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Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner.
On May 5, 2010, NACDL and The Heritage Foundation released this groundbreaking, non-partisan report. At the release event, NACDL Executive Director Norman L. Reimer described the report as a "blueprint for principled reform" and urged "every elected official to end the madness that has produced over 4,450 federal criminal statutes, and countless tens of thousands more arising from the unchecked power of regulatory authorities." [Released May 2010]
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Petitioner (on Petition for a Writ of Certiorari).
Professor Ellen S. Podgor's written statement to the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security regarding addressing overcriminalization.
Amicus curiae brief in support of defendant-appellees’ petition for rehearing en banc.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of Petitioner.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Respondents
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner and Urging Reversal.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petition for a Writ of Certiorari.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in support of the petition for a writ of certiorari.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Families Against Mandatory Minimums.
Brief of amicus curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Appellants.
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in support of Respondent.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and The Cato Institute in support of petitioner and urging reversal.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner and Urging Reversal.
