Senators Mitch McConnell, Orrin Hatch, et al., Amici Curiae
Carrie Severino, Counsel of Record
Senators McConnell and Hatch are joined in this brief by 41 other Republicans in the U.S. Senate. Carrie Severino is chief counsel and policy director of the Judicial Crisis Network, an organization advocating limited government, the rule of law, and an impartial judiciary. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 13, 2012. Our Nation was distinguished in its founding by a government of dual sovereignty, which provided for States to retain their sovereignty subject to a Federal Government that exercises only enumerated powers. The Framers of…
