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Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
The Right to Bear Arms for Self-Defense in Delaware
The U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware recently issued a decision interpreting the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, regarding the right to bear arms, as well as its counterpart…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable comments from Justice Scalia on the Second and Eighth Amendments
Main July 30, 2012Notable comments from Justice Scalia on the Second and Eighth AmendmentsJustice Scalia is making the rounds as part of a book promotion tour, and on Sunday he…
inversecondemnation.com
Some Fifth Amendment Property Lessons From A Second Amendment Opinion
Update: thanks to Gideon Kanner for noting that our original read of the Georgia statute was off the mark. It did not forbid the carrying of firearms in churches, but…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Florida Judge Overturns “Medical Privacy Concerning Firearms” Act
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Judge Marcia Cook (S.D. Fl.) last week ruled in Wollschlaeger v. Farmer that the Florida's law restricting health care providers from asking whether a patient owns a firearm violates free speech.…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
Delaware Supreme Court Upholds Right to Conceal Deadly Weapon in One’s Home
Griffin v. State, No. 412, 2011 (Del. Supr. June 18, 2012). Issue Addressed Whether the right to bear arms under Article I, Section 20 of the Delaware Constitution entitles a…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
County Pulls Rug Out From Under Second Amendment Claim
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In the latest installment in the long-running saga Nordyke v. King, the en banc Ninth Circuit ruled today that Alameda County's ban on gun shows at the county fairgrounds didn't violate the…
inversecondemnation.com
Does Appellate Oral Argument Matter? You Bet
It's a frequent question: does appellate oral argument really matter?We've always harbored the belief that it does in some cases, and if you have any doubts, look no further than…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Fordham Urban Law Journal Symposium on Second Amendment
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The Fordham Urban Law Journal will host its Volume XXXIX Symposium next Friday, March 9, titled Gun Control and the Second Amendment: Developments and Controversies in the Wake of District…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Second Amendment Penumbras: Some Preliminary Observations”
Main February 24, 2012"Second Amendment Penumbras: Some Preliminary Observations"The title of this post is the title of this new short paper by Glenn Harlan Reynolds, which is now available via…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Thomas on Nonincorporation
By Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Prof. Suja Thomas (Illinois) has posted on SSRN a draft of her article Nonincorporation. Here’s the abstract:Very few rights in the Bill of Rights have not been incorporated against the…