Washington Legal Foundation, et al.
Amici Curiae
Richard A. Samp, Counsel of Record The Washington Legal Foundation is joined in this brief by Randy and Sandra Ertman — parents of one of the teenagers murdered by José Medellín — and Allied Educational Foundation. Richard A. Samp is chief counsel of the Washington Legal Foundation. He received his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1980. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on August 23, 2007. Although the FederalGovernment has substantial powers to govern the Nation directly, including inareas of intimate concern to the…