Amicus Brief

Amicus Brief: Abdul Razak Ali v. Donald Trump, et al.

May 24, 2019

The Periodic Review Board’s discretionary administrative review of the continued detention of detainees at Guantanamo Bay is inherently limited, deeply flawed, and, under the current…

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Amicus Brief: Supreme Court—Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri v. Donald J, Trump, et al.

June 1, 2017

The executive branch is attempting to use a military commission, rather than the readily available federal courts, to try Petitioner for involvement in the bombing…

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Amicus Brief: Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit – State of Hawaii V. Donald J. Trump

April 24, 2017

As President George Washington wrote to a religious minority community containing many immigrants in 1790, “the Government of the United States . . . gives…

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Pars Equality Center vs Donald J. Trump

April 11, 2017

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT

As President George Washington wrote to a religious minority community containing many immigrants in 1790, “the Government of the United States .…

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Amicus Brief: State of Hawaii V. Donald J. Trump

March 15, 2017

Summary of Argument
As President George Washington wrote to a religious minority community containing many immigrants in 1790, “the Government of the United States…

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State of Washington v. Donald Trump Refugee Executive Order Appeal

February 7, 2017

This is an excerpt, download full Amicus Brief (PDF) below.

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT

As an initial matter, our nation’s laws make clear that this appeal…

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Amicus Brief – Jennings v. Rodriguez

October 24, 2016

In The

Supreme Court of the United States

_________

DAVID JENNINGS, et al.,

v.

ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ, et…

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Amicus Brief: Flores v. United States

February 24, 2016

Brief for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (“AACAP”) and the National Association of Social Workers (“NASW”)

SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT

Immigration detention poses a…

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