The Goldwater Institute, Amicus Curiae
Timothy Sandefur, Counsel of Record
The Goldwater Institute is a nonpartisan public policy and research foundation devoted to limited government, individual freedom, and constitutional protections. Timothy Sandefur is vice president for litigation and the Duncan chair in constitutional government at the Goldwater Institute. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 10, 2018. The State has a legitimate interest in maintaining order in the polling place. That can and should be accomplished by enforcing prohibitions on disruptions, assaults, and other ordinary torts and crimes. It should not be accomplished by restrictions on the…
