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gun control
766 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
Split en banc Seventh Circuit inSkoienupholds categorical exclusion of DV misdemeanant from Second Amendment
Main July 13, 2010Split en banc Seventh Circuit in Skoien upholds categorical exclusion of DV misdemeanant from Second AmendmentRegular readers and Second Amendment junkies may recall the Skoien case in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Second Amendment lawsuit already filed against new Chicago gun regulations
Main July 7, 2010Second Amendment lawsuit already filed against new Chicago gun regulations As detailed in this brief report, a lawsuit has already been brought challenging the new gun regulations…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Chicago’s gun control response to theMcDonaldruling
Main July 1, 2010Chicago's gun control response to the McDonald rulingThis AP story, which is headlined "Mayor Daley lays out strict gun rules for Chicago," provides the new sure-to-be-challenged gun…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Effective review of state gun laws likely to be challenged afterMcDonald
Main June 30, 2010Effective review of state gun laws likely to be challenged after McDonald The AP has this effective new piece, headlined "Gun law challenges likely after high court…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
McDonald Opinion’s Impact on the Nonprofit Sector
In yesterday’s decision of McDonald v. City of Chicago, the United States Supreme Court (in a 5-4 decision) held unconstitutional Chicago’s ban on handgun possession by private citizens. The opening…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Kagan Reveals Little During Confirmations Hearings
NY Times: Kagan Follows Precedent by Offering Few Opinions, by Charles Savage & Sheryl Gay Stolberg:Elena Kagan deflected questions about her own views on gun rights and abortion during her…
Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Second Amendment Case; Affirms Right to Self-Defense as Applicable to the States
In McDonald v. Chicago, Case No. 08-1521, the United States Supreme Court today issued a landmark decision interpreting the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as being applicable to the States, which means…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Newly Released Papers Show that Kagan Relished the Political
Wash. Post: Newly released Kagan papers show a flair for the political, by Alec MacGillis:. . . The 42,000 pages from the Clinton library -- the second of three batches…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting data and discussion about guns in DC roughly two years afterHeller
Main May 17, 2010Interesting data and discussion about guns in DC roughly two years after HellerWith Graham and Comstock now decided, I think the biggest constitutional law case still pending…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Heller,McDonaldand Murder: Testing the More Guns, More Murder Thesis”
Main May 15, 2010"Heller, McDonald and Murder: Testing the More Guns, More Murder Thesis" The title of this post is the title of this piece on SSRN that is especially…