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No.08-1521_______________
InThe
SupremeCourtoftheUnitedStates
_______________
O
TIS
M
C
D
ONALD
,
E 
T 
A 
L 
.,
Petitioners,
v.C
ITY OF
C
HICAGO
,
E 
T 
A 
L 
.,
Respondents.
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On Writ of Certiorari to theUnited States Court of AppealsFor the Seventh Circuit
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BRIEFOF
 AMICICURIAE
STATELEGISLATORSINSUPPORTOFPETITIONERS
 _______________ 
J
OHN
P
ARKER
S
WEENEY
Counsel of Record 
T.S
KY
W
OODWARD
E
RIN
C
HRISTEN
M
ILLER
W
OMBLE
C
ARLYLE
S
ANDRIDGE
&R
ICE
,PLLC250 W. Pratt St., Suite 1300Baltimore, MD 21201(410) 545-5800
 Attorneys for Amici Curiae
 
i
QUESTIONPRESENTED
Whether the Second Amendment right tokeep and bear arms is incorporated as against theStates by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privilegesor Immunities or Due Process Clauses?
 
ii
TABLEOFCONTENTS
QUESTION PRESENTED....................................... ITABLE OF CONTENTS.........................................IITABLE OF CITED AUTHORITIES.......................VSTATEMENT OF INTEREST OF
 AMICI CURIAE 
STATE LEGISLATORS...............1SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT..................................3 ARGUMENT.............................................................7I. INCORPORATION OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT AGAINST THE STATES BY THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT DOES NOHARM TO OUR FEDERAL SYSTEM.................7II. THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT OF ANINDIVIDUAL TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS SETFORTH IN THE SECOND AMENDMENT ISINCORPORATED AGAINST THE STATES BY THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THEFOURTEENTH AMENDMENT........................10 A. The Panel in
Nordyke 
, the Only FederalCourt to Conduct the Required Analysis, Got ItRight: Selective Incorporation of FundamentalRights Through the Due Process Clause of theFourteenth Amendment Dictates Incorporationof the Second Amendment. .............................111. The Due Process Clause incorporates“fundamental” individual rights.................12
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