Washington Legal Foundation
Amicus Curiae
Paul D. Kamenar, Counsel of Record The Washington Legal Foundation is anational, nonprofit public interest law and policy center supported byconsumers, business, and property owners. Paul D. Kamenar is a professor of lawat George Mason University, where he teaches appellate advocacy. He receivedhis law degree from Georgetown University in 1975. The following is excerptedfrom the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted tothe U.S. Supreme Court on October 24, 2006. In FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.(2000), in determining whether Congress intended to regulate tobacco productsunder the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Court observed that “we…