The Christian Legal Society and the National Association of Evangelicals
Amici Curiae
Carl H. Esbeck, Counsel of Record The Christian Legal Society is a nonprofit, interdenominational association of Christian attorneys, law students, judges, and law professors. The National Association of Evangelicals is the largest network of evangelical churches, denominations, colleges, and independent ministries in the United States. Carl H. Esbeck is a professor at the University of Missouri _ Columbia School of Law, where he teaches civil procedure, civil rights, constitutional law, and religions liberty. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on June 8, 2009. In order to prevent…