Brief Amicus Curiae of the American Civil Liberties Union in Support of Respondents


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Cable News Network (CNN) and Findlaw, Inc. offer the full text of legal documents pertaining to the 2000 United States presidential election. This document is available in PDF. The text highlights the opinion of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in support of the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board, et. al. concerning the counting of votes for the presidential election.







In the Supreme Court of the United States, David A. Zubik, Et Al., Petitioners, V. Sylvia Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Et Al., Respondents


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This case concerns moral and religious objections raised with respect to providing insurance coverage for contraception as required by the Affordable Care Act; this specific amicus brief focuses on how similar reasoning could be applied to impair patients' rights to refuse medical treatment in contravention of state laws mandating deference to patients' advance care directives.