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Another district court finds § 922(n), which criminalizes a person under indictment from receiving a firearm, to be unconstitutional
In this post from a couple of months ago, I noted the notable 25-page ruling in US v. Quiroz, No. PE:22-CR-00104-DC (W.D. Tex. Sept. 19, 2022) (available here), in which a…
The Faculty Lounge
SCOTUS Made Reasonable Gun Control Almost Impossible
My new column is posted at The Hill, explaining the disastrous consequences of the Supreme Court’s recent Bruen decision. As three lower courts recently discovered, it makes reasonable gun control…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New district court opinion "holds that § 922(g)(8) is unconstitutional under <em>Bruen</em>'s framework"
A few months ago, in a series of posts right after the Supreme Court's big Second Amendment decision Bruen (basics here), I suggested that a number of broad federal criminal firearm prohibitions…
Other
New district court opinion “holds that § 922(g)(8) is unconstitutional under <em>Bruen</em>‘s framework”
A few months ago, in a series of posts right after the Supreme Court's big Second Amendment decision Bruen (basics here), I suggested that a number of broad federal criminal firearm prohibitions…
Religion Clause
Suit Challenges New York Ban on Firearms in Houses of Worship
Suit was filed this week in a New York federal district court challenging the constitutionality of New York's ban on carrying firearms in houses of worship. The complaint (full text)…
Adam Leitman Bailey's Blog
Adam Leitman Bailey Discusses Guns and Real Estate
Can Your Landlord Ban Guns? Landlord-tenant laws can get tricky. Here’s what you need to know about landlords’ rights to prohibit weapons on their property. On June 25, 2022, President…
Simple Justice
What Do Judges Know About Originalism?
Lawyers are good at many things. Okay, not many, but spinning baseless arguments into rational sounding positions designed to prevail in the face of ignorance is one of our strengths.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal judge orders briefing on whether to appoint historian to resolve challenge to federal felon gun possession ban after <em>Bruen</em>
This new CNN article, headlined "Federal judge blasts the Supreme Court for its Second Amendment opinion," alerted me to a notable new opinion emerging from new challenges to federal felon…
Criminal
Federal judge orders briefing on whether to appoint historian to resolve challenge to federal felon gun possession ban after <em>Bruen</em>
This new CNN article, headlined "Federal judge blasts the Supreme Court for its Second Amendment opinion," alerted me to a notable new opinion emerging from new challenges to federal felon…
Adam Leitman Bailey's Blog
Can Your Landlord Ban Guns?
On June 25, 2022, President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan gun reform bill into law whose aim is to reduce the threat of gun violence across the country. Of course,…