Julian Bond, the American Civil Liberties Union, et al., Amici Curiae
Brigitte Amiri, Counsel of Record
Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and former chairman of the NAACP, and the American Civil Liberties Union are joined in this brief by the ACLU of Pennsylvania, the ACLU of Oklahoma, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., and the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation. Brigitte Amiri is a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 28, 2014. Amici support the government’s argument that the contraception rule does not violate the religious exercise rights of…
