Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX-R), et al.
Amici Curiae
Stephen P. Halbrook, Counsel of Record Vice PresidentRichard B. Cheney and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison are joined in this brief by44 other senators and 250 members of the House of Representatives. Stephen P.Halbrook has a private law practice in Virginia specializing in constitutionallaw. He received his law degree from Georgetown University in 1978. Thefollowing is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Respondent as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court onFebruary 8, 2008. TheSecond Amendment provides: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to thesecurity of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear arms,…
