Michigan, Alabama, Colorado, Florida, et al.
Amici Curiae
B. Eric Restuccia, Counsel of Record Michigan, Alabama, Colorado, and Florida are joined in this brief by 10 other States. B. Eric Restuccia has served as Michigan solicitor general since July 2008. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 4, 2010. This Court’s First Amendment decisions make two things clear. First, the Constitution recognizes the right of expressive association, and it prohibits the government from unconstitutionally infringing upon that right by forcing a group to accept members it does not desire. Second, the Constitution prohibits discriminatory…
