amicus

American  

[uh-mahy-kuhs, uh-mee-] / əˈmaɪ kəs, əˈmi- /

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.

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Etymology

Origin of amicus

By shortening

Example Sentences

A professor at Columbia Law School and director of the school’s Immigrants’ Rights Clinic, Mukherjee submitted an amicus brief in defense of Khalil, along with other students, scholars, and professors who have been charged under the same foreign-policy deportability ground that Khalil currently faces.

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On this week’s Amicus podcast, co-host Mark Joseph Stern is joined by Professor Steve Vladeck, a nationally recognized expert on the Supreme Court, federal courts, national security law, and military justice.

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On this week’s episode of Amicus, Mark Joseph Stern spoke with Brian Finucane, a senior adviser to the International Crisis Group and a former attorney in the State Department’s Office of the Legal Adviser, about what happens when performative machismo replaces law as a governing principle—and when breaking the rules becomes the point.

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This week on Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern attempt to digest this week’s horrific events and wonder if there is even a possibility of justice.

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In a special new year retrospective, Amicus host Dahlia Lithwick revisits an important episode from early 2025.

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