For your legal reading pleasure.
You'll want to bookmark these two sites: They include all the known briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the landmark Second Amendment case pitting the District of Columbia's handgun ban against an individual who says DC's ban on handgun possession violates his constitutional rights.
The case, and resulting opinion, will have far-reaching, national implications.
Amicus briefs filed on behalf of Heller (pro Second Amendment, anti handgun ban)
-- Amici include the Law Enforcement Alliance of America, Gun Owners of America, Pink Pistols, Goldwater Institute, 31 state attorneys general, members of Congress and Vice President Cheney, former Justice Department officials, Jews for the Preservation of FirearmsOwnership, Disabled Veterans for Self Defense, Congress of Racial Equality, Buckeye Firearms Foundation et al, Georgia Carry Inc., Academics for the Second Amendment, and MANY, MANY more.
Amicus briefs filed on behalf of the District of Columbia (anti Second Amendment, pro handgun ban/gun regulations)
-- Amici include the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence (formerly Handgun
Control Inc.), Violence Policy Center, professors of linguistics, city of Chicago, coalition of civil rights groups, NAACP, American Bar Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, New York and other states, former Justice Department officials, and many more.
Read, Listen, Learn, Observe, Discuss . . . THINK.
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