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Bipartisan Majority of U.S. Congress Signs Amicus Brief Supporting NRA's Position in Pivotal Supreme Court Case
Contact: Brian Hart or Becky Ogilvie, Sam Brownback, United States Senator - Kansas, 202-224-6521
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /Standard Newswire/ -- U.S. Senator Sam Brownback joined an overwhelming, bipartisan majority of members of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate in signing an amicus curiae, or "friend of the court," brief supporting the NRA's position that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the states through the Fourteenth Amendment. The amicus brief, bearing the signatures of 251 Members of Congress and 58 Senators, was filed with the U.S. Supreme Court today in the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago. This is the most signers of a congressional amicus brief in the history of the Supreme Court, breaking the record set just last year in the Heller v. District of Columbia case.
"The Supreme Court should now give full effect to the right to keep and bear arms by applying it to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment in McDonald v. City of Chicago," said Brownback. "Any other result would leave the rights of the citizens of several states unprotected and undermine Congress' ability to enforce and protect this vital right through the Fourteenth Amendment's Enforcement Clause."
In the landmark case, Heller v. District of Columbia, the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to possess a firearm for private use in federal enclaves. However, this case did not answer the question as to whether this right applies to the states.
Brownback continued, "Congress has a long history of protecting the right of the people to keep and bear arms. It was Congress that proposed the Bill of Rights, including the Second Amendment, to the States in 1789, and it was Congress that proposed the Fourteenth Amendment in 1866. Congress has a responsibility to enact legislation to protect and enforce rights guaranteed by the Constitution. I have a responsibility to protect the constitutional rights of Kansans and the American people, and it is for these reasons that I am proud to have joined the amicus brief."
