U.S. Senators Mitch McConnell (KY-R), Robert Bennett (UT-R), and Christopher S. “Kit” Bond (MO-R) and Representatives Roy Blunt (MO-R), Lamar Smith (TX-R), and Vernon Ehlers (MI-R)
Amici Curiae
Mark F. Hearne II, Counselof Record The six Members of Congress in this amicus brief were supporters of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and are proponents of measures to strengthen voter ID laws. Mark F. Hearne II is a member of the law firm Lathrop & Gage, where he specializes in government relations, tax, real estate, and technology law. He received his law degree from Washington University in 1986. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 10, 2007. Article I, Section 4, of…