National Association of Police Organizations
Amicus Curiae
Scott M. Abeles, Counsel of RecordThe National Association of Police Organizations, Inc. is a coalition of police unions and associations from across the United States that serves to advance the interests of America’s law enforcement officers through legislative and legal advocacy, political action, and education. Scott Abeles is a lawyer with Kirkland & Ellis, where he specializes in appellate litigation, administrative law, and constitutional law. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 26, 2009.Among the clearest of rules emerging from the last three decades of this…
