Author: Ameer Benno

Ameer Benno

Ameer Benno is an appellate and constitutional law attorney. He was the Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018 in New York’s Fourth Congressional District, and he frequently appears on national television and radio to give legal and political commentary. Follow him on Twitter at @AmeerBenno.

Equal Protection Project Calls On Albany (NY) Public Library To “Cease and Desist” From Blacks-Only Fellowship Program

Posted by Ameer Benno on March 23, 2023 10 Comments

"we trust that you will cease and desist from continuing to conduct the [Fellowship] based on racially discriminatory factors ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7UZCjnSmOc

In Its Latest Attempt To Rig The System, The Left Targets GOP Lawyers

Posted by Ameer Benno on March 18, 2022 22 Comments

The left's goal is to publicly shame lawyers who assisted in legal challenges to the 2020 presidential election and to deter legal talent from assisting in any future GOP election challenges....

Public Statements By Jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell Case Present Difficult Legal Questions For Court

Posted by Ameer Benno on January 13, 2022 19 Comments

Whether the jurors' recent statements to the press will upend Maxwell's conviction and result in a new trial turns on the answers to two legal questions....

2022 Desperation: Dem Lawyer Marc Elias Threatens Lawsuits To Disqualify GOP House Members

Posted by Ameer Benno on January 05, 2022 46 Comments

It's a combination of bluster, giving hope to Democrats, and planning to drain Republican coffers, but the lack of likelihood of success won't deter the Clinton campaign lawyer whose firm was the driving force behind the discredited "Steele Dossier"....

https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1346894172574404613

D.C. Has No “Standing” For J6 Lawsuit Against Proud Boys and Oath Keepers

Posted by Ameer Benno on December 19, 2021 33 Comments

The D.C. government has brought civil claims for monetary damages against them that it is not empowered by statute or common law to enforce....

Sentencing Of Jan. 6 “Shaman” Jacob Chansley Was Excessive

Posted by Ameer Benno on November 28, 2021 45 Comments

At sentencing, Judge Lamberth reportedly said of Chansley, “He made himself the image of the riot, didn't he? For good or bad, he made himself the very image of this whole event.” But media coverage should have had nothing to do with the sentencing....

https://twitter.com/aflores/status/979695729445715968

“Sue and Settle” Model Is How Biden Will Pay Illegal Immigrants And Open The Borders, And There May Be No Stopping It

Posted by Ameer Benno on November 17, 2021 22 Comments

Releasing information about the potential $450,000 payouts may well have been a ploy to distract Americans from the central purpose of the lawsuit – changing border policy into perpetuity. ...

Judge Frees J6 Prisoner Once He Denounced Trump and Promised Not To Watch TV News

Posted by Ameer Benno on November 10, 2021 29 Comments

Thomas Sibick had to agree not to watch “any news programs or political programs or talk shows” and not to attend any “political rallies”...

Let’s Go, Brandenburg! Parents Have Constitutional Right To (Loudly) Criticize School Boards

Posted by Ameer Benno on October 29, 2021 11 Comments

The Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on fighting words and true threats makes clear that parents have an indisputable First Amendment right to forcefully condemn school policies they dislike – and to raise their voices while doing so. ...

Special Counsel Is Needed To Investigate DOJ Conduct in Jan. 6 Cases

Posted by Ameer Benno on October 23, 2021 27 Comments

Judge Royce Lamberth: "I find that the civil rights of the defendant [Christopher Worrell} have been abridged. I don't know if it's because he is a Jan. 6 defendant or not, but I find that this matter should be referred to the attorney general of...

The Government’s Case Against Many Jan. 6 Defendants is in Legal Jeopardy

Posted by Ameer Benno on September 29, 2021 58 Comments

The obstruction charge on which the government is relying so heavily may, in fact, be unconstitutional as applied to most of the Jan. 6 defendants....

Lawsuit: NY’s Gov’s Vax Mandate Deliberately Ignores Constitution and Federal Law Prohibiting Religious Discrimination

Posted by Ameer Benno on September 21, 2021 33 Comments

Although the regulation allows for a medical exemption from the vaccination requirement, it provides no religious exemption whatsoever. This was no oversight....

https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1370188126459719684

Biden’s Unlawful Vaccine Mandate Just His Latest Power Grab

Posted by Ameer Benno on September 12, 2021 69 Comments

In Federalist 48, James Madison observed that “power is of an encroaching nature,” and that it’s the natural tendency of those in power to exceed their authority. Madison must have been thinking about a politician like Joe Biden....

Biden Admin Launches Spurious “Civil Rights” Investigations Into States Banning School Mask Mandates

Posted by Ameer Benno on September 06, 2021 21 Comments

Biden has opted to sic the Department of Education on those states that have not fallen in line with his preferred view by bringing civil rights investigations against them. It's a federal power grab....

D.C. Circuit Rebukes Lower Court On Indefinite Detention Without Bail Of Jan. 6 Protester George Tanios

Posted by Ameer Benno on August 19, 2021 37 Comments

"“The record reflects that [George Pierre] Tanios has no past felony convictions, no ties to any extremist organization, and no post-January 6 criminal behavior that would otherwise show him to pose a danger to the community.”...

Jan 6 Prosecutors admit to possession of “images of officers hugging or fist-bumping rioters, posing for photos with rioters, and moving bike racks”

Posted by Ameer Benno on August 11, 2021 71 Comments

Calls into question the trespassing and related non-violent crimes charged against defendants like Cuoy Griffin....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6BkbDNPXy0

DOJ Plays Politics With Swalwell “January 6” Claims Against Congressman Mo Brooks

Posted by Ameer Benno on August 05, 2021 50 Comments

At his confirmation hearing for Attorney General, Merrick Garland pledged to “protect the independence of the Department [of Justice] from partisan influence in law enforcement.” Instead he has politically turbocharged it....

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