[El Gato]

I wish a bunch of Representatives and Senators would get together and file a friend of the court brief also expressing the view that the 2nd Amendment is an individual right. Hell, these people are lawyers and they should be able to whip it out in a few days

Amici briefs in support of Heller are not due until Feb. 11, with Heller's own brief due Feb. 4. Since a bunch of DemonRats got together and did this, why not a bunch of Real Republicans (as opposed the too large crop of RINOs in Congress).

Here is the list of DemonRats who filed the brief linked above:

Representative Robert A. Brady (PA-01)
Representative John Conyers, Jr. (MI-14)
Representative Danny K. Davis (IL-07)
Representative Keith Ellison (MN-05)
Representative Sam Farr (CA-17)
Representative Chaka Fattah (PA-02)*
Representative Al Green (TX-09)
Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07)
Representative Michael Honda (CA-15)
Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-16)
Representative Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04)
Representative Gwen Moore (WI-04)
Representative James P. Moran (VA-08)
Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
Representative Bobby L. Rush (IL-01)
Representative Maxine Waters (CA-35)
Representative Lynn C. Woolsey (CA-06)
Representative Albert R. Wynn (MD-04)

Horrors! One is from Texas! Southwest Houston suburbs, not too far from the Eaker compound.

Their basic argument seems to be that the Court should defer to Congress judgment on interpreting and enforcing the Constitution. And of course the "right of the people" is really "power of the states to arm their militias, which no longer exist" argument that most of the Amici for DC make.

[El Gato]

Representative Chaka Fattah (PA-02)*

The * means he was the lead on this brief.

Heres the, whatever he is, himself....

He's the Chairman of the Congressional Urban Caucus, is has a page on his Congressional site about the brief, paid for by our taxes, but probably the taxes of few if any of his constituents, who mostly don't pay any. His district is in Western Philidelphia.

[Enterprise]

Oath to defend and support the Constitution? What’s an oath? Is that some sort of breakfast food? Constitution? Isn’t that what happens when you can’t have a bowel movement? What a bunch of asses - literally!

[Enterprise]

" Their basic argument seems to be that the Court should defer to Congress judgment on interpreting and enforcing the Constitution."

Of course, you have already seen the flaw in this reasonong. Sure, when it comes to guns, the pants wetting Democrats want Congress to interpret the laws. When it comes to partial birth abortion though, they can't yell loud enough to get the attention of the Supreme Court to overrule Congress. As you know, it all depends on which day it is, which the wind blows, and who's a thorn in their side at the moment.