Texas, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, et al.
Amicus Curiae
R. Ted Cruz, Counsel of Record Texas, Alabama,Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, and Florida are joined in this brief by 25 otherStates. R. Ted Cruz has served as Solicitor General of Texas since January2003. He received his law degree from Harvard University in 1995. The followingis excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brieffor the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 11, 2008. Describedby Justice Joseph Story as “the palladium of the liberties of the republic,the right to keep and bear arms enjoys prominent placement at the outset of theBill of Rights. Yet the central issue in this case…
