The Liberty Legal Institute
Amicus Curiae
Kelly J. Shackelford, Counsel of Record The Liberty Legal Institute is a nonprofitorganization founded in 1997 to protect religious freedoms and First Amendmentrights for individuals, groups, and churches. KellyJ. Shackelford is the founder and chief counsel of The Liberty Legal Institute.He received his law degree from Baylor University in 1988. Thefollowing is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for theRespondent as submitted to the U.S.Supreme Court on February 20, 2007. The crypticmessage at issue in this case is not cause for diminishing Tinker v. DesMoines Independent Community School District (1969) and derailing almost 40years of jurisprudence protecting the political…