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Will Judge Sotomayor say anything “activist” about the Second and Eighth Amendments?
Main June 25, 2009Will Judge Sotomayor say anything "activist" about the Second and Eighth Amendments?These two new articles about Judge Sotomayor this morning highlight that her jurisprudential views on gun…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots of new reading for Second Amendment fans
Main June 22, 2009Lots of new reading for Second Amendment fansI have noticed that a wave of Heller and Second Amendment scholarship is starting to crash on the beaches of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
First(?) significant(?) Second Amendment ruling favoring a federal criminal defendant
Main June 19, 2009First(?) significant(?) Second Amendment ruling favoring a federal criminal defendantThanks to this post by Eugene Volokh, titled "Rare (Partial) Victory in Second Amendment Case," I learned that…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Lots worth reading around the blogosphere
Main June 14, 2009Lots worth reading around the blogosphereHere is just a sampling of some criminal law posts of note around the blogosphere: From Balkinization here, "The best nine-page opinion…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Another Cert. Petition Urging Second Amendment Application to States
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Individual plaintiffs, the Second Amendment Foundation, and the Illinois State Rifle Association filed a petition today asking the Supreme Court to reverse last week's Seventh Circuit ruling and apply the Second Amendment individual…
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Wydra and Gans on Privileges and Immunities, Incorporation, Second Amendment
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I spoke this afternoon with Elizabeth Wydra, Chief Counsel of the Constitutional Accountability Center, and David Gans, Director of the Constitutional Accountability Center's Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program,…
Sentencing Law and Policy
NRA quickly petitions SCOTUS for Second Amendment incorporation
Main June 4, 2009NRA quickly petitions SCOTUS for Second Amendment incorporationAs detailed in this post at SCOTUSblog, only one day "after losing a major test case in an appeals court…
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Seventh Circuit resists extending Second Amendment to the states
Main June 2, 2009Seventh Circuit resists extending Second Amendment to the statesThe Seventh Circuit (per Judge Easterbrook) today ruled that, in light of existing Supreme Court precedent, the Second Amendment…
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Second Amendment Not Applicable to States, Seventh Circuit Rules
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A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit ruled today that the Second Amendment does not apply to the states and therefore does not restrict state and local governments from enacting…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Seeing already some consequences of having a record on sentencing (and the Second Amendment?)
Main May 26, 2009Seeing already some consequences of having a record on sentencing (and the Second Amendment?)I find it quite telling, though not especially surprising, that folks eager to find…