Lobbying and Litigation

For Wed, read David Enrich's article at Sakai resources for this class.

Casey Pick and the Trevor Project

Questions on the assignment?

How to lobby

• Soft sells and building relationships
• Lobbying staff: what to do
• Lobbying staff: what not to do

Outside validators (or Carville's earthier phrase)

• Think tanks and their funding
• Heritage and Heritage Action for America

Amicus briefs (Holyoke 244-247)

• To find the briefs, go to https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docket.aspx

Citizen Suits and standing (Holyoke 236-238)

• Clean Water Act
• Safe Drinking Water Act
• Clean Air Act 1970
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

 POLICY CAUSES POLITICS

• The Environmental Bar
• The targets of regulation hire lawyers, too

Litigation

• The Cost of Litigation & the Contingent Fee System
• Test Cases
• Venue shopping (Holyoke 273-274)
• The Becket Fund and Sympathetic Plaintiffs

Coalitions:

• Bootleggers and Baptists
• Judean People's Front v. The People's Front of Judea