United States of America, Amicus Curiae
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Counsel of Record
The United States filed an amicus brief in this case because of the constitutional issues involved. Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., was nominated to be solicitor general by President Barack Obama on January 26, 2011, and was sworn in on June 9, 2011. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 4, 2016. In Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992), this Court sought to satisfy the State’s “legitimate interests from the outset of the pregnancy in protecting the heath of the woman and the life of the…
