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Some press pieces reviewing SCOTUS argument in <em>Rahimi</em> Second Amendment case
As previewed in this post, the Supreme Court today heard oral argument in US v. Rahimi to consider how its (new originalist) Second Amendment test applies to the federal criminal firearm…
Municipal Minute
Seventh Circuit Rejects injunction Against Enforcement of Protect Illinois Communities Act
Last week, the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued a lengthy opinion in a Second Amendment challenge involving six consolidated cases. Bevis et al., v. State of Illinois et al..The underlying…
Criminal
Just a few of many press pieces previewing SCOTUS argument in </em>Rahimi</em> Second Amendment case
Regular readers know that right after the Supreme Court's big 2022 Second Amendment decision Bruen, I have suggested that a number of broad federal criminal firearm prohibitions are now constitutionally…
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Federal court rules Second Amendment precludes denial of gun permit based on multiple arrests and dozens of traffic violation and license suspensions
Way back in 2008 when the US Supreme Court first recognized in Heller that the Second Amendment protected an an individual "right of law-abiding, responsible citizens to use arms in…
Health Law Prof Blog
A Second Amendment Angle of Cannabis Prohibition: Are State-Compliant Marijuana Users Being Denied the Right to Keep and Bear Arms?
Katie Schaefer (Ohio State University), A Second Amendment Angle of Cannabis Prohibition: Are State-Compliant Marijuana Users Being Denied the Right to Keep and Bear Arms?, (Ohio State Legal Stud., Research…
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Notable defender amicus briefs submitted in support of Second Amendment claims in <em>Rahimi</em>
This week brought the final submission of the main merits and amicus briefs in the Supreme Court for the case of US v. Rahimi, which will address (at least) one…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
Reconciling Domestic Violence Protections and the Second Amendment
By Tracy Thomas
Natalie Nanasi, Reconciling Domestic Violence Protections and the Second Amendment, Wake Forest L. Rev. (forthcoming) In March of 2023, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that individuals subject to domestic…
The Right Coast
BREAKING: California’s ‘High Capacity’ Magazine Ban Ruled Unconstitutional Under Bruen – The Truth About Guns
If you ll remember, back in 2017, Judge Roger Benitez struck down California s ban on standard capacity magazines the state had arbitrarily ruled to be high capacity. That ruling…
The Right Coast
New Mexico Governor Flouts 2nd Amendment | RealClearPolitics
After several road rage cases claimed the lives of children this summer, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham suspended the open and concealed carry of firearms in Albuquerque and throughout Bernalillo County…
The Right Coast
New Mexico Governor Flouts 2nd Amendment | RealClearPolitics
After several road rage cases claimed the lives of children this summer, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham suspended the open and concealed carry of firearms in Albuquerque and throughout Bernalillo County…