First on Fox: Texas GOP Sen. Ted CruzAlong with other Republican members of Congress, he filed an amicus brief in support of US gun manufacturers, urging the Supreme Court to “uphold American sovereignty and the Second Amendment.”
Case, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. United Mexican States, stems From the suit filed In 2021, the Mexican government alleged that US gun manufacturers, such as Smith & Wesson, Ruger and others, were responsible for gun violence perpetrated by cartels south of the border because the companies knew their guns were being smuggled into the country.
“I’m leading this amicus brief to uphold America’s sovereignty and our Second Amendment. The lawsuit filed by Mexico seeks to trample on our Constitution,” Cruz told Fox News Digital. “I look forward to the Supreme Court ending this madness, ending Mexico’s assault on our Second Amendment, and sending a clear message that no country can undermine America’s sovereignty.”
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Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., Mike Brown, R-Ind., Bill Cassidy, R-La., John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Rick Scott, R-Fla., are among several Senate members joining Cruz. Submission of brief. Reps. Reps. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Clay Higgins, R-La., Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., also joined Cruz’s brief.
Texas GOP Sen. Ted Cruz, along with other Republican members of Congress, filed an amicus brief in support of US gun manufacturers, urging the Supreme Court to “uphold American sovereignty and the Second Amendment.” (AP Photo/Michael Wike)
“I joined Senator Cruz and myself House GOP colleagues In this case it was the right thing to do and the only choice to make,” Issa said in a statement. “This lawsuit has united our friends and allies like never before, including the National Shooting Sports Foundation and gun control. Accountability Coalition, and now the Supreme Court will hear our petitions to hear this case.
“This is a landmark legal question and weighs whether to allow foreign governments to violate America’s sovereignty, legally bankrupt our firearms industry, and undermine our Second Amendment rights. Today we reaffirm our commitment. Constitutional freedoms. Our cause will prevail,” Issa continued.
representatives. Darrell Issa is also a Sen. Ted Cruz joined his brief. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
The filing slams the lawsuit as a whole, calling it “an attempt to circumvent both the federal judiciary’s authority.” Role of Congress and usurps the role of the executive.” The lawsuit goes on to say that it ignores the “respective roles” assigned to the federal branches by the Constitution and thus proves “an affront” to American sovereignty.
Citing a separate Supreme Court case, the brief states that the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment is “fundamental to the scheme of liberty in our order.” By the present suit, the brief states Mexico is trying To impose “colossal costs and injunctive relief” against American gun manufacturers, “no public body in the United States could do by statute or regulation.”
Citing a separate Supreme Court case, the brief states that the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment is “fundamental to the scheme of liberty in our order.” (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
More than two dozen top Republican prosecutors had An appeal was made to the court earlier To take up the case in May this year. The amicus brief, filed by Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen along with other GOP colleagues, urged the high court to hear the case in order to stop “foreign sovereigns from using American courts to effectively limit the rights of American citizens.”
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Mexico’s lawsuit was initially dismissed by a Massachusetts federal judge, but Mexico successfully appealed its case to the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, supported by California and other Democrat-led states.
The High Court fixed February 2025 for oral arguments in the case.
