Legal Action
Publications
Papers, legal articles, presentations, and other documents presenting the legal perspective of ILE on matters affecting our society.
Separation and delegation of powers in the context of Covid-19 executive orders and its impact on individual freedom
Position paper presented during the Congress entitled "Access to Justice in the Administrative Process" held at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, on the separation and delegation of powers in the context of executive orders covered by the indefinite declaration of emergency by Covid-19 and its impact on individual freedom.
Amicus Curiae
Cases in which ILE is not a party of the litigation but that is permitted by the court to be an advisor.
Damien Robles Sanchez, et al. v. Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, et al.
Amicus brief before Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court, in support of the certiorari of the petitioners, to argue the retroactive application of the special tax to the beneficiaries of tax exemption decrees, since it is ultra vires that undermines the pre-existing contractual obligations of the petitioners in violation of their constitutional right that protects them against it.
Ángel Manuel Ortiz-Díaz, et al. v. United States, et al.
Amicus brief before the Supreme Court of the United States, in support of the certiorari of the petitioners, to present the argument that cockfighting prohibition violates individual liberty and harms Puerto Rico’s ability to fight poverty, low labor participation, and income inequality.
Covid-19
ILE is challenging COVID-19 Regulations and Orders Imposed by Executive Order.
While COVID-19 is a serious concern and certain precautions may be prudent to reduce its rate of spread including vaccination, it is important that the government follows the law when mandating extraordinary and wide-reaching pandemic rules. No one is above the law, not even in a declared emergency or pandemic. It is important that under the aegis of public safety, federal, state, and local governments do not violate constitutional law by implementing regulations and emergency orders by executive decree.
ILE has been working overtime to ensure the constitutional guardrails on the Administrative State’s pandemic response.
Rodríguez Vélez, et al. v.
Hon. Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia
Federal lawsuit concerning vaccine mandate of public employees. Lawsuit at the United States First District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, to modify the vaccine mandate and its disproportionate burden to unvaccinated public employees, as established on Executive Order No. 2021–058.
Tropical Chill Corp., et al. v.
Hon. Pedro R. Pierluisi Urrutia
Federal lawsuit concerning vaccine mandate in the private sector. Lawsuit at the United States First District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, to eliminate the compulsory vaccination and “Vacu-ID” requirement for workers and private businesses, as established on Executive Orders Nos. 2021-062–064 and Department of Health Ruling 138-A.