amicus

[uh-mahy-kuhs, uh-mee-]

adjective

Law.

1. of, relating to, or representing an amicus curiae, a friend of the court.

   The church stated its official position in an amicus brief.

Word History and Origins

Origin of amicus¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

As vice chair of the House Republican Conference, Johnson led the amicus brief signed by more than 100 House Republicans that sought to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed a spate of rulings that balk at the administration’s consolidation of law enforcement around the president’s political vendettas.

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A group of the “architects, leaders, and most vocal advocates” of the “ex-gay” movement filed an amicus brief making it clear that “conversion therapy is fundamentally ineffective” and “99.9% of participants do not experience orientation change.”

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On Monday’s episode of What Next, Mary Harris spoke with Slate senior writer and Amicus co-host Mark Joseph Stern about the fishy case and its alarming implications for LGBTQ+ equality throughout the country.

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Guest: Mark Joseph Stern, co-host of Amicus, and senior writer covering courts and the law for Slate.

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