[Southack]

In addition, Bush ordered Ashcroft and Solicitor General Olsen to inform the Supreme Court that the official U.S. position on the 2nd Amendment was that it protected individual rights rather than the "collective rights" of the Communists on the Left. - Southack

"You are confused. Ashcroft doesn't "notify the supreme court" to do anything. He wrote a letter...it wasn't to the Supreme Court." - Demidog

"Ashcroft's comments to the NRA were bolstered this spring by U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson, who argues the government's side in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

In [written] appellate court filings in two separate cases, Olsen wrote, "The current position of the United States...is that the Second Amendment more broadly protects the rights of individuals, including persons who are not members of any militia or engage in active military service or training, to possess their own firearms.."

Liberty Forum On Bush/Ashcroft/Olsen And 2nd Amendment Rights

[Demidog]

Uhhh....an appellate brief is not informing the supreme court. He wrote a letter to the NRA. He doesn't have communication with the Supreme Court outside of court appearences.