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  1. Criminal

    Supreme Court grants cert to consider Second Amendment challenge to firearm possession prohibition for drug users

    By Douglas Berman

    Regular readers know I have been closely following an array of disparate lower rulings regarding the application of the Supreme Court's landmark 2022 Second Amendment ruling in Bruen. The Supreme…

  2. New Jersey Gun Lawyers

    How the Minneapolis School Shooting Reflects America’s Growing School Gun Violence Crisis

    By Travis Tormey

    Balancing School Safety with Second Amendment Protections in New Jersey Tormey Law Firm – New Jersey’s Gun Lawyer Minneapolis’s August 27th school shooting joins the list of increasingly tragic episodes…

  3. Sentencing Law and Policy

    Tenth Circuit panel devises yet another approach to divining Second Amendment rights for marijuana users

    By Douglas Berman

    Last week, a divided Tenth Circuit panel handed down yet another a notable new Second Amendment opinion regarding the (un)constitutionality of federal law’s criminal prohibition of gun possession by anyone…

  4. Cannabis

    Tenth Circuit panel devises yet another approach to divining Second Amendment rights for marijuana users

    By Douglas Berman

    Last week, a divided Tenth Circuit panel handed down yet another a notable new Second Amendment opinion regarding the (un)constitutionality of federal law’s criminal prohibition of gun possession by anyone…

  5. Sentencing Law and Policy

    Eleventh Circuit rules federal prohibition of gun possesion by medical marijuana users problematic under Second Amendment

    By Douglas Berman

    An Eleventh Circuit panel issued a notable Second Amendment ruling yesterday in Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, et al. v. Attorney General of the United States, et al., No. 22-13893 (11th…

  6. Other

    Eleventh Circuit rules federal prohibition of gun possesion by medical marijuana users problematic under Second Amendment

    By Douglas Berman

    An Eleventh Circuit panel issued a notable Second Amendment ruling yesterday in Florida Commissioner of Agriculture, et al. v. Attorney General of the United States, et al., No. 22-13893 (11th…

  7. Sentencing Law and Policy

    "Second Chances and the Second Amendment: A Smarter Way to Reboot 925(c)"

    By Douglas Berman

    The title of this post is the title of this new paper available via SSRN authored by Ian Ayres and Fredrick Vars. Here is its abstract: In February of this…

  8. Criminal

    “Second Chances and the Second Amendment: A Smarter Way to Reboot 925(c)”

    By Douglas Berman

    The title of this post is the title of this new paper available via SSRN authored by Ian Ayres and Fredrick Vars. Here is its abstract:In February of this year,…

  9. California Public Safety Labor Blog

    Ninth Circuit Vindicates Second Amendment Rights in Two Recent Rulings: Ammo Background Checks & One-Gun-A-Month Law

    By Mastagni Law

    Ninth Circuit Upholds Ruling Against California's Ammo Background Check LawIn a closely watched decision today, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a…

  10. Southern California Appellate News

    9th Cir. confirmation hearing / 9th Cir. reps sought

    By Benjamin G. Shatz

    Today's DJ has 9th Circuit nominee ducks questions on same-sex rights, defers to 'originalism' -- Jones Day partner Eric C. Tung faced scrutiny from Senate Democrats over past comments on abortion…