I’ll post locations throughout the day as the amicus curiae briefs are posted. It’s a lot to absorb in a short time, so I’ll just be posting links for now.
The Congressional brief is here. I’d like to thank Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson for signing onto it. 58 Senators (19 Democrats) and 251 Representatives signed on in total. There are no great legal insights we haven’t heard in any other briefs, but it does mention an interesting historical point:
At the outset of World War II, Congress authorized the President to seize certain property for the national defense under the Property Requisition Act. The Act explicitly excluded “the requisitioning or. . . registration of any firearms possessed by any individual for his personal protection or sport” and further denied that the Act could be used “to impair or infringe in any manner the right of any individual to keep and bear arms.” p. 29
They also argue that state-level firearms restrictions impede the ability of Congress to call forth militias.
Most of the Senate signatures come from gun-friendly states, but several Representatives from New Jersey and New York have signed on as well.