Bret Boyce, Jonathan Lurie, William G. Merkel, et al.
Amici Curiae
Linda T. Coberly, Counsel of Record Bret Boyce, Jonathan Lurie, and William G. Merkel are joined in this brief by three other historians and legal scholars. Linda T. Coberly is a partner with the law firm Winston & Strawn, where she is vice chair of the firm’s appellate and critical motions practice group. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 6, 2010. This Court should reject Petitioners’ argument that the Privileges or Immunities Clause incorporates the whole of the Bill of Rights against the States. The…