John D. Altenburg, James J. Carey, Steven B. Kantrowitz, et al., Amici Curiae
Richard A. Samp, Counsel of Record
The parties in this case include four retired, high-ranking military officers, as well as four organizations with an interest in national security issues. Richard A. Samp is chief counsel of the Washington Legal Foundation, which is a participant in the brief. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 29, 2009. In challenging Section 2339B on vagueness and First Amendment grounds, Respondents supply a laundry list of expressive activities that they assert are barred, or could reasonably be understood as barred, by the statute. In fact, the…
