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amicus curiae
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amicus curiae

In law, a barrister advising the court in a legal case as a neutral person, not representing either side.



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An amicus brief from the Center for Competitive Politics noted an irony in this application of campaign finance law: Supporters of campaign finance restrictions used to argue that it was OK to regulate money in politics because money wasn't speech.
Money talks: campaign finance and talk radio by Doherty, Brian / Reason
This act of Orwellian "rectification" served as the basis for an amicus brief filed by the mendacious Republican senators in the case of Hamdan v.
Falsifying legislative history by The New American
The first asked students if they support the right of gay couples to marry, and the second asked if the student government should sign the amicus brief submitted by the Princeton Justice Project on behalf of the plaintiffs in Lewis v.
Outspoken by Kim, Ryan James / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
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