Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates January 2003 No. 1 Vol. 6
Emily Lyons

Abortion Protests as Extortion

Use of Federal Antiracketeering Law Against Demonstrators

Emily Lyons

Amicus Curiae

Pamela L. Sumners, Counsel of RecordEmily Lyons was seriously injured by a bomb while she was working in an abortion clinic in Birmingham, Alabama. Pamela L. Sumners has run a nonprofit organization, City of Peace, for the past 6 months. Prior to that, she had a private practice specializing in civil rights. She has worked for both the American Civil Liberties Union and the Southern Poverty Law Center. She is a 1991 graduate of the University of Virginia Law School. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on…

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