POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The United States filed an amicus curiae brief in this appeal on June 24, 2002, and later a brief as an intervenor, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2403(a), which provides that the court "shall permit" the United States to intervene in a case when the constitutionality of any Act of Congress affecting the public interest is challenged. The requirement that the act affect the public interest is intended to exclude the occasional federal statute...
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