No. 07–411, Plains Commerce Bank v. Long Family Land & Cattle Co., Inc., et al.

 

Argued April 14, 2008

 

            Paul A. Banker argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Robert V. Atmore and David A. Von Wald.

 

            David C. Frederick argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were Richard A. Guest, Melody L. McCoy, James P. Hurley, Michael F. Sturley, and Lynn E. Blais.

 

            Curtis E. Gannon argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae in support of respondents.  With him on the brief were former Solicitor General Clement, Assistant Attorney General Tenpas, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, David C. Shilton, William B. Lazarus, and Amber B. Blaha.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the State of Idaho et al. by Lawrence G. Wasden, Attorney General of Idaho, and Clay R. Smith, Deputy Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Talis J. Colberg of Alaska, Bill McCollum of Florida, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Larry Long of South Dakota, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, and J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin; for Idaho County, Idaho, et al. by Scott Gregory Knudson, Tom D. Tobin, and Kimron Torgerson; for the American Bankers Association et al. by Brett Koenecke and Timothy M. Engel; for the Association of American Railroads by Lynn H. Slade, Walter E. Stern III, and Daniel Saphire; and for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by J. Scott Detamore and William Perry Pendley.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe by Mark I. Levy, Keith M. Harper, Thomas J. Van Norman, and Roger K. Heidenreich; for the National American Indian Court Judges Association et al. by William R. Stein, Roberta Koss, Steven Paul McSloy, Jill E. Tompkins, and Rob Roy Smith; for the National Congress of American Indians et al. by Carter G. Phillips, Virginia A. Seitz, and Riyaz A. Kanji; and for the National Network to End Domestic Violence et al. by Fernando R. Laguarda and Timothy J. Simeone.

 

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No. 07–6053, Giles v. California

 

Argued April 22, 2008

 

            Marilyn G. Burkhardt argued the cause for petitioner.  With her on the briefs were Donald B. Ayer, Meir Feder, Samuel Estreicher, and James F. Flanagan.

 

            Donald E. de Nicola, Deputy State Solicitor General of California, argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Kristofer Jorstad, and Russell A. Lehman, Deputy Attorneys General.

 

            Jeffrey A. Lamken filed a brief for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as amicus curiae urging reversal.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Illinois et al. by Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, and Jane Elinor Notz, Deputy Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Terry Goddard of Arizona, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Bill McCollum of Florida, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Steve Carter of Indiana, Tom Miller of Iowa, Stephen N. Six of Kansas, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Anne Milgram of New Jersey, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Marc Dann of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper of Tennessee, Greg Abbott of Texas, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, William H. Sorrell of Vermont, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, J. B. Van Hollen of Wisconsin, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for the Battered Women’s Justice Project et al. by Peter A. Barile III; for the Domestic Violence Legal Empowerment and Appeals Project et al. by David Salmons, Jennifer K. Brown, Lynn Hecht Schafran, and Joan S. Meier; and for the National Crime Victim Law Institute by Douglas Beloof.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the National Association of Counsel for Children et al. by Laura W. Brill, Barry Sullivan, and Bill S. Forcade; for the National Association to Prevent Sexual Abuse of Children’s National Child Protection Training Center by Thomas J. Harbinson; and for Richard D. Friedman by Mr. Friedman, pro se.

 

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No. 07–343, Kennedy v. Louisiana

 

Argued April 16, 2008

 

            Jeffrey L. Fisher argued the cause for petitioner.  With him on the briefs were Pamela S. Karlan, Jelpi P. Picou, G. Ben Cohen, and Martin A. Stern.

 

            Juliet L. Clark argued the cause for respondent.  With her on the brief were Paul D. Connick, Jr., and Terry M. Boudreaux.

 

            R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General of Texas, argued the cause for the State of Texas et al. as amici curiae in support of respondent.  With him on the brief were Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, Kent C. Sullivan, First Assistant Attorney General, Eric J. R. Nichols, Deputy Attorney General for Criminal Justice, Philip A. Lionberger, Assistant Solicitor General, Troy King, Attorney General of Alabama, Jim Davis and Will Parker, Assistant Attorneys General, and the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: John W. Suthers of Colorado, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Henry D. McMaster of South Carolina, and Robert M. McKenna of Washington.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by John Holdridge, Theodore M. Shaw, Jacqueline A. Berrien, Christina Swarns, Steven R. Shapiro, and Dennis D. Parker; for the Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. by Paul R. Baier; for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers et al. by Stuart F. Delery and Barbara E. Bergman; and for the National Association of Social Workers et al. by David M. Gossett, Carolyn I. Polowy, and Joseph Thai.

 

            Christopher Landau and Nathan Mammen filed a brief for Missouri Governor Matt Blunt et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

 

            Sandra L. Babcock filed a brief for Leading British Law Associations et al. as amici curiae.

 

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No. 07–219, Exxon Shipping Co. et al. v. Baker et al.

 

Argued February 27, 2008

 

            Walter Dellinger argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were John F. Daum, Jonathan D. Hacker, and E. Edward Bruce.

 

            Jeffrey L. Fisher argued the cause for respondents.  With him on the brief were David W. Oesting, Stephen M. Rummage, David C. Tarshes, James vanR. Springer, and Brian B. O’Neill.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America by Carter G. Phillips, Virginia A. Seitz, Robin S. Conrad, and Amar D. Sarwal; for the International Chamber of Shipping et al. by Chester Douglas Hooper, Jovi Tenev, Dennis L. Bryant, Richard J. Reisert, Joseph G. Grasso, and Raymond L. Massey; for the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., by Malcolm E. Wheeler and Craig R. May; for the Transportation Institute et al. by Mark I. Levy, James L. Henry, and C. Jonathan Benner; and for the Washington Legal Foundation by Daniel J. Popeo and Richard A. Samp.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of Alaska by Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General of Alaska, Craig J. Tillery, Deputy Attorney General, Joanne Grace, Chief Assistant Attorney General, David C. Frederick, and Scott H. Angstreich; for the State of Maryland et al. by Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General of Maryland, John B. Howard, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, and Steven M. Sullivan, Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., of California, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Joseph R. Biden III of Delaware, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Lawrence Wasden of Idaho, Lisa Madigan of Illinois, Tom Miller of Iowa, Jack Conway of Kentucky, James D. Caldwell of Louisiana, G. Steven Rowe of Maine, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Anne Milgram of New Jersey, Gary King of New Mexico, Andrew Cuomo of New York, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Marc Dann of Ohio, Hardy Myers of Oregon, Patrick Lynch of Rhode Island, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Larry Long of South Dakota, Robert E. Cooper of Tennessee, Mark Shurtleff of Utah, Rob McKenna of Washington, and Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia; for the Alaska Legislative Council et al. by Jared A. Goldstein; for the American Association for Justice et al. by Jeffrey Robert White, Robert S. Peck, Arthur H. Bryant, Kathleen Flynn Peterson, and Leslie A. Brueckner; for Experts on Alcohol in the Workplace by Vanya Hogen and Colette Routel; for the National Congress of American Indians et al. by David S. Case, Richard A. Guest, Carol H. Daniel, and Riyaz Kanji; for the National Fisheries Institute by John R. Hillsman; for the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations et al. by Amy J. Wildermuth; for the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens’ Advisory Council et al. by William M. Walker; for Former Ship Masters et al. by Paul Edelman; for Sociologists et al. by Amy Howe and Kevin K. Russell; for Trustees for Alaska et al. by Howard A. Learner; for Jean-Michel Cousteau et al. by Gerson H. Smoger and Steven Bronson; for Thomas J. Schoenbaum; and for United States Senator Theodore F. Stevens et al. by Mr. Stevens, pro se.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for American Maritime Safety, Inc., by Lee Seham; for the American Petroleum Institute et al. by Andrew L. Frey, Evan M. Tager, Nickolai G. Levin, Harry M. Ng, Janice K. Radburn, Donald D. Evans, Jan S. Amundson, Quentin Riegel, and Kevin M. Fong; and for Arthur R. Miller by Stanley D. Bernstein and Mr. Miller, pro se.

 

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No. 06–1457, Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington, et al.; and

No. 06–1462, American Electric Power Service Corporation, et al. v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington, et al.

 

Argued February 19, 2008

 

Walter Dellinger argued the cause for petitioners in both cases.  With him on the briefs for petitioner in No. 06–1457 were Sri Srinivasan, Mark S. Davies, Zachary D. Stern, Paul J. Pantano, Jr., and Michael A. Yuffee.  Donald B. Ayer, Lawrence D. Rosenberg, Shay Dvoretzky, Juliet J. Karastelev, Robert F. Shapiro, Keith R. McCrea, Kent L. Jones, William H. Penniman, Michael J. Gergen, and Jared W. Johnson filed briefs for petitioners in No. 06–1462.

 

Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for respondent FERC in support of petitioners in both cases pursuant to this Court’s Rule 12.6.  With him on the brief were former Solicitor General Clement, Eric D. Miller, Cynthia A. Marlette, Robert H. Solomon, and Lona T. Perry.

 

            Christopher J. Wright argued the cause for nonfederal respondents in both cases.  With him on the brief for respondents Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, et al. were Richard G. Taranto, Paul J. Kaleta, Eric Christensen, John E. McCaffrey, David D’Alessandro, and Kelly A. Daly.  Randolph Lee Elliott and Milton J. Grossman filed a brief in both cases for respondent Golden State Water Company.  William J. Kayatta, Jr., Jared S. des Rosiers, Catherine R. Connors, Randolph L. Wu, Mary F. McKenzie, Harvey Y. Morris, and Elizabeth M. McQuillan filed a brief in both cases for respondents Public Utilities Commission of the State of California et al.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal in both cases were filed for

Coral Power, L. L. C., et al. by Richard P. Bress, Stephanie S. Lim, Barry J. Blonien, Jeffrey D. Watkiss, James N. Westwood, and Joseph M. Paul; for the Electric Power Supply Association et al. by Kenneth W. Starr, Neil L. Levy, Robert R. Gasaway, Ashley C. Parrish, David G. Tewksbury, Scott M. Abeles, David B. Johnson, Barry Russell, Timm Abendroth, Henry S. May, Jr., Catherine O’Harra, Peter W. Brown, and Daniel W. Douglass; for the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., et al. by Roy T. Englert, Jr., Gary A. Orseck, and Donald  J. Russell; for Powerex Corp. et al. by David C. Frederick, Scott H. Angstreich, Paul W. Fox, Deanna E. King, Gary D. Bachman, Howard E. Shapiro, Brett A. Snyder, Jesse A. Dillon, Donald A. Kaplan, John Longstreth, and Alan Z. Yudkowsky; and for William J. Baumol et al. by John N. Estes III and Jeffrey A. Lamken.

 

 Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases were filed for the State of Illinois et al. by Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, Michael A. Scodro, Solicitor General, Jane Elinor Notz, Deputy Solicitor General, and Susan Hedman, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, Thomas J. Miller of Iowa, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Mike McGrath of Montana, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, and Patrick C. Lynch of Rhode Island; for AARP by Barbara Jones, Stacy Canan, Michael Schuster, and William Julian II; for the American Public Power Association et al. by Scott H. Strauss, Susan N. Kelly, Wallace F. Tillman, and Richard Meyer; for the Colorado Office of Consumer Counsel et al. by Lynn Hargis and Scott L. Neslon; for the Large Public Power Council by Jonathan D. Schneider and Harvey L. Reiter; for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners et al. by James Bradford Ramsay; and for the Public Utility Law Project of New York, Inc., by Gerald A. Norlander.

 

A brief of amicus curiae was filed in both cases for the State of Washington by Robert M. McKenna, Attorney General, Jeffrey D. Goltz, Deputy Attorney General, Donald T. Trotter and Robert D. Cedarbaum, Senior Counsel, Tina E. Kondo, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Brady R. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General.

 

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No. 07–290, District of Columbia et al. v. Heller

 

Argued March 18, 2008

 

            Walter Dellinger argued the cause for petitioners.  With him on the briefs were Peter J. Nickles, Interim Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Linda Singer, former Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Alan B. Morrison, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General, Lutz Alexander Prager, Robert A. Long, Jr., Jonathan L. Marcus, Thomas C. Goldstein, Matthew M. Shors, and Mark S. Davies.

 

            Alan Gura argued the cause for respondent.  With him on the brief were Robert A. Levy, and Clark M. Neily III.

 

Former Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging affirmance.  With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Garre, Assistant Attorney General Fisher, Acting Assistant Attorney General Bucholtz, Malcolm L. Stewart, and Stephen R. Rubenstein.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the City of Chicago et al. by Andrew L. Frey, David M. Gossett, Benna Ruth Solomon, Patrick J. Rocks, and Lee Ann Lowder; for the American Academy of Pediatrics et al. by Bert H. Deixler  and Lary Alan Rappaport; for the American Bar Association by William H. Neukom, Robert N. Weiner, and John A. Freedman; for the American Jewish Committee et al. by Jeffrey A. Lamken, Allyson N. Ho, D. Randall Benn, Jeffrey L. Kessler, William C. Heuer, Robert E. Cortes, and Sayre Weaver; for the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence et al. by John Payton, Jonathan G. Cedarbaum, Dennis A. Henigan, Brian J. Siebel, and Jonathan E. Lowy; for the DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice et al. by Jonathan S. Franklin; for District Attorneys by Alexis S. Coll-Very, Simona G. Strauss, the Honorable Robert M. Morgenthau, Mark Dwyer, the Honorable Charles J. Hynes, and Laurie L. Levenson; for Former Department of Justice Officials by Messrs. Long and Marcus; for Major American Cities et al. by Jeffrey L. Bleich, George A. Nilson, William R. Phelan, Jr., Debra Lynn Gonzales, Michael A. Cardozo, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Leonard J. Koerner, Richard Feder, Dennis J. Herrera, Danny Chou, and John Daniel Reaves; for Members of Congress by Scott E. Gant and Christopher L. Hayes; for the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., by Theodore M. Shaw, Jacqueline A. Berrien, Victor A. Bolden, Debo P. Adegbile, Michael B. de Leeuw, and Darcy M. Goddard; for the National Network to End Domestic Violence et al. by Bruce D. Sokler; for Professors of Criminal Justice by Albert W. Wallis; for Professors of Linguistics and English by Charles M. Dyke, Charles M. English, Jeffrey R. Gans, Elizabeth M. Walsh, and Frederick L. Whitmer; for the Violence Policy Center et al. by Daniel G. Jarcho; and for Jack N. Rakove et al. by Carl T. Bogus.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the State of New York et al. by Andrew M. Cuomo, Attorney General of New York, Barbara D. Underwood, Solicitor General, Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy Solicitor General, Sasha Samberg-Champion, Assistant Solicitor General, by Roberto J. Sánchez-Ramos, Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Mark J. Bennett of Hawaii, Douglas F. Gansler of Maryland, Martha Coakley of Massachusetts, and Anne Milgram of New Jersey; for the State of Texas et al. by Greg Abbott, Attorney General of Texas, R. Ted Cruz, Solicitor General, Kent C. Sullivan, First Assistant Attorney General, David S. Morales, Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation, Sean D. Jordan, Deputy Solicitor General, Michael P. Murphy, Assistant Solicitor General, and by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: Troy King of Alabama, Talis J. Colberg of Alaska, Dustin McDaniel of Arkansas, John W. Suthers of Colorado, Bill McCollum of Florida, Thurbert E. Baker of Georgia, Lawrence G. Wasden of Idaho, Steve Carter of Indiana, Stephen N. Six of Kansas, Jack Conway of Kentucky, James D. Caldwell of Louisiana, Michael A. Cox of Michigan, Lori Swanson of Minnesota, Jim Hood of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon of Missouri, Mike McGrath of Montana, Jon Bruning of Nebraska, Kelly A. Ayotte of New Hampshire, Gary K. King of New Mexico, Wayne Stenehjem of North Dakota, Marc Dann of Ohio, W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Henry McMaster of South Carolina, Lawrence E. Long of South Dakota, Mark L. Shurtleff of Utah, Robert F. McDonnell of Virginia, Robert M. McKenna of Washington, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., of West Virginia, and Bruce A. Salzburg of Wyoming; for the State of Wisconsin by J. B. Van Hollen, Attorney General of Wisconsin, and Christopher G. Wren and Steven P. Means, Assistant Attorneys General; for Academics et al. by Richard E. Gardiner; for Academics for the Second Amendment by David T. Hardy, Joseph Edward Olson, Daniel D. Polsby, Henry C. Karlson, Randy E. Barnett, and Michael Ian Krauss; for the Alaska Outdoor Council et al. by Jack Brian McGee; for the American Center for Law and Justice by Jay Alan Sekulow, Stuart J. Roth, Colby M. May, and James M. Henderson, Sr.; for the American Civil Rights Union by Peter J. Ferrara; for the American Legislative Exchange by Robert Dowlut; for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc., by Andrew L. Schlafly; for the Cato Institute et al. by C. Kevin Marshall; for the Center for Individual Freedom by Renee L. Giachino; for the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms et al. by Jeffrey B. Teichert; for the Congress of Racial Equality by Stefan Bijan Tahmassebi; for Criminologists et al. by Marc James Ayers and Don B. Kates; for Disabled Veterans for Self-Defense et al. by James H. Warner; for the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund by Douglas G. Smith; for the Foundation for Free Expression by Deborah J. Dewart and James L. Hirsen; for the Foundation for Moral Law by Gregory M. Jones and Benjamin D. DuPré; for the Goldwater Institute by Bradford A. Berenson, Ileana Maria Ciobanu, and Clint Bolick; for Grass Roots of South Carolina, Inc., by R. Jeffords Barham; for Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. by Herbert W. Titus and William J. Olson; for the Heartland Institute by Richard K. Willard; for the Institute for Justice by Erik S. Jaffe, William H. Mellor, and Steven M. Simpson; for the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association et al. by David B. Kopel and C. D. Michel; for International Scholars by James R. Schaller; for Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership by Daniel L. Schmutter; for the Libertarian National Committee, Inc.; for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office et al. by Daryl Manhart, Andrew P. Thomas, Arthur E. Mallory, Hy Forgeron, and Bryan A. Skoric; for the Mountain States Legal Foundation by William Perry Pendley; for the National Rifle Association et al. by Stephen D. Poss, Kevin P. Martin, and Scott B. Nardi; for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc., by Lawrence G. Keane, Christopher P. Johnson, and Kanchana Wangkeo Leung; for Ohio Concealed Carry Permitholders et al. by Jeanette M. Moll; for the Paragon Foundation, Inc., by Paul M. Kienzle III; for Pink Pistols et al. by Michael B. Minton; for Retired Military Officers by Andrew G. McBride; for the Rutherford Institute by John W. Whitehead; for the Second Amendment Foundation by Nelson Lund; for the Southeastern Legal Foundation, Inc., et al. by Shannon Lee Goessling; for State Firearm Associations by David J. Schenck; for Virginia1774.org by Richard E. Hill, Jr.; for Major General John D. Altenburg, Jr., et al. by C. Allen Foster, Robert P. Charrow, John D. Altenburg, Jr., and John P. Einwechter; for Dr. Suzanna Gratia Hupp, D. C., et al. by Kelly J. Shackelford; for the President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Pennsylvania Joseph B. Scarnati III by John P. Krill, Jr., and Linda J. Shorey; and for 55 Members of the United States Senate et al. by Stephen P. Halbrook.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the American Public Health Association et al. by Alison M. Tucher; for GeorgiaCarry.Org, Inc., by John R. Monroe and Edward A. Stone; for Erwin Chemerinsky et al. by Mr. Chemerinsky, pro se; and for 126 Women State Legislators et al. by M. Carol Bambery.

 

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No. 07–320, Davis v. Federal Election Commission

 

Argued April 22, 2008

 

            Andrew D. Herman argued the cause for appellant.  With him on the briefs was Stanley M. Brand.

 

            Former Solicitor General Clement argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Garre, Malcolm L. Stewart, Thomasenia P. Duncan, David Kolker, Kevin Deeley, and Holly J. Baker.

            Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the Center for Competitive Politics by Erik S. Jaffe; and for Gene DeRossett et al. by Kathleen M. Sullivan.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for Common Cause by Bradley S. Phillips; and for Democracy 21 et al. by Seth P. Waxman, Randolph D. Moss, Roger M. Witten, Donald J. Simon, J. Gerald Hebert, Paul S. Ryan, Tara Malloy, Scott L. Nelson, Fred Wertheimer, and Deborah Goldberg.

 

            Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Cato Institute by Benjamin D. Wood, William J. McGinley, Glenn M. Willard, and Ilya Shapiro; and for the James Madison Center for Free Speech et al. by James Bopp, Jr., and Richard E. Coleson.