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The elderly function better as advisors where they may be consulted for their experience, or as amici curiae.

He gutted the completely corrupt management of the Vatican bank, which was amici intimi with la Cosa Nostra.

Thus, the Justices that favor such policy arguments often have no choice but to rely on amici.

The amici detail why they think the law in question (and thus, your suggestion) don't practically work.

Those amici are signing this brief as individual computer scientists whose work in the field long preceded their affiliation with Google.

You can also look at the long list of amici briefs and consolidated cases.

Google has been quite active in fighting for gay marriage within US, submitting amici briefs to the court cases, spending money on campaigns, and so forth...

Private citizens are permitted to submit amici as well.

I've found a MacObserver article[1] that talks about a 30-page amici curiae brief filed by two economists explaining why Judge Cote's ruling was wrong.

A conflict of interest requirement for amici?

Address or refute the amici's arguments.

For example, according to the State and its amici, bias-motivated crimes are more likely to provoke retaliatory crimes, inflict distinct emotional harms on their victims, and incite community unrest.

The parties have completed their briefing, numerous amici curiae ("friends of the court") have made submissions, and the appeals court will hold a hearing in a matter of months.

When the Court makes a policy argument, potentially relying on "facts" cited by amici, they almost always do so in a way that is ancillary to a rationale based on a more concrete interpretation of the law and precedent.

IA’s infringements have caused and will continue to cause significant harm to Amici’s members.

[[Amici have long used admissions policies similar to the Harvard Plan that Justice Powell approved in Regents of University of California v.

Amici Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, Oneida Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, and Seminole Nation of Oklahoma are federally recognized Indian tribes that have adopted resolutions condemning the use of Indian names and mascots by sports teams.