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DD v. Washington (9th Cir.)
Legionnaires, Yesterday DD filed our appellant’s brief in the Ninth Circuit. This is the appeal from the decision in State of Washington v. Dep’t of State et al., No. C18-1115-RSL (W.D. Wash). You may access the brief below. The argument will look familiar. The States simply didn’t have standing to bring the challenge. They could […]
05.27.20
05.11.20
State of Washington v. DD and US Dept. of State
Legionnaires, On May 8, DD filed a response to the blue state attempt to dismiss their 2018 action against us and the State Department in Seattle. A funny thing about this phase of the appeal: Should the states succeed in dismissing the case as moot, our original publication license from the State Department reactivates. As […]
05.05.20
Fifth Circuit Update
Legionnaires, Yesterday the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Defense Distributed v. Grewal, No. 19-50723. You may listen to the recording here. This morning the Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal with the Ninth Circuit in the most recent ITAR case AG Ferguson and company brought in Washington (State of […]
04.22.20
DD Appellate Actions
Legionnaires, Our many legal actions proceed apace: In Defense Distributed v. Grewal, No. 1:18-cv-00637-RP (W.D. Tex.) and No. 19-50723 (5th Cir.), the Fifth Circuit has scheduled oral arguments for May 4th. AG Grewal attempted to delay the date with a vague appeal to legal emergencies related to Covid (I have written about this tactic elsewhere), […]
04.15.20
DEFCAD 2020
Legionnaires, Thank you for making DEFCAD’s March relaunch such a success. We’ve signed up thousands of new members and transferred even more files. It’s a good time to launch a digital product in this country. You may have seen rumblings online from the nation’s many attorneys general that the operation of our site is somehow […]