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Is the Second Amendment Still Useful?
Intelligence Squared will host a live, on-line debate tomorrow, Thursday, November 14, at 6:45 p.m. EST, titled Has the Second Amendment Outlived its Usefulness? The debate will feature Alan Dershowitz…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Is the Supreme Court only willing to work at the fringes of the Second Amendment?”
Main October 17, 2013"Is the Supreme Court only willing to work at the fringes of the Second Amendment?" The question in the title of this post is the main headline…
Civil Rights Law & Policy Blog
Self-Defense and Gun Regulation for All
The title of this post come from this new article making the case that reasonable gun regulations need not interfere with the individual and collective right of self-defense. Here is the abstract:…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS takes up another federal criminal gun case while dodging bigger Second Amendment contentions
Main October 15, 2013SCOTUS takes up another federal criminal gun case while dodging bigger Second Amendment contentionsThe Supreme Court this morning granted review on a technical federal gun crime issue,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Illinois Supreme Court Strikes (Old) Ban on Aggravated Use of Weapons
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today in Illinois v. Aguilar that a state law banning the aggravated unlawful use of weapons, or AUUW, violated the Second Amendment. At the same time,…
The Faculty Lounge
Cornell and Kozuskanich, The Second Amendment on Trial
Saul Cornell and Nathan Kozuskanich's edited volume, The Second Amendment on Trial: Critical Essays on District of Columbia v. Heller, is now out. Cribbing now from the University of Massachusetts'…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Divided Third Circuit Upholds New Jersey’s Handgun Permit Law
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In its opinion in Drake v. Filko, a panel of the Third Circuit has rejected a Second Amendment challenge to New Jersey's handgun permit law, N.J.S.A. § 2C:58 -4. Affirming…
Employment Discrimination Report
Does A Tennessee Judge’s Dress Code Violate the Second Amendment?
Well, it seems we have struck a nerve with our June 21st post about a Tennessee Judge who has created a dress code for female attorneys as many more readers…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Second Circuit Upholds Special NYC Gun Registration Fee
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To register a handgun in the state of New York, the fee is $3-10. However, a New York statute, New York State Penal Law § 400.00(14), allows the City of…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Illinois Governor Issues Amendatory Veto on Concealed Carry Bill
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Illinois Governor Pat Quinn today issued an "amendatory veto" on Illinois HB 183, the state legislature's effort to provide for lawful concealed carrying of handguns, after the Seventh Circuit earlier…