United States v. Morrison, et al.: Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
Document Type
Brief
Publication Date
11-12-1999
Abstract
Interests of the Amici Curiae: This case brings into play two of our basic constitutional commitments: first, to a federal system that both guarantees the States a major role and gives Congress broad responsibility over interstate commerce, and second, to a nationwide guarantee that all persons enjoy the equal protection of the laws. Amici, law professors (identified in an addendum below) who teach and write about constitutional law, the federal courts or jurisprudence, will discuss how the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) civil rights remedy is an apt response to the combined demands of these constitutional commitments.
In 1994, Congress enacted VAWA, a multi-faceted statute responding to the inequality that women victims of violence encounter in state justice systems and to the economic injuries that this violence creates. The statute provides funding to the states for criminal law enforcement against perpetrators of violence, and for a variety of other assistance. See generally 42 U.S.C. §§13931-14040. The provision at issue here, Section 13981, creates a new federal civil rights remedy for victims of violence resulting from "animus based on the victim's gender."
Recommended Citation
Caminker, Evan H.; MacKinnon, Catharine A.; and Whitman, Christina B., "United States v. Morrison, et al.: Brief of Law Professors as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners" (1999). Appellate Briefs. 10.
https://repository.law.umich.edu/briefs/10
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Comments
Amicus: Abrams, Kathryn; Abrams, Roger I.; Ackerman, Bruce; Adler, Libby S.; Aleinikoff, Alexander; Amsterdam, Anthony G.; Arlen, Jennifer; Askin, Frank; Atwood, Barbara A.; Ayres, Ian; Baker, C. Edwin; Baker, Lynn A.; Balkin, Jack; Bandes, Susan; Bartlett, Katharine T.; Becker, Mary E.; Bell, Derek; Bittker, Boris; Bloch, Susan Low; Bowman, Cynthia Grant; Brown, Judith Olans; Burt, Robert A.; Cain, Patricia A.; Caminker, Evan H.; Chamallas, Martha; Cogan, Neil H.; Cole, David; Costello, Jan C.; Dalton, Clare; David, Marcella; Delgado, Richard; Doernberg, Don; Edelman, Peter; Estrich, Susan; Farina, Cynthia R.; Finley, Lucinda M.; Flaherty, Martin S.; Fleming, James E.; Flym, John G.S.; Franke, Katherine M.; Freedman, Eric M.; Gottlieb, Stephen E.; Greene, Abner; Harris, Angela P.; Henderson, Lynne; Herman, Susan N.; Ides, Allan; Ikemoto, Lisa; Jackson, Vicki C.; Johnson, Sheri L.; Kairys, David; Karst, Kenneth L.; Klare, Karl E.; Kloppenberg, Lisa A.; Kramer, Larry; Kreimer, Seth; Lahav, Pnina; Larson, Jane E.; Law, Sylvia A.; Lawrence, Charles R.; Lawrence, Frederick M.; Lessig, Lawrence; Love, Jean C.; Lyons, David B.; MacKinnon, Catharine A.; McClain, Linda C.; Menkel-Meadow, Carrie; Meltsner, Michael; Michelman, Frank; Minow, Martha; Nicholson, Marlene Arnold; Nourse, Victoria; Post, Robert; Purcell, Edward A. Jr.; Resnik, Judith; Rhode, Deborah L.; Richards, David A.J.; Rowe, Thomas D. Jr.; Rudenstine, David; Rutherford, Jane; Scarborough, Jane; Schneider, Elizabeth M.; Schroeder, Christopher H.; Sebok, Anthony J.; Shreve, Gene R.; Siegel, Reva; Strauss, Peter L.; Teitel, Ruti; VanderVelde, Lea; Weber, Mark C.; Weinberg, Louise; Weiner, Merle H.; Wellington, Harry; West, Robin; Whitman, Christina B.; Wildman, Stephanie M.; Williams, Susan H.; Winter, Steven L.; Yackle, Larry W.; Yoshino, Kenji; Zimmerman, Diane L.