Alabama, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the Northern Mariana Islands
Amici Curiae
Charles B. Campbell, Counsel of RecordThe States and territory have filed this amicus brief because of concern that a broad interpretation of the Hobbs Act will infringe on their residents’ ability to protest peacefully. Charles B. Campbell is a Deputy Solicitor General with the Alabama Office of the Attorney General. He received his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1993. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on July 12, 2002.The expansion of the definition of "extortion" under the Hobbs Act by the Seventh Circuit to…
