(Part 2 of 2 in our Cryptolegislation Series) Over the course of 2022, Cryptocurrency has continued its rise from an obscure subject of niche bloggers to an increasingly mainstream policy issue on Capitol Hill. Here are 6 major pieces of cryptocurrency legislation proposed since the start of 2022, along with their sponsors. 1. The Stablecoin TRUST Act of 2022 This act was first proposed March 31st, 2022 by Sen. Pat Toomey (R). I say proposed because rather than being introduc

(Part 1 of 2 in our Cryptolegislation Series) To know where Congress is going, it helps to know where it's been. Cryptocurrency is an increasingly prominent and important issue and this series reviews what Congress has considered in the way of regulating digital assets. Here are the seven major bills proposed prior to 2022. For the more recent legislation, see our follow up blog post. 1. The Token Taxonomy Act (H.R. 1628) In December of 2018, Rep. Warren Davidson (R) and six

The Federalist Society's Civil Rights Practice Group presents its review of the SFFA v. Harvard and SFFA v. UNC oral arguments, moderated by Committee for Justice President Curt Levey.

CFJ statement: Harvard’s 100 years of racial discrimination—in the name of furthering an amorphous interest in diversity—is enough.

“The recent Dobbs decision was in the air today, both when the counsels supporting affirmative action mentioned precedent and when the conservative justices noted that ending race-based admissions was in keeping with Grutter v. Bollinger’s expectation that 25 years from now — from 2003 — the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary,” said Curt Levey of the conservative legal group Committee for Justice. Read More:

Prominent legal experts like Curt Levey of the Committee for Justice and Professor J.W. Verret of George Mason University’s Scalia School of Law agree that Ripple is on track to win this case. Worse for the SEC, Verret predicts that if the SEC appeals up to the Supreme Court, it is likely to not only lose but set a sweeping precedent that would limit or eliminate entirely the application of Howey on cryptocurrencies, which defy the definitions of 1946. Read More

The Committee for Justice, joined by Conservatives for Property Rights, filed an amicus brief in support of Supreme Court review of Centripetal Networks v. Cisco, a case in which the Federal Circuit wiped out the largest patent-damages award in U.S. history after a federal trial found that Cisco had engaged in “willful and egregious” infringement of Centripetal’s patents. The award was vacated on a technicality because the trial judge discovered, after completing his draft op

Insofar as the meaning of “the waters of the United States” is ambiguous, the Court should apply the canon of constitutional avoidance. The

Supreme Court Hears Warhol Copyright Case in which CFJ Filed Amicus Brief