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Brief of Amicus Curiae First Amendment Lawyers Association in Support of Petitioners in Marilyn Pierre v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland
Brief of Amicus Curiae First Amendment Lawyers Association in Support of Petitioners in Marilyn Pierre v. Attorney Grievance Commission of Maryland
23-747
In The
Supreme Court of the United States
MARYLIN PIERRE,
Petitioner,
v.
Respondent.
* On the Brief
i
QUESTION PRESENTED
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Argument .................................................................... 3
Conclusion ................................................................. 15
iii
TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Cases Page
Buckley v. Valeo,
424 U.S. 1 (1976) ....................................................... 4
In re Westfall,
808 S.W.2d 829 (Mo. 1991)……………………………..13
McKee v. Cosby,
139 S.Ct. 675 (2019) .................................................. 4
Meyer v. Grant,
486 U.S. 414 (1988) ................................................... 4
Mills v. Alabama,
384 U.S. 214 (1966) ................................................... 4
iv
Sweeney v. Patterson,
128 F.2d 457 (D.C. Cir. 1942) .............................. 4
Thomas v. Collins,
323 U.S. 516, 545 (1945) ................................................ 11
Whitney v. California,
274 U.S. 357 (1927) ................................................... 6
Rules
Other Authorities
1
Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 37.6, amici curiae state that
no counsel for any party authored this brief in whole or in part
and that no entity or person, aside from amici curiae, their
members, and counsel, made any monetary contribution towards
the preparation and submission of this brief. Amicus curiae
certifies that it has given proper notice as required by Supreme
Court Rule 37.2.
2
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
2
According to the American Bar Association, there are 1.3
million attorneys in the United States. See American Bar
Association, ABA Profile of the Legal Profession,
https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-
archives/2019/08/profile-of-the-profession-report/ (last accessed
1/18/24).
3
ARGUMENT
3
The Great Emancipator was quoted as saying: “If in your own
judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest
without being a lawyer. Choose some other occupation….”
Abraham Lincoln, “Fragment from a Law Lecture,” Collected
Works of Abraham Lincoln (Univ. of Mich. 1953), Vol. 2, p. 59-60.
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prohibition on content-based
restrictions…. afford[ing] less protection
for professional speech in two
circumstances—neither of which turned
on the fact that professionals were
speaking. First, our precedents have
applied more deferential review to some
laws that require professionals to
disclose factual, noncontroversial
information in their commercial speech.
Second, under our precedents, States
may regulate professional conduct, even
though that conduct incidentally
involves speech.
CONCLUSION
Respectfully Submitted,
MATT KEZHAYA*
150 S. Fifth St., Ste 1850
Minneapolis, MN 55402
* On the Brief