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Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Divided Sixth Circuit Weighs in On Federal Gun Ban for Involuntary Commitment
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolA divided en banc Sixth Circuit last week reversed a district court's order dismissing an as-applied Second Amendment challenge to the federal ban on gun…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immaigration Article of the Day: Undocumented Immigrants Caught in the Crossfire: Resolving the Circuit Split on ‘The People’ and the Applicable Level of Scrutiny for Second Amendment Challenges by Maria Stracqualursi
Undocumented Immigrants Caught in the Crossfire: Resolving the Circuit Split on 'The People' and the Applicable Level of Scrutiny for Second Amendment Challenges by Maria Stracqualursi, April 18, 2016, Boston College…
Sentencing Law and Policy
En banc Third Circuit find as-applied Second Amendment violation in federal firearm prohibition for certain criminals
Main September 7, 2016En banc Third Circuit find as-applied Second Amendment violation in federal firearm prohibition for certain criminalsLong-time readers know that I have been expressing constitutional concerns about broad…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit Denies Rehearing in California Concealed Carry Case
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Ninth Circuit today denied rehearing of its en banc decision in Peruta v. County of San Diego, upholding California's "good cause" requirement for…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Trump’s Assassination Dog Whistle Follows Familiar Pattern
Rolling Stone (August 9, 2016): Trump's Assassination Dog Whistle Was Even Scarier Than You Think, by David Cohen:Donald Trump's recent comment that maybe there is something that Second Amendment people…
The Right Coast
Of Course Hillary Wants to ‘Abolish’ the Second Amendment | National Review
As anybody with an elementary understanding of American law comprehends, one does not need to call an Article V convention in order to effectively remove a provision from the Constitution.…
The Right Coast
Counting the cost of a Supreme Court lost to the Left | Washington Examiner
Then I summoned the Second Amendment, specifically the District of Columbia v. Heller decision in 2008, and McDonald v. City of Chicago in 2010, and then the First Amendment, saved…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
NJ Supreme Court Rules on Weapons Possession in Domestic Violence Cases
The NJ Supreme Court recently issued a major ruling in a weapons possession case, marking the first time in 26 years that the state’s highest court has ruled on a…
Human Rights at Home Blog
How Assault Weapons Opponents Will Succeed
By margaretdrew
Following up on Risa Kaufman's post on the human right to be free from gun violence, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to review two cases involving local bans on…
Pennsylvania Family Law
Guns & Domestic Violence; The US Supreme Court Grapples With Voisine v. US
This writer only wishes he could wear the mantle of constitutional scholar. The best he can do is claim the appellation: constitutional observer. Today, I picked up the majority opinion…