American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and Change to Win (CTW)
Amici Curiae
James B. Coppess, Counsel of Record The AFL-CIO is a federation of 54 national and international labor organizations with a total membership of 10 million. CTW is a federation of seven national and international labor organizations with a total membership of 6 million. James B. Coppess is Associate General Counsel for the AFL-CIO. He received his law degree from Emory University in 1979. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 15, 2006. Section 760 ofthe Washington campaign finance law imposes a precondition on a union’sotherwise unfettered…
