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Court Declines to Hear, Strike Assault Weapon Ban
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolThe Supreme Court today declined to hear an appeal upholding an assault-weapon ban against a Second Amendment challenge. The action, a denial of cert.,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Justice Thomas (with Justice Scalia) dissents from cert denial in Second Amendment challenge to local assault weapon ban
Main December 7, 2015Justice Thomas (with Justice Scalia) dissents from cert denial in Second Amendment challenge to local assault weapon banAfter SCOTUS released on Friday its most list of certiorari…
The Right Coast
Gun-Free Zone Don’t Save Lives — Right to Carry Laws Do | National Review Online
Since at least 1950, all but two public mass shootings in America have taken place where general citizens are banned from carrying guns. In Europe, there have been no exceptions.…
Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog
En Banc Watch
The Sixth Circuit sat en banc yesterday to hear oral argument in Tyler v. Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Dep’t regarding whether or not a federal provision prohibiting the possession of a firearm…
The Faculty Lounge
The Holocaust and the Second Amendment
Ben Carson isn't the only person claiming that individual gun ownership could have made a difference during the Holocaust. A few days ago at the Volokh Conspiracy, David Kopel wrote…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit Grants Standing to Challenge NY’s Criminalization of “Gravity Knives”
Professor Ruthann Robson, City University of New York (CUNY) School of LawA gravity knife is “any knife which has a blade which is released from the handle or sheath thereof…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
D.C. Circuit Upholds Part, and Strikes Part, of Long Gun Registration Law
Steven D. Schwinn, John Marshall Law SchoolA divided panel of the D.C. Circuit today upheld portions of the D.C. long-gun registration law, even as the court struck other portions. The…
The Right Coast
7th Circuit Court: Illegal Immigrants Have Second Amendment Rights Too – Breitbart
In a case regarding a specific gun control law which bans unauthorized aliens (illegal immigrants) from possessing firearms in the United States, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Second Amendment Appellate Advocacy Award
A few months ago, I was honored to receive the Chief Justice William Killen Award for Second Amendment Appellate Advocacy in connection with winning a unanimous en banc decision by…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS grants cert on a federal case concerning restraining assets for hiring defense counsel and denies cert in notable gun case
Main June 8, 2015SCOTUS grants cert on a federal case concerning restraining assets for hiring defense counsel and denies cert in notable gun caseThe Supreme Court started its work this…