Great legal quotes of the week: January 26, 2024
“Lawsuits can prompt institutional learning when they carry real consequences for defendant agencies.”
— The Cato Institute in a January 19 amicus brief in Benning v. Oliver
“Modern connected humankind is trying to determine its position backwards.”
— Playwright David Mamet in a January 23 amicus brief in NetChoice v. Paxton
“It does not violate the First Amendment for Oregon to have a position. But it does violate the First Amendment for Oregon to deny a government license to a private citizen solely because she disagrees with the State’s position and refuses to affirmatively say otherwise.”
— FIRE in a January 19 amicus brief in Bates v. Pakseresht
“This was not the hot pursuit of a presumed criminal; it was the premeditated pursuit of a confirmed critic.”
— Judge Don Willett in a January 23 dissent in Villarreal v. City of Laredo
