Is there any civic minded, politically conscious lawyer who is a member of the Supreme Court bar who will file a brief in McDonald v. Chicago on the most vital and fundamental concepts and values of political life?
The issue before the court is 14th Amendment incorporation of the Second Amendment to protect from state infringement the individual right to gun ownership, recognized in
DC Gov v. Heller (decided in the Appeals court as
Parker et al. v. DC Gov).
The Parker/Heller conclusions have already decided all the courts need to decide on gun rights and firearms policy. Fourteenth Amendment incorporation will not foreclose the national policy option the courts have already opened the path for. It will only overburden the courts with a completely unnecessary constitutional mess.
A crude draft is at http://www.potowmack.org/McD2.pdf. It is about twice too long for the court. The approach is aggressive. The deadline for filing has been extended to the 2nd week of January.
The Potowmack Institute
Printz v. US, Opinion of District Court, 854 F.Supp. 1503
Mack v. US, Opinion of District Court, 856 F.Supp. 1372
Mack v. US, Opinion of the Ninth Circuit, 66 F.3d 1025
We can't find a link for the Circuit court ruling in Printz.
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Printz v. US, Mack v. US, Supreme Court, 1997
Respondent's Briefs
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Brief of Petitioner Jay Printz, submitted by Stephen Halbrook and Richard Gardiner. 96K.
Brief of Petitioner Mack, submitted by David Hardy.
The Law Enforcement Alliance of America as
amicus curiae. 44K.
Doctors for Integrity in Policy Research, Doctors for Responsible Gun Ownership, and the Laywers' Second Amendment Society as amicus curiae. 31K.
Pacific Legal Foundation as amicus curiae. 34K.
Gun Owners Foundation as amicus curiae 42K.
States of Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Virginia, Wyoming
Council of State Governments and National Conference of State Legislatures
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations as amicus curiae. 58K.
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York as amicus curiae. 28K.
Maryland, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin as amicus curiae.
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and the Education Fund to End Handgun Violence as amicus curiae. 42K.
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