A group of three law and finance scholars delivered their amicus brief to the High Court this afternoon, telling the Justices the Third Amendment is a crooked deal and the government is not above the law even when it’s donning its economic firefighter helmet. A copy of the brief is attached to this e-mail message.
Two more amicus briefs in support of the Collins Plaintiffs were filed this afternoon by:
* Doc. 12 — Thomas P. Vartanian, with vast experience in FDIC rehabilitations and liquidations, says HERA’ anti-injunction provision at sec. 4617(f) doesn’t mean anything close to what the government says it does; and
* Doc. 13 — Jones Day’s Institutional Investor clients, focusing on the absurdity of the government’s interpretation of HERA’s succession provision at sec. 4617(b)(2)(A);
and copies of those briefs are attached to this e-mail message.
The High Court received amicus briefs in support of the Collins Plaintiffs today from:
* Doc. 9 — Americans for Prosperity Foundation, urging a meaningful remedy for a violation of the separation of powers, meaning vacature of the Net Worth Sweep (and overrule the 1935 Humphrey’s Executor decision);
* Doc. 10 — New Civil Liberties Alliance, in opposition to the Court-appointed amicus who will argue FHFA’s structure is constitutionally okay; and
* Doc. 11 – Pacific Legal Foundation, also urging the Court to overturn Humphrey’s Executor so Congress may never again insulate independent agencies from presidential control and set aside the Net Worth Sweep;
and copies of these three briefs are attached to this e-mail message.