/31/obama-asks-aba-to-vet-adegbile-for-supreme-court%e2%80%99s-farm-team/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:00:52 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=117356 The Washington Post reports on Obama's latest nomination to the D.C. Circuit. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/10/31/obama-asks-aba-to-vet-adegbile-for-supreme-court%e2%80%99s-farm-team/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/oral-argument-in-the-dc-circuit-mandate-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/oral-argument-in-the-dc-circuit-mandate-case/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:16:02 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114974 The Volokh Conspiracy: The low point for the government was when Judges Kavanaugh and Silberman pressed counsel for about 10 minutes for a single example of any economic mandate that would be unconstitutional under the government’s theory of constitutionality. To their evident frustration, she refused to provide any such example. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/29/oral-argument-in-the-dc-circuit-mandate-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/26/obama-health-care-law-gets-mixed-reaction-from-appeals-court-judge-asks-if-retirement-account-mandate-is-next/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/26/obama-health-care-law-gets-mixed-reaction-from-appeals-court-judge-asks-if-retirement-account-mandate-is-next/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:56:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=114538 Bloomberg: “In 220 years there has been a whole lot of laws and a lot of crises, yet Congress has never once mandated a purchase,” said Judge Brett Kavanaugh, adding that the “lurking next step” might be a law requiring investment in private retirement accounts. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/09/26/obama-health-care-law-gets-mixed-reaction-from-appeals-court-judge-asks-if-retirement-account-mandate-is-next/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/d-c-circuit-on-the-new-%e2%80%9cadvanced-imaging-technology%e2%80%9d-airport-searches/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/d-c-circuit-on-the-new-%e2%80%9cadvanced-imaging-technology%e2%80%9d-airport-searches/#comments Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:42:57 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=108348 The Volokh Conspiracy: From Electronic Privacy Information Center v. United States Department of Homeland Security (D.C. Cir., decided this morning) . . . ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/07/18/d-c-circuit-on-the-new-%e2%80%9cadvanced-imaging-technology%e2%80%9d-airport-searches/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/19/d-c-circuit-child-pornography-victim-owed-more-restitution/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/19/d-c-circuit-child-pornography-victim-owed-more-restitution/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 18:34:53 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=101449 ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/04/19/d-c-circuit-child-pornography-victim-owed-more-restitution/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/two-candidates-for-d-c-federal-court-head-to-full-senate/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/two-candidates-for-d-c-federal-court-head-to-full-senate/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:35:19 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94690 Blog of the Legal Times: "Among the nominations are two candidates for spots on the bench of Washington’s federal trial court. Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia Superior Court and Amy Jackson, a partner at Washington-based Trout Cacheris, have both been nominated for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/04/two-candidates-for-d-c-federal-court-head-to-full-senate/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/03/obamas-d-c-circuit-pick-meets-skeptical-republicans/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/03/obamas-d-c-circuit-pick-meets-skeptical-republicans/#comments Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:04:08 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=94560 Blog of the Legal Times: "Caitlin Halligan followed an often-used script today during her confirmation hearing for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, telling a Senate committee that if confirmed, she would defer to Supreme Court precedent and to the Framers' intent. But her hour-long testimony made clear that Republicans are laying the ground for possible opposition to her nomination." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2011/02/03/obamas-d-c-circuit-pick-meets-skeptical-republicans/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/dc-circuit-upholds-ftc-jurisdiction-over-purported-religious-organization/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/dc-circuit-upholds-ftc-jurisdiction-over-purported-religious-organization/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 17:30:57 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=87077 Religion Clause: "In Daniel Chapter One v. FTC, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 25496 (DC Cir., Dec. 10 2010), the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals held that an organization's formal legal status as a religious corporation sole does not prevent the Federal Trade Commission from regulating its advertisements for dietary supplements." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/16/dc-circuit-upholds-ftc-jurisdiction-over-purported-religious-organization/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/obama-admin-suggests-more-embryonic-stem-cell-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/obama-admin-suggests-more-embryonic-stem-cell-funding/#comments Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:29:02 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=86152 LifeNews: "Taking advantage of an appeals court ruling striking down an injunction against his forcing Americans to pay for embryonic stem cell research, the Obama administration is looking at more funding . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/13/obama-admin-suggests-more-embryonic-stem-cell-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/court-to-hear-lawsuit-on-obamas-embryonic-stem-cell-funds/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/court-to-hear-lawsuit-on-obamas-embryonic-stem-cell-funds/#comments Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:19:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=84763 LifeNews: "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will hear oral arguments Monday in the appeal of a lower court ruling related to the lawsuit brought by stem cell research scientists . . . [Steven Aden], a lead attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund applauded [the lower court's ruling]. 'The American people should not be forced to pay for experiments — prohibited by federal law — that destroy human life,' he said." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/12/02/court-to-hear-lawsuit-on-obamas-embryonic-stem-cell-funds/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/dc-circuit-federal-employee-need-not-relitigate-religious-discrimination-victory-to-appeal-retaliation-holding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/dc-circuit-federal-employee-need-not-relitigate-religious-discrimination-victory-to-appeal-retaliation-holding/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:19:34 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=75321 Religion Clause: "In Payne v. Salazar, (DC Cir., Sept. 7, 2010), . . . Department of Interior employee Cassandra Payne won her religious discrimination clam at the administrative level. An EEOC administrative judge found that the Interior Department had violated Title VII by refusing Payne's requests for weekends off so she could attend church and Bible study . . ." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/10/06/dc-circuit-federal-employee-need-not-relitigate-religious-discrimination-victory-to-appeal-retaliation-holding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/president-obama-names-two-to-u-s-circuit-courts/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/president-obama-names-two-to-u-s-circuit-courts/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 17:07:08 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74332 White House: "Today, President Obama nominated Caitlin Halligan for a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and Jimmie V. Reyna to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit . . . " ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/president-obama-names-two-to-u-s-circuit-courts/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/controversial-research-to-continue/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/controversial-research-to-continue/#comments Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:44:20 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74306 OneNewsNow: "'The American taxpayers said 15 years ago that public funding cannot be provided for embryonic stem-cell research, and this is a test in the courts [on] whether the rule of law will be upheld or whether taxpayer dollars will continue to be used for research that has proven to be unproductive, unlawful, and unethical,' ADF attorney [Steve Aden] comments about the latest decision." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/30/controversial-research-to-continue/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/obama-to-tap-ny-lawyer-for-dc-circuit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/obama-to-tap-ny-lawyer-for-dc-circuit/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:04:00 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74259 Associated Press: "A government official said Wednesday that Obama was nominating Caitlin Halligan, general counsel at the D.A.'s office, to the court. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the nomination had not been made public." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/obama-to-tap-ny-lawyer-for-dc-circuit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/judge-lifts-ban-on-federal-funding-of-embryonic-stem-cell-research/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/judge-lifts-ban-on-federal-funding-of-embryonic-stem-cell-research/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:03:04 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=74254 The New American: "The Alliance Defense Fund is involved in the lawsuit that challenges the use of federal funds for embryonic stem-cell research. [Steven Aden], senior legal counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund reacted to the Appeals Court decision. 'We believe it’s a shame that they would rush to push funding of embryonic stem cell research, and a waste of taxpayer money.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/29/judge-lifts-ban-on-federal-funding-of-embryonic-stem-cell-research/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/appeals-court-allows-obama-to-fund-embryonic-stem-cell-research-during-suit/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/appeals-court-allows-obama-to-fund-embryonic-stem-cell-research-during-suit/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:01:06 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/appeals-court-allows-obama-to-fund-embryonic-stem-cell-research-during-suit/ ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/appeals-court-allows-obama-to-fund-embryonic-stem-cell-research-during-suit/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/court-questions-obama-admin-lawyers-on-embryonic-research-funding-appeal/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/court-questions-obama-admin-lawyers-on-embryonic-research-funding-appeal/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:25:16 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73933 LifeNews: "The Obama administration argued with an appeals court on Monday to overturn the decision a federal judge issued to temporarily halt taxpayer funding of embryonic stem cell research that destroys human lives to produce. They claimed the temporary funding ban would hurt scientific research . . . [Steven Aden], a lead attorney for the Alliance Defense Fund applauded Lamberth's decision. 'The American people should not be forced to pay for experiments -- prohibited by federal law -- that destroy human life,' he said. 'The court is simply enforcing an existing law passed by Congress that prevents Americans from paying another penny for needless research on human embryos.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/court-questions-obama-admin-lawyers-on-embryonic-research-funding-appeal/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/us-supreme-court-cert-filed-in-challenge-to-inauguration-oath-and-prayers/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/us-supreme-court-cert-filed-in-challenge-to-inauguration-oath-and-prayers/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:50:17 +0000 ADF Alliance Alert http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/us-supreme-court-cert-filed-in-challenge-to-inauguration-oath-and-prayers/ Religion Clause Blog: "Yesterday a Petition for Certiorari (full text) was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to review the D.C. Circuit's decision in Newdow v. Roberts." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/28/us-supreme-court-cert-filed-in-challenge-to-inauguration-oath-and-prayers/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/27/appeals-court-considers-ban-on-stem-cell-research/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/27/appeals-court-considers-ban-on-stem-cell-research/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:36:26 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=73732 Associated Press: "Judge Thomas Griffith questioned whether the work would really be irreparably harmed or just delayed if the government ultimately can win the ongoing case." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/27/appeals-court-considers-ban-on-stem-cell-research/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/three-judge-panel-asks-for-oral-arguments-on-stem-cell-ban/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/three-judge-panel-asks-for-oral-arguments-on-stem-cell-ban/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:15:09 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72643 The Tech (MIT): "Arguments will be heard at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 27. It had previously been expected the court would decide on the strength of briefs filed before it, the last of which is due Sept. 20. The court will probably rule a few days after oral argument . . . The lawyers for Sherley and Deisher, are all working pro bono, meaning free of charge, because they believe the work is in the public interest. The lead counsel is Thomas G. Hungar, a partner at the high-powered law firm of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher; five Gibson Dunn associates are also on the case. They are joined by Samuel B. Casey of Advocates International and Steven H. Aden of the Alliance Defense Fund." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/17/three-judge-panel-asks-for-oral-arguments-on-stem-cell-ban/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/d-c-circuit-to-hear-stem-cell-case-sept-27/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/d-c-circuit-to-hear-stem-cell-case-sept-27/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:54:30 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72625 Blog of LegalTimes: "A federal appeals court in Washington will hear oral argument Sept. 27 in the government's challenge of a preliminary injunction that blocks funding for human embryonic stem cell research." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/d-c-circuit-to-hear-stem-cell-case-sept-27/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/plaintiffs-lawyers-urge-court-to-keep-injunction-in-stem-cell-case/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/plaintiffs-lawyers-urge-court-to-keep-injunction-in-stem-cell-case/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 16:24:38 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72486 Law.com: "The Gibson team, working with Washington's Alliance Defense Fund and Fairfax, Va.-based Advocates International, said in the court papers that a stay pending appeal 'would lead to a flight of federal dollars into [human embryonic stem cell] research,' hurting Sherley and Deisher and other National Institutes of Health grant applicants." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/16/plaintiffs-lawyers-urge-court-to-keep-injunction-in-stem-cell-case/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/court-temporarily-lifts-ban-on-stem-cell-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/court-temporarily-lifts-ban-on-stem-cell-funding/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:55:50 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72358 CBN News (video): "Steven Aden, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, discussed the immediate impact of the ruling and more on the Friday, September 10 edition of CBN Newschannel's Morning program." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/court-temporarily-lifts-ban-on-stem-cell-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/appeals-court-asked-to-reverse-decision-allowing-embryonic-research-funding/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/appeals-court-asked-to-reverse-decision-allowing-embryonic-research-funding/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:31:24 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72297 LifeNews: "Today, attorneys for Advocates International, part of the pro-life legal team with the Alliance Defense Fund and the law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, filed their 147-page opposition to the government's 165-page request for an emergency stay of the federal district court's order preventing funding while the case continues." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/appeals-court-asked-to-reverse-decision-allowing-embryonic-research-funding/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/federal-court-of-appeals-asked-to-allow-enjoinder-of-federally-funded-embryonic-stem-cell-research/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/federal-court-of-appeals-asked-to-allow-enjoinder-of-federally-funded-embryonic-stem-cell-research/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:27:56 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=72296 Advocates International (AI), part of the public interest legal team along with the Alliance Defense Fund (ADF) and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher (GD&C) who brought the case before the court more than a year ago, announced this evening that their clients have now filed in the federal court of appeals their 147-page opposition to the government's 165-page request for an emergency stay of the federal district court's order enjoining the government's unlawful, unethical and unnecessary federal funding of research involving the destruction of living human embryos pending the government's appeal of that court's preliminary injunction order. ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/15/federal-court-of-appeals-asked-to-allow-enjoinder-of-federally-funded-embryonic-stem-cell-research/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/13/us-stem-cell-research-potentially-back-on-track/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/13/us-stem-cell-research-potentially-back-on-track/#comments Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:56:21 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=71953 BioNews: "A federal appeals court in the US has ruled that federal funding for embryonic stem (ES) cell research may continue and an injunction placed on the funding by a lower court last month is temporarily suspended . . . Opponents argue that federal funds should not be used in research that involves the destruction of what many consider human life and that the benefits of the research are as yet unproven. 'We believe it's a shame that they would rush to push funding of ES cell research, and a waste of taxpayer money,' said a lawyer instructed by the Alliance Defense Fund which is involved in bring the action against the NIH. Opponents have been asked to file a response to the court by 14 September and the Government must then submit its response six days later." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2010/09/13/us-stem-cell-research-potentially-back-on-track/feed/ 0