U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, California Catholic Conference, et al., Amici Curiae
Gene C. Schaerr, Counsel of Record
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the California Catholic Conference are joined in this brief by four other religious-affiliated advocacy groups. Gene C. Schaerr is a partner with the law firm Schaerr Duncan, where he specializes in appellate law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 16, 2018. Petitioners have persuasively explained why the “disclosures” required by the Reproductive Freedom Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency (FACT) Act violate the First Amendment’s Free Speech clause. Rather than restate Petitioners’ points, amici offer (1) an analysis of why…