Cooley + League Of Women Voters File Amicus Brief In Second Amendment Case Before SCOTUS To Protect Electoral Process And Right To Vote Safely -…

29 September 2021

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Boston - September 27, 2021 - Cooleyrepresented the League of Women Voters in filing an amicus brief inNew York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, aUS Supreme Court case examining New York laws regulating the rightof individuals to carry guns in public places. Lawyers AdamGershenson, Kathleen Hartnett, Daniel Grooms, Adam Katz and AndrewBarr led the Cooley effort.

"Allowing private citizens tocarry guns inside polling places and at other election-relatedevents poses a threat to the electoral process. Voter intimidationmust not be tolerated," Dr. Deborah Ann Turner, boardpresident of the League of Women Voters of the United States, saidin a news release. "Voters have a right to safe access totheir polling place, and these laws protect that constitutionalright. They must be upheld."

The League's brief supportscurrent New York laws requiring citizens to show proper cause - asopposed to "speculative or specious" grounds - beforeallowing them to carry concealed weapons in certain public spaces,including polling places. Without such restrictions, the threat ofintimidation at polling places, during registration and as votesare counted could imperil the electoral process.

"Cooley is proud to partnerwith the League of Women Voters to ensure that all citizens cansafely participate in the electoral process," Cooley partnerGershenson said. "No citizen should face intimidation or havetheir fundamental right to vote undermined, especially at a timewhen we have seen a disturbing increase in armed intimidation atthe polls and at political activities more broadly."

The case will be heard by the Supreme Court on November 3,2021.

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