Legal

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Wilson v. Hawaii, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and tell the Hawaii Supreme Court that it is bound by the U.S. Supreme Court’s rulings on the Second Amendment. “The U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions are the law of the land with regards to the U.S. Constitution, and Hawaii cannot simply ignore the court or parts of the Constitution that they believe are ‘inconsistent with the Spirit of Aloha.’”

The Buckeye Institute, joined by Mountain States Legal Foundation, filed an amicus brief in Smith & Wesson v. Mexico, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and tell officials in Mexico that it cannot shift the blame for its failure to control drug cartel crime in its country onto American companies. “When Congress passed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, it was clear Congress intended to protect the Second Amendment.” 

The Buckeye Institute, joined by Mountain States Legal Foundation, filed an amicus brief in Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp. v. School Committee for the City of Boston, calling on the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case and end discrimination-by-proxy in elite public schools. “In Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the U.S. Supreme Court made it clear that admissions criteria using race as a factor is unlawful.” 

The Buckeye Institute filed an amicus brief in Kansas v. Biden, with the United States District Court for the District of Kansas, arguing—as it previously did in both Biden v. Nebraska and U.S. Department of Education v. Brown—that the Biden administration’s newest student debt cancellation program exceeds the legal authority of the secretary of education, is arbitrary and capricious, and was adopted in a procedurally improper manner.