[openlaw] Eldred v. Ashcroft to the Supreme Court

[Wendy Seltzer <wendy@seltzer.com>]

 From Lawrence Lessig and the Openlaw team:

We are extremely pleased to report that the Supreme Court has today granted 
cert in Eldred v. Ashcroft. After the case was listed on the court's 
conference calendar 4 weeks in a row, the court decided to hear the full 
range of issues in the appeal.

We have gotten this far because of the extraordinary work and support of 
many many people -- especially the plaintiffs in this case, but also the 
extraordinary pro bono work of the law firm of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue.

We would also not be here but for the extraordinary help of a wide range of 
law professors and volunteer lawyers, who have used the Openlaw process to 
make our work better. Those professors signed the amicus briefs in this 
case, as did the Eagle Forum and Cato Institute.

There's just one more step in this process of reversing Congress' 
mistake:  After getting 0 votes in the District Court,  2 votes in the 
Court of Appeals, and now at least 4 votes in the Supreme Court to hear the 
case, we now need just 5 to prevail.

Thank you for your continued interest and support.
Read more background on the case and join the Openlaw process at 
<http://eldred.openlaw.org/>


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