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==Legal Activity==

==Legal Activity==

AAPS files more legal briefs on behalf of physicians and their [[patient]]s than most medical societies combined, and is often successful.  In 2008, four [[Supreme Court]] Justices cited AAPS's brief in the key [[Second Amendment]] decision of ''[[D.C. v. Heller]]''.  In 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit sided with AAPS and cited its ''amicus curiae'' brief in the first paragraph of the decision.  ''Springer v. Henry'', 435 F.3d 268, 271 (3d Cir. 2006).  Later in 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed with an argument advanced by AAPS in its ''amicus curiae'' brief in overturning a highly publicized conviction and 25-year sentence of Dr. William Hurwitz for treating pain in his patients.   

AAPS files more legal briefs on behalf of physicians and their [[patient]]s than most medical societies combined, and is often successful.  In 2008, four [[Supreme Court]] Justices cited AAPS's brief in the key [[Second Amendment]] decision of ''[[D.C. v. Heller]]''.  In 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit sided with AAPS and cited its ''amicus curiae'' brief in the first paragraph of the decision.  ''[[Springer v. Henry]]'', 435 F.3d 268, 271 (3d Cir. 2006).  Later in 2006, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit agreed with an argument advanced by AAPS in its ''amicus curiae'' brief in overturning a highly publicized conviction and 25-year sentence of Dr. William Hurwitz for treating pain in his patients.   

In ''Stenberg v. Carhart'', 530 U.S. 914 (2000), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kennedy frequently cited material provided in a submission by AAPS.  In ''United States v. Rutgard'', 116 F.3d 1270 (9th Cir. 1997), the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a lengthy sentence as urged by an ''amicus curiae'' brief submitted by AAPS.  In ''Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress Int'l, Inc.'', 293 F.3d 791 (5th Cir. 2002), the ''en banc'' Court of Appeals for the Fifth Court adopted an argument urged by AAPS in establishing that no one may own the law.

In ''[[Stenberg v. Carhart]]'', 530 U.S. 914 (2000), U.S. Supreme Court Justice Kennedy frequently cited material provided in a submission by AAPS.  In ''United States v. Rutgard'', 116 F.3d 1270 (9th Cir. 1997), the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a lengthy sentence as urged by an ''amicus curiae'' brief submitted by AAPS.  In ''Veeck v. Southern Building Code Congress Int'l, Inc.'', 293 F.3d 791 (5th Cir. 2002), the ''en banc'' Court of Appeals for the Fifth Court adopted an argument urged by AAPS in establishing that no one may own the law.

==Policy Issues==

==Policy Issues==