Federal Air Marshal and GAP client Robert MacLean received sweeping support in advance of the November 4th oral arguments before the Supreme Court in Department of Homeland Security v. Robert MacLean.
No amicus curiae, or friend of the court, briefs have been filed in support of the Department of Homeland Security. Amicus briefs supporting Mr. MacLean were filed on behalf of:
- Six Members of Congress: Senator Charles Grassley (R.-Iowa); Senator Ron Wyden (D.-Ore.); Representative Darrell Issa (R.-Cal.), Chair, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (OGR); Representative Elijah Cummings (D.-Md.), Ranking Member, OGR; Representative Blake Farenthold (R.-Tex.), Chair, OGR Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and the Census; and Representative Stephen Lynch (D.-Mass), Ranking Member, OGR Federal Workforce Subcommittee (PDF)
- U.S. Office of Special Counsel (PDF)
- Thirteen former U.S. government officials with military, intelligence, diplomatic, or information control duties (PDF)
- Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the nation’s largest nonprofit representing federal law enforcement officers; in conjunction with Blacks in Government, a civil rights NGO long active in whistleblower issues; and the Emerald Society of the Federal Law Enforcement Associations, a group of officers with Irish heritage (PDF)
- Project On Government Oversight, a government watchdog NGO (PDF)
- FlyersRights.org, a consumer air safety NGO (PDF)
- The Rutherford Institute, a civil liberties NGO (PDF)
- American Federation of Government Employees, the nation’s largest federal employee union (PDF)
- David Nolan, a former whistleblower and private attorney
GAP would like to thank the amici for their impressive show of support behind Robert MacLean. Additional information on Robert MacLean’s whistleblowing can be viewed here.
Hogan Lovells and GAP’s brief to the Supreme Court can be viewed here. The brief’s primary author was Neal Katyal, former Acting Solicitor General for President Obama. Mr. Katyal will be conducting the oral argument on November 4th.
Shanna Devine is Legislative Director for the Government Accountability Project, the nation’s leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization.