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FIREFiles Brief With Supreme Court in āSusan B. Anthony List v. Driehausā
Yesterday, FIREfiled an amicus curiae (āfriend of the courtā) brief (PDF) with the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of . The case, which arrives at the Court on appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, involves a constitutional challenge to an Ohio law prohibiting āfalse statementsā in electoral campaigns. ¹ū¶³“«Ć½app¹Ł·½ās brief argues that the Sixth Circuit erred in a First Amendment challenge to the law and warns that if the ruling is allowed to stand, college students and faculty whose speech is chilled by overly broad and vague speech codes will be denied the opportunity to seek judicial relief.
Jeffrey A. Rosen of Kirkland & Ellis LLP is counsel of record for ¹ū¶³“«Ć½app¹Ł·½, joined by John K. Crisham, Jennifer M. Bandy, and Michael A. Fragoso. FIREis deeply grateful for their generous assistance.
Weāll have more analysis of the case and ¹ū¶³“«Ć½app¹Ł·½ās brief tomorrow.
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