Brief of Amici Curiae Thirteenth Amendment Scholars in Support of Plaintiff-Appellee and Affirmance

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 12-2040

U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-31

36 Pages Posted: 16 Nov 2012 Last revised: 21 Nov 2013

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William M. Carter, Jr.

University of Pittsburgh - School of Law

Dawinder S. Sidhu

Hopwood & Singhal PLLC

Alexander Tsesis

Florida State University College of Law

Rebecca E. Zietlow

University of Toledo College of Law

Date Written: August 1, 2012

Abstract

In the case of United States v. Hatch, the defendant in a hate crimes prosecution brought the first major challenge to the constitutionality of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. This amicus brief argues that the Act is constitutional under the Thirteenth Amendment

Keywords: Thirteenth Amendment, hate crimes, racial discrimination, disability, sexual orientation, Congress, enforcement clause power, Civil Rights, rationality standard, congruence and proportionality, private action, Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co., City of Boerne

JEL Classification: K19, K49

Suggested Citation

Carter, Jr., William M. and Sidhu, Dawinder S. and Tsesis, Alexander and Zietlow, Rebecca E., Brief of Amici Curiae Thirteenth Amendment Scholars in Support of Plaintiff-Appellee and Affirmance (August 1, 2012). U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 12-2040, U. of Pittsburgh Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-31, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2174499 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2174499

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Alexander Tsesis

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