Members and Leadership Sign Amicus Brief in Trump v. Anderson
Members and leadership of the Society signed this amicus brief in the matter of Trump v. Anderson, addressing the question of whether the former president should be allowed ballot access in Colorado.
The brief argues that “it would violate the rule of law and textualism for this Court to create an off-ramp to avoid adjudicating whether Mr. Trump is disqualified.” It also argues that “the terms of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment disqualify Mr. Trump,” and that “Mr. Trump incited, and therefore engaged in, an armed insurrection against the Constitution’s express and foundational mandates that require the peaceful transfer of executive power to a newly-elected President.”
Signatories on the brief include:
Donald Ayer, Deputy Attorney General, 1989-1990; Principal DeputySolicitor General, 1986-88; United States Attorney, Eastern District of California, 1982-1986; Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of California, 1977-1979.
George Conway, Board President, Society for the Rule of Law; argued Morrison v. National Australian Bank, Ltd., 561 U.S. 247 (2010).
Mickey Edwards, Member of Congress, 1977-1993. Chair, House Republican Policy Committee. National Chair, American Conservative Union. Founding Trustee, The Heritage Foundation. Taught for more than 20 years at Harvard, Georgetown, and Princeton, where he is a Visiting Professor.
Stuart M. Gerson, Acting Attorney General, 1993; Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, 1989–1993; Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1972–1975.
John Giraudo, Attorney Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, 1986-1988; Associate Deputy Secretary of Labor, December 1986-1988.
Peter Keisler, Acting Attorney General, 2007; Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division, 2003- 2007; Principal Deputy Associate Attorney General and Acting Associate Attorney General, 2002-2003; Assistant and Associate Counsel to the President, The White House, 1986-1988.
J. Michael Luttig, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals, 1991-2006; Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel and Counselor to the Attorney General, 1990-1991; Assistant Counsel to the President, The White House, 1980-1981.
John M. Mitnick, General Counsel, United States Department of Homeland Security, 2018-2019; Associate Counsel to the President, The White House, 2005-2007; Deputy Counsel, Homeland Security Council, The White House, 2004-2005; Associate General Counsel for Science and Technology, United States Department of Homeland Security, 2003-2004; and Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General (Antitrust), United States Department of Justice, 2001-2002.
Jonathan C. Rose, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, 1981-1984; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, 1975-1977; Associate Deputy Attorney General and Director, Office of Justice Policy and Planning, 1974-1975; General Counsel, Council on International Economic Policy, 1972-1974; Special Assistant to the President, 1971-1972; White House Staff Assistant, 1969-1971.
Paul Rosenzweig, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security, 2005-2009; Office of Independent Counsel, 1998-1999; United States Department of Justice, 1986-1991; currently Professorial Lecturer in Law, The George Washington University Law School.
Nicholas Rostow, General Counsel and Senior Policy Adviser to the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York, 2001-2005; Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council, 1987-1993; Special Assistant to the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, 1985-1987; currently, Senior Research Scholar at Yale Law School.
Robert Shanks, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, 1981-1984.
Christopher Shays, Representative of the Fourth Congressional District of Connecticut in the United States House of Representatives, 1987-2009
Stanley Twardy, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut,1985–1991.
Wendell Willkie, II, Associate Counsel to the President, 1984-1985; Acting Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1992-1993; General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1989-1993; General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education, 1985-1988; currently, adjunct Professor of Law at New York University and adjunct fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Richard Bernstein, Appointed by the United States Supreme Court to argue in Carmell v. Texas, 529 U.S. 513, 515 (2000); Montgomery v. Louisiana, 136 S. Ct. 718, 725 (2016).