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The Constitution and Corporate Law
How can these two legal topics be connected when on the surface they seem so disparate? I learned the answer at a seminar I am attending today in Phoenix on…
TortsProf Blog
Brownstein on the Ramifications of Heller for Self-Defense
Alan Brownstein (UC Davis) has posted to SSRN The Constitutionalization of Self-Defense in Tort and Criminal Law, Grammatically Correct Originalism, and Other Second Amendment Musings. Here is the abstract:This article considers…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Are there any unique Californiacriminallaws that should now be subject toHellerattacks?
Main April 20, 2009Are there any unique California criminal laws that should now be subject to Heller attacks?As noted here at How Appealing, a unanimous Ninth Circuit panel today held…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Ninth Circuit: Second Amendment Incorporated, Gun Restriction Upheld
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A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit today ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause incorporates the Second Amendment individual right to bear arms against state and local governments. At…
International Law Prof Blog
Obama Declares Support for Inter-American Convention on Firearms
During a visit to Mexico today, President Obama and President Calderon pledged to work together to bring gun-related violence under control. As part of that effort, the Obama Administration announced support for the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Man with weapons cache appealing on Second Amendment”
Main April 13, 2009"Man with weapons cache appealing on Second Amendment"The title of this post is the headline of this local article reporting on a notable federal gun case from…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Scalia Speaks Out
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Justice Antonin Scalia last week gave a series of wide-ranging interviews with Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution. Audio is available here, thanks to the Federalist Society. Segment titles include…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Noting the Second Amendment dogs that did not bark inHayes
Main March 29, 2009Noting the Second Amendment dogs that did not bark in HayesNow available via SSRN is this effective little piece of student scholarship commenting on the Supreme Court's…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Winkler on Heller’s Contradictions
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Adam Winkler (UCLA) recently posted his smart and delightfully entertaining piece Heller's Catch-22on ssrn. The article is also forthcoming in the UCLA Law Review. This is clever, insightful, and important beyond the…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Heller’s Impact on the Right to Bear Arms
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D.C. v. Heller, last term's Second Amendment case in which the Court held that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms, is not giving a…