Month: October 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) opened a probe of an alleged pro-Iranian regime influence cell that appears to be operating at the Biden Administration’s highest levels.  Robert Malley, formerly the Biden Administration’s Special Envoy for Iran and currently a fellow and faculty member at Yale and Princeton, is a key architect of […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission seeking an immediate investigation and enforcement action against Biden For President, the Biden Victory Fund, the Biden Action Fund, and the Democratic National Committee for failing to disclose the campaign’s role in coordinating the infamously false “Letter of 51” […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) sued New York University (NYU) on behalf of a first-year law student for discriminating based on race and sex when selecting the members and editors of its law review. Federal law prohibits universities that receive federal funds from discriminating on account of race and sex. But the […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, America First Legal (AFL) filed a motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit against Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice for failing to require Hunter Biden to register as an agent of Ukraine, China, Russia, and Romania during the Obama administration. The Foreign Agents Registration Act requires each […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) issued the following statement from Gene Hamilton, America First Legal Vice President and General Counsel, regarding the partisan targeting of President Trump and the latest gag order imposed on him: “The Biden regime has now sought and obtained a court order to prevent the President’s primary political […]

U.S. District Court Orders the State Department to Turn Over Documents and Make Officials Available for Depositions WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) secured a key victory in its case filed on behalf of Stuart and Robbi Force, Sarri Singer, and Rep. Ronny Jackson against President Biden and Secretary of State Blinken for […]

Even without the Presidential Records Act, the President has sole authority over his presidential papers. WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) released a whitepaper detailing why–as a matter of constitutional law, the Presidential Records Act (PRA), and historical practice–the President of the United States has absolute authority over presidential papers. Neither Congress nor […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal’s (AFL) Center for Legal Equality filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Major League Baseball (MLB) for racially discriminatory programs.  MLB’s official website reports at least four facially unlawful employment and contracting programs: the “MLB Diversity Pipeline Program,” the “Diversity […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal’s (AFL) Center for Legal Equality filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Salesforce, Inc., for engaging in unlawful race and sex based discrimination. AFL also sent a letter to Salesforce’s Board of Directors demanding that the Company’s management stop violating […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Johnathan Talbot alleging that Manoah Ainuu, a sponsored athlete for The North Face, defamed Talbot by falsely accusing him of making a racist comment, resulting in Talbot being terminated from his job at Outdoor Research. The complaint also alleges that The […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, America First Legal (AFL), through its Center for Legal Equality, launched an initiative targeting illegal discrimination by law schools, corporate legal departments, and “Big Law” law firms.  On June 29, 2023, journalist Chris Rufo released a video of the University of California Berkeley’s School of Law’s Dean Erwin Chemerinsky admitting that […]