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21 Mar 2024, 1:37 pm by Tom Smith
“The government may not use coercive threats to suppress speech, but it is entitled to speak for itself by informing, persuading, or criticizing private speakers,” said Biden administration lawyer Brian Fletcher in his opening remarks. [read post]
19 Mar 2024, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf
Aguiñaga an out.The core argument of the federal government that Deputy SG Brian Fletcher pressed was that in order for the actions of federal officials with respect to private actors to convert those private actors into state actors for constitutional purposes, the government officials must do more than jawbone or otherwise encourage the private actors to take particular steps; there must be coercion. [read post]
  As the federal government began its oral argument, Principal Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher said that the states and individuals challenging the law principally relied on misleading past instances when their social media posts and accounts were subject to moderation with no traceable link to the government. [read post]
18 Mar 2024, 2:07 pm by Amy Howe
Solicitor General Brian Fletcher – representing the Biden administration – told the justices that the “easiest way to resolve this case” was to rule that the challengers do not have a legal right to sue, known as standing, because there is no imminent threat that social media platforms will moderate the posts of any of the challengers. [read post]
28 Feb 2024, 10:00 pm by Stephen Halbrook
In the very first two sentences of his opening statement for the government, Brian Fletcher unknowingly explained why a bump stock is not a machine gun. [read post]
28 Feb 2024, 12:41 pm by Amy Howe
Solicitor General Brian Fletcher, representing the Biden administration, on how a semiautomatic rifle equipped with a bump stock operates differently from a machine gun. [read post]
30 Nov 2023, 4:28 am by Ronald Mann
He repeatedly ridiculed the argument of Principal Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher, representing the SEC, that the jury trial right is wholly inapplicable to agency proceedings whenever the public rights doctrine permits Congress to authorize agency adjudication. [read post]
30 Nov 2023, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf
Justice Kavanaugh made the point in a question to Principal Deputy SG Brian Fletcher when he asked "what sense does it make to say the full constitutional protections apply when a private party is suing you, but we're going to discard those core constitutional historic protections when the government comes at you for the same money? [read post]
3 Nov 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Publisher Sherry Digmon and reporter Don Fletcher of the Atmore News in Alabama were arrested after a story by Fletcher disclosed details of an investigation into the local school board’s payments to seven former school-system employees. [read post]
19 May 2023, 4:03 pm by Mark Walsh
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar leads a contingent from her office, including Deputy Solicitors General Brian Fletcher and Malcolm Stewart. [read post]
3 Apr 2023, 10:08 am by Avery Schmitz
The discussion will feature Katrina Burgess, associate professor of political economy at the Fletcher School; Alex de Waal, executive director of the World Peace Foundation at the Fletcher School; and Aditya Sarkar, Ph.D candidate also at the Fletcher school. [read post]
28 Mar 2023, 11:25 am by Amanda Shanor
The government argued that “encourage or induce” should be read narrowly to mean to aid and abet or solicit, including an intent requirement, and the court peppered Principal Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher with hypotheticals he sought to avoid. [read post]
12 Dec 2022, 4:16 pm by Mark Movsesian
Appearing on behalf of the Biden Administration as amicus curiae, Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher agreed. [read post]
6 Dec 2022, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in 303 Creative LLC v. [read post]
5 Dec 2022, 4:29 pm by Mark Walsh
Late in the argument, Jackson, addressing Deputy Solicitor General Brian Fletcher, who was arguing in support of Colorado, says, [read post]
5 Dec 2022, 4:18 pm by Amy Howe
Brian Fletcher, the principal deputy solicitor general who argued on behalf of the Biden administration in support of Colorado, resisted any effort to carve out an exemption for same-sex marriage. [read post]