Kansas, Alabama, Alaska, et al.
Amici Curiae
Stephen R. McAllister, Counsel of Record Kansas, Alabama, and Alaska are joined in this brief by 45 other States and the District of Columbia. Stephen R. McAllister is solicitor general for the State of Kansas. He served as dean of the University of Kansas School of Law from 2000 to 2005. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on June 1, 2010. State laws protecting the sanctity of funerals, such as the States’ “funeral picketing/protest” laws, are constitutional for at least three reasons. First, the privacy interests inherent…
