AMICUS BRIEF

LDAD Files Amicus Brief in Defense of Maryland Federal Court and its Judges

June 28, 2021

July 28, 2025

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Lawyers Defending American Democracy (LDAD) and its Maryland Chapter, MD-LDAD, along with the Society for the Rule of Law Institute and former Judge J. Michael Luttig, have filed an amicus brief in opposition to the Trump administration’s lawsuit against Maryland’s Federal Court. The brief argues that the Administration’s lawsuit against the Court, its judges, and the Court Clerk is, in effect, an effort to penalize an entire federal court jurisdiction for rulings the President does not like. 

The amicus brief asserts that, through its lawsuit, the Administration is attempting to interfere with the Court’s inherent authority to manage its own docket and exercise its constitutional authority. The brief emphasizes that the Administration's position threatens the separation of powers and the rule of law by depriving non-citizen detainees the right of access to the courts and deprives the court of its constitutional authority to adjudicate cases.

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