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The Right Coast
The Supreme Court has a chance to stop blue-state suppression of Second Amendment rights | Washington Examiner
The justices heard oral arguments on Wednesday in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen , a case that affords the court the opportunity to strike down…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Argument Preview: Can a State Require “Proper Cause” for Public Carry?
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago School of LawThe Supreme Court will hear oral arguments tomorrow in a critical Second Amendment case testing New York's requirement that an applicant…
Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform
Full policy brief version of "Blowing Smoke at the Second Amendment"
Regular readers are familiar with my regular posts highlighting papers from the on-going series of student papers supported by the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center. I am excited to now…
On Point
Do undocumented immigrants have 2nd Amendment rights?
By Wisconsin State Public Defender
That is the subject of today’s Immigration Professors’ blog post, which reports that the 2nd Circuit recently addressed the issue and links to a lengthy law306.com article highlighting a split…
ImmigrationProf Blog
2d Amendment Rights of Undocumented Migrants
Do undocumented migrants have Second Amendment rights? This is a question the 2d Circuit recently assessed in a case called Perez. The Constitution protects "the right of the people to…
Health Law Prof Blog
Prior Involuntary Institutionalization Does Not Justify a Lifetime Second Amendment Ban: An Originalist Approach to 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4)
Ben Ramberg, Prior Involuntary Institutionalization Does Not Justify a Lifetime Second Amendment Ban: An Originalist Approach to 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(4), Kan. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y (forthcoming 2021):Once mentally ill…
The Right Coast
Second Amendment professors brief in Supreme Court right to bear arms case Reason.com
On November 3, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. The case will decide whether the Second Amendment right…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Timely new <em>Northwestern University Law Review</em> issue examines Second Amendment from many perspectives
Earlier this month I spotlighted in this post the considerable racial disparities that have been documented in the modern criminal enforcement of gun prohibitions. I did so because,with the US Supreme…
Criminal
Timely new <em>Northwestern University Law Review</em> issue examines Second Amendment from many perspectives
Earlier this month I spotlighted in this post the considerable racial disparities that have been documented in the modern criminal enforcement of gun prohibitions. I did so because,with the US Supreme…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Third Circuit Allows Case Challenging Firing Range Zoning Restrictions to Move Forward
Steven D. Schwinn, University of Illinois Chicago School of LawThe Third Circuit ruled earlier this week that a lower court erred in dismissing a shooting-range owner's challenge to two local…