The Second Amendment Law Center is pleased to announce our amicus brief campaign supporting Wolford v. Lopez, the challenge to Hawaii’s newly signed SB 1230. Amicus briefs are due tomorrow, July 14, 2023.
Our team worked hard to recruit amicus groups to support the plaintiffs’ efforts to overturn significant provisions of SB 1230, which was signed into law last month. We will update this story tomorrow and list the amicus briefs that get filed, along with a summary of the points these briefs make. Subscribe to stay informed.
Amicus briefs are essential because the attorneys for the parties in a case are not allowed to fund or participate in writing amicus briefs and therefore need a group like Second Amendment Law Center, with experience in Second Amendment issues, to step in and offer assistance.
Recently, 2ALC successfully coordinated similar amicus brief campaigns in Illinois (opposing Illinois ban on commonly possessed semi-automatic firearms and standard capacity magazines), and Hawaii, where briefs are due later this week. Currently, 2ALC is also working to support lawsuits challenging unconstitutional gun bans in Oregon, Washington, Washington, D.C., and other jurisdictions hostile to 2A rights. Billionaire Michael Bloomberg and others financially support anti-gun-owner groups, and these groups routinely submit amicus briefs supporting unconstitutional laws. This makes 2ALC’s amicus brief campaigns critical to success.
“SB 1230’s attempt at snuffing out Second Amendment rights follows what is becoming an all-too-familiar playbook. Our amicus brief campaign illustrates the history and precedence before the court as it considers the issues at the core of this challenge,” remarked Chuck Michel, President & General Counsel of the Second Amendment Law Center.
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