The National Legal Foundation
Amicus Curiae
Steven W. Fitschen, Counsel of Record The National Legal Foundation is a public interest law firm organized to defend, restore, and preserve constitutional liberties, family rights, and other inalienable freedoms. Steve W. Fitschen is president of the National Legal Foundation and a research professor at Regent University School of Law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on June 8, 2009. This brief expands on two arguments made by Petitioners [U.S. Interior Secretary Ken] Salazar, et al. Both of amicus‘s arguments address aspects of whether the court below…