Iranian Alliances Across Borders, Amicus Curiae
Richard B. Katskee, Counsel of Record
The Iranian Alliances Across Borders is a nonprofit organization that represents the interests of Iranian-American students and young professionals. It was the plaintiff in a lawsuit heard by the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that temporarily prevented the Trump Administration from enacting its proposed travel ban. Richard B. Katskee is the legal director at Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, where he specializes in First Amendment litigation. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 30, 2018. Our constitutional order strictly forbids the official…