SCOTUSblog on camera: Steven R. Shapiro (Part Four)

How the ACLU thinks about and uses amicus briefs and when and what a successful amicus practice looks like.

In this six-part interview, Steven R. Shapiro, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) since 1993, discusses hisbackground; the ACLUs history and mission; what civil liberties and Supreme Court advocacy look like now; and what civil liberties challenges we face next.