National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Amici Curiae
Jonathan L. Abram, Counsel of Record The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is a nonprofit corporation representing private criminal defense attorneys, public defenders, military defense counsel, law professors, and judges. The ACLU is a nationwide, nonprofit organization with more than 500,000 members dedicated to the principles of liberty and equality embodied in the Constitution and the civil rights laws of this country. Jonathan L. Abram is a partner with the law firm Hogan Lovells, where he focuses on complex civil litigation and arbitration. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the…