Capitol Resource Institute (CRI), Citizens for Better Government
Amici Curiae
Richard D. Ackerman, Counsel of RecordCRI is a nonprofit organization that develops policies that affect culture and government in California. Citizens for Honest Government, a subsidiary of Creative Ministries, is a California-based organization supporting family values. Richard D. Ackerman is litigation counsel for the United States Justice Foundation, which lends legal support to conservative causes. He is a 1994 graduate of Western State Law School. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on October 12, 2001.Little could be more important to our Nation than the role that a…