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Sentencing Law and Policy
Another review of the jurisprudential mess of the Second Amendment … and originalism's deep challenge
Adam Liptak's latest Sidebar column in the New York Times, headlined "Supreme Court’s Gun Rulings Leave Baffled Judges Asking for Help," is focused on the mess that is Second Amendment jurisprudence. …
Criminal
Another review of the jurisprudential mess of the Second Amendment … and originalism’s deep challenge
Adam Liptak's latest Sidebar column in the New York Times, headlined "Supreme Court’s Gun Rulings Leave Baffled Judges Asking for Help," is focused on the mess that is Second Amendment jurisprudence. …
Sentencing Law and Policy
Fifth Circuit panel rejects Second Amendment challenge to federal felon in possession for defendant with prior car theft offense
The Fifth Circuit earlier this week added still more nuances to Second Amendment, felon-in-possession jurisprudence through a panel opinion in US v. Diaz, No. 23-50452 (5th Cir. Sept. 18, 2024)…
Criminal
Fifth Circuit panel rejects Second Amendment challenge to federal felon in possession for defendant with prior car theft offense
The Fifth Circuit earlier this week added still more nuances to Second Amendment, felon-in-possession jurisprudence through a panel opinion in US v. Diaz, No. 23-50452 (5th Cir. Sept. 18, 2024)…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New report details that persons with felony records have brought most gun litigation after <em>Bruen</em> changed Second Amendment law
In my very first post after reporting on the Supreme Court's 2022 landmark Second Amendment case, Bruen, I wondered on this blog "Are all broad felon-in-possession criminal gun statutes now…
Pennsylvania Divorce and Domestic Relations Blog
Another 2nd Amendment Case with a Pennsylvania Twist
By Mark Ashton
On July 24 the U.S. District Court issued a ruling setting aside some of Pennsylvania’s gun regulations. Judge Christopher Conner begins his decision noting that the Commonwealth is pretty much…
Criminal
New report details that persons with felony records have brought most gun litigation after <em>Bruen</em> changed Second Amendment law
In my very first post after reporting on the Supreme Court's 2022 landmark Second Amendment case, Bruen, I wondered on this blog "Are all broad felon-in-possession criminal gun statutes now…
California Public Safety Labor Blog
Ninth Circuit Partly Upholds Injunction Against SB 2’s Ban on CCW Carry in Most Locations
By Mastagni Law
On September 6, 2024, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals partly upheld a preliminary injunction blocking the enforcement of Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) with regards to its location…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
The Second Amendment Permits The Disarming of “Dangerous” Felons
Each year, more than 8,000 people are convicted for unlawful possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). About 90% of those cases arose from gun possession by a…
Criminal
Fifth Circuit panel declares unconstitutional application of federal prohibition on gun possession by “unlawful user” of controlled substances
A Fifth Circuit panel today declared unconstitutional a federal gun possession prohibition as applied to a "non-violent, marijuana smoking gunowner." The unanimous panel ruling in US v. Connelly, No. 23-50312…