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Congressional Amicus Curiae Brief On The Second Amendment
CONGRESSIONAL AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT
Fifty-five members of the United State Senate and 250 members of the United States House of Representatives signed a 58 page “amicus curiae (friend of the court)” brief on Friday, February 8th, including Vice President Dick Cheney and southern Illinois congressmen Jerry Costello and John Shimkus urging the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the "individual rights" view of the Second Amendment.
The United States Supreme Court will consider the upcoming case on the constitutionality of the
Washington
D.C.
handgun ban (D.C. vs. Heller), a case which many expect will result in a landmark ruling on the interpretation of the Second Amendment.
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case beginning March 18th. This is the largest number of co-signers of such a document in American history.
This landmark brief argues that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual, fundamental right to Keep and Bear Arms; that any infringement on this right should be subject to the highest
level of Constitutional scrutiny; that D.C.'s categorical ban on handguns and self-defense in the home is unreasonable and unconstitutional under any level of review; and therefore, that the
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit's opinion in this case should be upheld.
Click here to read the brief: congressional amicus curiae brief
Members Of Congress Who Have Signed The Congressional Amicus Brief:
Vice President Richard B. Cheney in his capacity as President of the Senate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, Sen. Jim Bunning, Sen. Gordon Smith, Sen. Richard Shelby, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Rep. Greg Walden (OR-2), Rep. Jo Bonner (AL-1), Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-1), Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-4), Rep. Terry Everett (AL-2), Rep. Ron Lewis (KY-2), Rep. Mike Rogers (AL-3), Rep. Geoff Davis (KY-4), Rep. Robert Aderholt (AL-4), Rep. Hal Rogers (KY-5), Sen. Bob Casey, Rep. Bud Cramer (AL-5), Rep. Ben Chandler (KY-6), Sen. Arlen Specter, Rep. Spencer Bachus (AL-6), Rep. Phil English (PA-3), Rep. Artur Davis (AL-7), Rep. Jason Altmire (PA-4), Sen. David Vitter, Rep. John Peterson (PA-5), Rep. Charlie Melancon (LA-3), Rep. Jim Gerlach (PA-6), Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Rep. Jim McCrery (LA-4), Rep. Bill Shuster (PA-9), Sen. Ted Stevens, Rep. Rodney Alexander (LA-5), Rep. Chris Carney (PA-10), Rep. Don Young (AK-AL), Rep. Richard Baker (LA-6), Rep. Paul Kanjorski (PA-11), Rep. Charles Boustany (LA-7), Rep. John Murtha (PA-12), Rep. Charlie Dent (PA-15), Sen. Jon Kyl, Rep. Joe Pitts (PA-16), Sen. John McCain, Sen. Susan Collins, Rep. Tim Holden (PA-17), Rep. Rick Renzi (AZ-1), Sen. Olympia Snowe, Rep. Tim Murphy (PA-18), Rep. Trent Franks (AZ-2), Rep. Mike Michaud (ME-2), Rep. Todd Platts (PA-19), Rep. John Shadegg (AZ-3), Rep. Harry Mitchell (AZ-5), Rep. Jeff Flake (AZ-6), Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (MD-6), Sen. Jim DeMint, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-8), Sen. Lindsey Graham, Rep. Henry Brown (SC-1), Rep. Bart Stupak (MI-1), Rep. Joe Wilson (SC-2), Sen. Blanche Lincoln, Rep. Pete Hoekstra (MI-2), Rep. Gresham Barrett (SC-3), Rep. Marion Berry (AR-1), Rep. Dave Camp (MI-4), Rep. Bob Inglis (SC-4), Rep. John Boozman (AR-3), Rep. Fred Upton (MI-6), Rep. Mike Ross (AR-4), Rep. Tim Walberg (MI-7), Rep. Mike Rogers (MI-8), Sen. Tim Johnson, Rep. Joe Knollenberg (MI-9), Sen. John Thune, Rep. Wally Herger (CA-2), Rep. Candice Miller (MI-10), Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (SD-AL), Rep. Dan Lungren (CA-3), Rep. Thaddeus McCotter (MI-11), Rep. John Doolittle (CA-4), Rep. John Dingell (MI-15), Rep. Dennis Cardoza (CA-18), Sen. Lamar Alexander, Rep. George Radanovich (CA-19), Sen. Bob Corker, Rep. Devin Nunes (CA-21), Sen. Norm Coleman, Rep. David Davis (TN-1), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-22), Rep. Tim Walz (MN-1), Rep. Jimmy Duncan (TN-2), Rep. Elton Gallegly (CA-24), Rep. John Kline (MN-2), Rep. Zach Wamp (TN-3), Rep. Buck McKeon (CA-25), Rep. Michele Bachmann (MN-6), Rep. Lincoln Davis (TN-4), Rep. David Dreier (CA-26), Rep. Collin Peterson (MN-7), Rep. Jim Cooper (TN-5), Rep. Ed Royce (CA-40), Rep. Jim Oberstar (MN-8), Rep. Bart Gordon (TN-6), Rep. Jerry Lewis (CA-41), Rep. Marsha Blackburn (TN-7), Rep. Gary Miller (CA-42), Rep. John Tanner (TN-8), Rep. Joe Baca (CA-43), Sen. Thad Cochran, Rep. Stephen Cohen (TN-9), Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-44), Sen. Roger Wicker, Rep. Mary Bono Mack (CA-45), Rep. Chip Pickering (MS-3), Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (CA-46), Rep. Gene Taylor (MS-4), Sen. John Cornyn, Rep. John Campbell (CA-48), Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Rep. Darrell Issa (CA-49), Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-1), Rep. Brian Bilbray (CA-50), Sen. Kit Bond, Rep. Ted Poe (TX-2), Rep. Duncan Hunter (CA-52), Rep. Todd Akin (MO-2), Rep. Sam Johnson (TX-3), Rep. Sam Graves (MO-6), Rep. Ralph Hall (TX-4), Rep. Roy Blunt (MO-7), Rep. Jeb Hensarling (TX-5), Sen. Wayne Allard, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (MO-8), Rep. Joe Barton (TX-6), Sen. Ken Salazar, Rep. Kenny Hulshof (MO-9), Rep. John Culberson (TX-7), Rep. John Salazar (CO-3), Rep. Kevin Brady (TX-8), Rep. Marilyn Musgrave (CO-4), Rep. Mike McCaul (TX-10), Rep. Doug Lamborn (CO-5), Sen. Max Baucus, Rep. Mike Conaway (TX-11), Rep. Tom Tancredo (CO-6), Sen. Jon Tester, Rep. Kay Granger (TX-12), Rep. Denny Rehberg (MT-AL), Rep. Mac Thornberry (TX-13), Rep. Ron Paul (TX-14), Rep. Joe Courtney, Rep. Silvestre Reyes (TX-16), Sen. Chuck Hagel, Rep. Chet Edwards (TX-17), Sen. Ben Nelson, Rep. Randy Neugebauer (TX-19), Sen. Mel Martinez, Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1), Rep. Lamar Smith (TX-21), Rep. Jeff Miller (FL-1), Rep. Lee Terry (NE-2), Rep. Nick Lampson (TX-22), Rep. Allen Boyd (FL-2), Rep. Adrian Smith (NE-3), Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23), Rep. Ander Crenshaw (FL-4), Rep. Kenny Marchant (TX-24), Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-5), Rep. Mike Burgess (TX-26), Rep. Cliff Stearns (FL-6), Rep. Dean Heller (NV-2), Rep. Solomon Ortiz (TX-27), Rep. John Mica (FL-7), Rep. Jon Porter (NV-3), Rep. Henry Cuellar (TX-28), Rep. Ric Keller (FL-8), Rep. Gene Green (TX-29), Rep. Gus Bilirakis (FL-9), Rep. John Carter (TX-31), Rep. Adam Putnam (FL-12), Sen. Judd Gregg, Rep. Pete Sessions (TX-32), Rep. Vern Buchanan (FL-13), Sen. John Sununu, Rep. Connie Mack (FL-14), Rep. Paul Hodes (NH-2), Rep. Dave Weldon (FL-15), Sen. Bob Bennett, Rep. Tim Mahoney (FL-16), Sen. Orrin Hatch, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18), Rep. Scott Garrett (NJ-5), Rep. Rob Bishop (UT-1), Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21), Rep. Jim Matheson (UT-2), Rep. Tom Feeney (FL-24), Rep. Chris Cannon (UT-3), Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25), Sen. Pete Domenici, Rep. Heather Wilson (NM-1), Rep. Steve Pearce (NM-2), Sen. Jim Webb, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Rep. Rob Wittman (VA-1), Sen. Johnny Isakson, Rep. Thelma Drake (VA-2), Rep. Jack Kingston (GA-1), Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (NY-20), Rep. Randy Forbes (VA-4), Rep. Sanford Bishop (GA-2), Rep. John McHugh (NY-23), Rep. Virgil Goode (VA-5), Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (GA-3), Rep. Michael Arcuri (NY-24), Rep. Bob Goodlatte (VA-6), Rep. Tom Price (GA-6), Rep. Jim Walsh (NY-25), Rep. Eric Cantor (VA-7), Rep. John Linder (GA-7), Rep. Tom Reynolds (NY-26), Rep. Rick Boucher (VA-9), Rep. Jim Marshall (GA-8), Rep. Brian Higgins (NY-27), Rep. Frank Wolf (VA-10), Rep. Nathan Deal (GA-9), Rep. Randy Kuhl (NY-29), Rep. Tom Davis (VA-11), Rep. Paul Broun (GA-10), Rep. Phil Gingrey (GA-11), Rep. John Barrow (GA-12), Sen. Richard Burr, Rep. Brian Baird (WA-3), Sen. Elizabeth Dole, Rep. Doc Hastings (WA-4), Rep. Walter Jones (NC-3), Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-5), Sen. Larry Craig, Rep. Virginia Foxx (NC-5), Rep. Dave Reichert (WA-8), Sen. Mike Crapo, Rep. Howard Coble (NC-6), Rep. Bill Sali (ID-1), Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC-7), Rep. Mike Simpson (ID-2), Rep. Robin Hayes (NC-8), Rep. Alan Mollohan (WV-1), Rep. Sue Myrick (NC-9), Rep. Shelley Capito (WV-2), Rep. Partick McHenry (NC-10), Rep. Nick Rahall (WV-3), Rep. Peter Roskam (IL-6), Rep. Heath Shuler (NC-11), Rep. Jerry Weller (IL-11), Rep. Jerry Costello (IL-12), Sen. Russ Feingold, Rep. Judy Biggert (IL-13), Rep. Earl Pomeroy (ND-AL), Rep. Paul Ryan (WI-1), Rep. Tim Johnson (IL-15), Rep. Ron Kind (WI-3), Rep. Don Manzullo (IL-16), Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (WI-5), Rep. John Shimkus (IL-19), Sen. George Voinovich, Rep. Tom Petri (WI-6), Rep. Steve Chabot (OH-1), Rep. Steve Kagen (WI-8), Rep. Jean Schmidt (OH-2), Rep. Joe Donnelly (IN-2), Rep. Mike Turner (OH-3), Rep. Mark Souder (IN-3), Rep. Jim Jordan (OH-4), Sen. Mike Enzi, Rep. Steve Buyer (IN-4), Rep. Bob Latta (OH-5), Sen. John Barrasso, Rep. Dan Burton (IN-5), Rep. Charlie Wilson (OH-6), Rep. Barbara Cubin (WY-AL), Rep. Mike Pence (IN-6), Rep. Dave Hobson (OH-7), Rep. Brad Ellsworth (IN-8), Rep. John Boehner (OH-8), Rep. Baron Hill (IN-9), Rep. Pat Tiberi (OH-12), Rep. Steve LaTourette (OH-14), Rep. Deborah Pryce (OH-15), Sen. Chuck Grassley, Rep. Tim Ryan (OH-17), Rep. Leonard Boswell (IA-3), Rep. Zack Space (OH-18), Rep. Tom Latham (IA-4), Rep. Steve King (IA-5), Sen. Tom Coburn, Sen. Jim Inhofe, Sen. Sam Brownback, Rep. John Sullivan (OK-1), Sen. Pat Roberts, Rep. Dan Boren (OK-2), Rep. Jerry Moran (KS-1) ,Rep. Frank Lucas (OK-3), Rep. Nancy Boyda (KS-2), Rep. Tom Cole (OK-4), Rep. Todd Tiahrt (KS-4), Rep. Mary Fallin (OK-5)
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