Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates May 2017 No. 5 Vol. 20
Senator Roy Blunt (MO-R), Representative Brian Babin (TX-R), et al., Amici Curiae

State Aid for Religious Groups

The First Amendment and Freedom of Religion

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Senator Roy Blunt (MO-R), Representative Brian Babin (TX-R), et al., Amici Curiae

Aaron Streett, Counsel of Record

Roy Blunt and Brian Babin and 32 other Members of Congress filed an amicus brief because of the constitutional issues involved in this dispute. Aaron Streett is partner with the law firm Baker Botts, where he chairs Supreme Court and Constitutional Law practice. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court April 21, 2016. The Religion Clauses of the First Amendment chart a course that prevents both “governmentally established religion” and “governmental interference with religion.” — Walz v. Tax Commission of City of New York (1970). As the Court has…

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