Opinion ID: 2544926
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: U.S. English

Text: U.S. English asserts an interest in promoting the use of English on a national basis. Unlike Alaskans for a Common Language, which has established that it has direct ties with initiative committee members Fischetti and Jacobus, the record does not show that U.S. English has a direct interest in the current litigation that would warrant intervention as a matter of right. The record fails to show, and U.S. English has not asserted, that its directors, officers, or incorporators were sponsors of the initiative in Alaska or were members of the initiative committee. Alaskans for a Common Language established that it has a direct interest in the litigation before the superior court. But U.S. English has not established that its interest is any greater than a generalized interest of a political nature. [44] Although U.S. English's Alaskan members may hope to defend the Alaska initiative to further U.S. English's national interest, we do not consider that interest to be sufficient. Also, unlike Alaskans for a Common Language, U.S. English did not previously undertake civil litigation to advance its interest in the initiative.