On December 21, 2023, a very interesting amicus”brief was filed with the United States Supreme Court in the matter of United States v. Trump. The brief was filed in response to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s effort to convince the Court to take up the immunity issue raised by former President Trump rather have it decided first in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. The brief was filed by former U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese, and law professors Steven Calabresi and Gary Lawson from at Northwestern and Boston University Law Schools, respectively.
An amicus brief is one filed by persons who are not parties to the case, but have some particularized interest or specialty with regard to the subject matter that might aid the Supreme Court in coming to a decision. Roughly translated, they are referred to as “Friend of the Court” briefs.
What the Meese brief argues is that Special…
