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Steiner wrote a significant portion of the renowned amicus curiae brief in Bakke, using Harvard's admissions procedure as an example of how diversity can play a role in higher education. The brief so impressed the Court that Harvard was cited in the majority decision as an example of how diversity can be used appropriately as a criteria...
...Brown, which was supported by briefs from more than 60 other institutions, has since spent an estimated $1 million on a team of lawyers to fight the Title IX ruling. Duke University law professor John Weistart, an expert on sports law, says, "I've looked at the amicus briefs, and some of them read like polemics, comparing Title IX to affirmative action. This case became the rallying cry for the anti-Title IX folks, so the reaction of supporters is understandable...
...arguments, several Justices seemed to share the concerns of critics like Harvey W. Kushner, chairman of the criminal-justice department at Long Island University, who decries indefinite incarceration based "not on what anybody has done but on what we think they might do." But several dozen states signed an amicus brief backing the law. Chief Justice William Rehnquist expressed the frustration of the court--and the nation--when he asked, "So what is the state supposed to do? Just wait until [Hendricks] does it again...
...year old building. The church contends that the law violates the 10th Amendment rights of states and local governments by forcing federal courts to impose a more exacting standard than the Supreme Court said was necessary in its 1990 ruling. Sixteen states joined Boerne's appeal in an amicus brief saying the law has allowed "gangs and like-minded groups to shroud illicit activity under the cover of religious belief." Terence Nelan
...year old building. The church contends that the law violates the 10th Amendment rights of states and local governments by forcing federal courts to impose a more exacting standard than the Supreme Court said was necessary in its 1990 ruling. Sixteen states joined Boerne's appeal in an amicus brief saying the law has allowed "gangs and like-minded groups to shroud illicit activity under the cover of religious belief." Terence Nelan