Rutherford Institute
Amicus Curiae
James Joseph Lynch, Jr., Counsel of RecordThe Rutherford Institute is an international nonprofit civil liberties organization founded in 1982 by John W. Whitehead. Its goal is to educate and litigate on behalf of constitutional liberties and religious freedom. James Joseph Lynch, Jr., runs a solo practice in California and has been a party in numerous amicus briefs before State and Federal courts. He is a 1978 graduate of the University of Pacific School of Law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 28, 2000.Congress enacted Section…