amicus

[ uh-mahy-kuhs, uh-mee- ]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of amicus¹

By shortening

Example Sentences

On this week’s Amicus podcast, Dahlia Lithwick was joined by professor Mary Anne Franks, author of Fearless Speech: Breaking Free From the First Amendment, to discuss why the metaphorical “marketplace of ideas” works so very much like an actual market, overwhelmingly white and male and harmful to the vulnerable.

From Slate

On this week’s episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the harrowing possibility of a government staffed by dangerous conspiracy theorists, alleged sex offenders, and apologists for Vladimir Putin.

From Slate

Dahlia Lithwick writes about the courts and the law for Slate and hosts the podcast Amicus.

From Slate

You can subscribe directly from the Amicus show page on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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On this week’s Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick was joined by Protect Democracy’s Ian Bassin to try to reconcile our split-screen moment: democracy being seen to be done, and the looming decimation of democracy.

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