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Sentencing Law and Policy
“Convicted Felon Sues State Over Right To Bear Arms”
Main April 30, 2010"Convicted Felon Sues State Over Right To Bear Arms" The title of this post is the headline of this notable press story sent to me by a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Do all felons even forfeit theirpropertyrights when guns are involved?
Main April 15, 2010Do all felons even forfeit their property rights when guns are involved? Regular readers know that I am intrigued by the post-Heller jurisprudence which suggests that all…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots of gun news from DC: Gilbert Arenas gets probation for gun possession, while Dick Heller loses latest Second Amendment case
Main March 26, 2010Lots of gun news from DC: Gilbert Arenas gets probation for gun possession, while Dick Heller loses latest Second Amendment caseProponents of gun rights in DC might…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Heyck on Originalism and the Second Amendment
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Thomas William Heyck (Northwestern, professor emeritus of history) satirizes originalism as applied to the Second Amendment in an op-ed in today's Chicago Tribune. Heyck argues that Justice Scalia's form of originalism…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
A Suspect Class?: Law Profs, Attorneys, Judges . . . or People in Poverty?
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Law professors are not exactly popular. In the oral argument of McDonald v. City of Chicago, the incorporation of the Second Amendment case previously discussed here, Justice Scalia implicitly dismissed …
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Supreme Court should uphold local, state regulation of guns”
Main March 7, 2010"Supreme Court should uphold local, state regulation of guns" The title of this post is the headline of this editorial from my hometown Columbus Dispatch in this…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Could there be five votes for only “partial” incorporation of the Second Amendment?
Main March 2, 2010Could there be five votes for only "partial" incorporation of the Second Amendment?I have only so far had a chance to skim part of the oral argument…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Oral Arguments in McDonald
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The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in McDonald v. City of Chicago, the case challenging Chicago's handgun ban. As expected, the arguments focused on application of the Second Amendment…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting Third Circuit gun forfeiture case involving the Eighth Amendment
Main March 2, 2010Interesting Third Circuit gun forfeiture case involving the Eighth Amendment Though the major gun buzz today is all about the Supreme Court's consideration of the Second Amendment's…
Surf and Turf Law
McDonald v. City of Chicago – Oral Argument Transcript Available
Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the McDonald v. City of Chicago case. The transcript of that argument is available here.Case BackgroundThe U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a…