Nevada, Alabama, Arizona, et al., Amici
Lawrence VanDyke, Counsel of Record
Nevada, Alabama, and Arizona are joined in this brief by 15 other States. Lawrence VanDyke has served as solicitor general for the State of Nevada since December 2014. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court April 21, 2016. This Court, in giving substance to the Religion Clauses, has found more illumination in James Madison’s 1784 Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments than in any other historical document — an exhibition of thought so profound that it was “incorporated not only in the Federal Constitution but likewise in those of…
