Today our team submitted an amicus brief in United States v. Trump before the Eleventh Circuit. This case is an appeal from Judge Cannon's decision declaring the appointment of the Special Counsel to be unlawful. Our brief was filed on behalf of Robert Ray, Professor Seth Barrett Tillman, and the Landmark Legal Foundation. We are grateful to Michael A. Sasso for serving as local counsel.
Tillman and Landmark joined our District Court brief. We are honored that Ray joined our effort on appeal. Ray served as one of the last Independent Counsels, replacing Kenneth W. Starr in October 1999, and was in charge of the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations. He concluded the investigations by March 2002 with the decision not to prosecute President Clinton once he left office.
Our brief makes four primary arguments:
