Amici:
- plural of amicus [Wiktionary]
Ummmm, ok.
Amicus:
- Abbreviation of amicus curiae. [Wiktionary]
Ummmmm, sure.
amicus curiae:
- (law, US) A person or entity who has been allowed by the court to plead or make submissions but who is not directly involved in the action. quotations
- (law, Canada) An independent lawyer, not retained by any party, whom the court has ordered to provide legal submissions regarding the matter in dispute; for example, to provide submissions regarding the situation of an unrepresented litigant or accused person. [Wiktionary]
Ah, a bunch of lawyers! Noted in “Why the Supreme Court should have stepped up on Indiana’s fetal burial law,” Elizabeth Reiner Platt, Religion News Service:
Though amici did not get their day in court Monday, it’s increasingly clear that courts will not be able to avoid growing conflicts between ever-expanding religious liberty doctrine and draconian regulations of reproductive health care.
Exhausted, I am.
