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Updates on post-HellerSecond Amendment litigation
Main August 12, 2008Updates on post-Heller Second Amendment litigationAs regular readers will recall, I predicted lots and lots of lower court litigation driven by federal criminal defendants in the wake…
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Government Responds ToHellerMotion
Main July 29, 2008Government Responds To Heller MotionA helpful reader alerted us that the government has responded to at least one motion to dismiss a federal criminal indictment for felon…
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An argument against — and for!— felon gun rights
Main July 22, 2008An argument against — and for!— felon gun rightsToday's New York Post has this interesting commentary headlined "GUN RIGHTS FOR FELONS?". The piece starts with an originalist…
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PredictingHeller’s future
Main July 18, 2008Predicting Heller's future Effective and scholarly Heller analysis is coming fast and furious from various sources. Joyfully, lots of the best reads are also relatively brief like…
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Lots ofHellerand a notable Ninth Circuit ruling
Main July 17, 2008Lots of Heller and a notable Ninth Circuit rulingThere's lots of interesting Heller discussion going on over at The Volokh Conspiracy, and one post from Eugene Volokh…
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Media coverage of Second Amendment effort to dismiss felon-in-possession charges
Main July 13, 2008Media coverage of Second Amendment effort to dismiss felon-in-possession chargesLast week I posted here a copy of a notable motion to dismiss a federal criminal indictment for…
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Might the ACLU be a strong supporter ofallpersons’ gun rights?
Main July 11, 2008Might the ACLU be a strong supporter of all persons' gun rights?I am intrigued and encouraged to see this story from the Las Vegas Sun about a…
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Firearm sentence enhancements, the nexus notion, and chilling effects
Main July 10, 2008Firearm sentence enhancements, the nexus notion, and chilling effectsEugene Volokh with this new post continues to do a strong job criticizing lower courts for sloppy and unsatisfactory…
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Helpful(?)Hellerhead-scratching
Main July 10, 2008Helpful(?) Heller head-scratchingOver at Convictions, a bunch of smart folks are asking effective and provocative questions about the Heller ruling and its aftermath. Jack Balkin explores "Heller…
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The post-Hellerlitigation headaches (and judicial cut-backs) have begun
Main July 8, 2008The post-Heller litigation headaches (and judicial cut-backs) have begunI am pleased to see that Eugene Volokh is tracking some early post-Heller rulings in lower courts, and he…