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Health Law Prof Blog
America’s Gun Violence Epidemic: A Colossal, But Correctable, System Failure
Christa Nicols (Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence), Jennifer Jiwon Kim (Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence), America's Gun Violence Epidemic: A Colossal, But Correctable, System Failure, 77 NYU Annual…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is the <em>Bruen</em> Second Amendment ruling really "an important step to ending mass incarceration"?
As highlighted by prior posts here and here, I am intrigued by what Supreme Court's big Bruen ruling (basics here) will mean from Second Amendment jurisprudence and a variety of…
Supreme Court Update
New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen (No. 28-843), Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (No. 21-248)
By Tadhg Dooley, David R. Roth
The Court returned today with two more decisions, including the biggest in decades: In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (No. 19-1392), a majority of five justices overruled Roe and…
Simple Justice
The Guns of Manhattan
Since Heller and McDonald are the law, holding the Second Amendment’s right to keep and bear arms as a fundamental personal right applicable to the states, the only remaining question…
California Public Safety Labor Blog
U.S. Supreme Court’s New Second Amendment Ruling Effectively Overturns Ninth Circuit Ruling Against Peace Officer Self-Defense Rights
By Mastagni Law
Supreme Court Update
United States v. Washington (No. 21-404), United States v. Taylor (No. 20-1459)
By Tadhg Dooley, David R. Roth
As we predicted last week, it was only a matter of time before the Court started issuing decisions in some of this term’s big cases. And today, we got one…
Sentencing Law and Policy
By 6-3 vote, SCOTUS expands Second Amendment rights by striking down NY public-carry licensing requirements
The Supreme Court this morning handed down its much-anticipated Second Amendment ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, No. 20-843 (S. Ct. June 23, 2022)…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Are all broad felon-in-possession criminal gun statutes now constitutionally suspect after <em>Bruen</em>?
I am still working my way through the Supreme Court's various opinions in today's big Second Amendment case, Bruen (basics here). And, because I am not a Second Amendment expert,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Court Strikes New York’s “Proper Cause” Requirement for Concealed Carry
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago School of LawThe Supreme Court today struck New York's requirement that a person demonstrate "proper cause" in order to obtain a permit to…
McNees Land Use Blog
Are Shooting Ranges Protected Under the Second Amendment? The Pennsylvania Supreme Court Will Decide
By James Strong
In an earlier blog post, we discussed how the Commonwealth Court found that a Stroud Township ordinance prohibiting the unauthorized discharge of firearms in the Township did not pass constitutional…