Friday, HRC delivered its historic “People’s Brief” — with 207,551 signatories calling for full nationwide marriage equality — to the US Supreme Court.
Longtime HRC member Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges, the marriage equality case set to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on April 28, joined HRC to hand-deliver dozens of boxes of briefs.
The People’s Brief has more signatories than any amicus brief ever submitted to the Supreme Court, and it has required four days of round-the-clock printing in order to complete the 50 copies required by the Court. With all of the signatures, each brief is approximately 3,500 pages long, for a total of approximately 175,000 pages that were delivered on Friday.
It was the culmination of HRC’s unprecedented effort to show the U.S. Supreme Court the broad-based support for nationwide marriage equality.
“Through this historic document, the American people, LGBT and allies alike, are standing shoulder to shoulder to insist on fairness for all. Ultimately, this brief tells a simple truth – the Constitution cannot tolerate discrimination, and it’s time for all couples to be treated equally under the law,” said HRC President Chad Griffin.
