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Pennsylvania Divorce and Domestic Relations Blog
Another Round Fired in the War over the 2nd Amendment
By Mark Ashton
Again, we write about this because it is a domestic problem. For the third consecutive year the leading cause of death among children is gun violence. On January 30, 2025…
Simple Justice
A Faithful Application Of An Untrustworthy Decision
It wasn’t Judge Carleton Reeves’ of the Southern District of Mississippi first rodeo. He’s made clear his views that the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision is an unworkable mess, and that…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Eighth Circuit indicates Second Amendment limits federal gun possession crimes for drug users under § 922(g)(3)
A helpful comment made sure I saw that the Eighth Circuit today handed down a few notable Second Amendment rulings and limits on a federal gun possession prohibition. The main…
Criminal
Eighth Circuit indicates Second Amendment limits federal gun possession crimes for drug users under § 922(g)(3)
A helpful comment made sure I saw that the Eighth Circuit today handed down a few notable Second Amendment rulings and limits on a federal gun possession prohibition. The main…
Legal Theory Blog
Alicea on Bruen
J. Joel Alicea (Catholic University of America (CUA) - Columbus School of Law) has posted Bruen Was Right on SSRN. Here is the abstract: New York State Rifle & Pistol…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
Guns, Young People, and Overturning Precedent
Last week, the Fifth Circuit, continuing to issue decisions likely to obtain further review in the Supreme Court, struck down a federal firearms law that prohibited selling handguns to 18-to-20…
Sentencing Law and Policy
What kind of Second Amendment case will be next for SCOTUS after <em>Bruen</em> and <em>Rahimi</em>?
Anyone and everyone following Second Amendment litigation since the Supreme Court's landmark Bruen ruling knows that it is not a question of whether, but just a matter of when, the…
Appellate and Supreme Court
What kind of Second Amendment case will be next for SCOTUS after <em>Bruen</em> and <em>Rahimi</em>?
Anyone and everyone following Second Amendment litigation since the Supreme Court's landmark Bruen ruling knows that it is not a question of whether, but just a matter of when, the…
Appellate Advocacy Blog
As-Applied Challenges to the Felon-in-Possession Law: Range III
This is a guest post by Professor Dru Stevenson.The en banc Third Circuit recently re-decided Range v. Attorney General of the United States (Range III), a closely-watched as-applied Second Amendment…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A little commentary on the Third Circuit's big Second Amendment ruling in <em>Range</em>
Last week, as noted here, the fully Third Circuit again found the federal felon-in-possesion criminal ban to be unconstitutional as applied to Byran Range. This outcome, as well as the…