Michigan, Alabama, Colorado et al., Amici Curiae
John J. Bursch, Counsel of Record
Michigan, Alabama, and Colorado are joined in this brief by nine other States. John J. Bursch was appointed Michigan solicitor general in February 2011. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 16, 2013. Every State creates viewpoint-neutral buffer zones around certain discrete events. Every State, for example, protects the right to vote by imposing buffer zones around polling places. And 43 States and the Federal Government protect the dignity of funerals by imposing buffer zones around them. Here,Massachusettshas chosen a different path: Its law discriminates based on…
