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Second Amendment Incorporated Against the States?
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The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari today on the question of whether the Second Amendment should be incorporated against the states, a question left open by D.C. v.…
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State AGs and the Second Amendment incorporation debate
Main September 22, 2009State AGs and the Second Amendment incorporation debate Thanks to law.com, everyone can check out this very interesting piecefrom a California legal newspaper headlined "With 9th Circuit…
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“Plax prison touchdown”
Main September 22, 2009"Plax prison touchdown" The title of this post is the headline of this little article in today's New York Post. Here are the basics: Plaxico Burress is…
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Why Second Amendment supporters need to be helping out Plaxico Burress
Main August 5, 2009Why Second Amendment supporters need to be helping out Plaxico BurressI just noticed this item from a New York-based website carrying this title, "Gun control 101: Plaxico…
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What does Sarah Palin think aboutHeller’s limits on Second Amendment right?
Main August 3, 2009What does Sarah Palin think about Heller's limits on Second Amendment right?According to this CNN item, Sarah Palin addressed a National Rifle Association dinner in Anchorage on…
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Heller’s impact on felon-in-possession crimes finally starting to generate attention
Main July 30, 2009Heller's impact on felon-in-possession crimes finally starting to generate attentionAs regular readers know, I have been blogging about the possible impact of the Second Amendment on federal…
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One more take on Sotomayer and the status of the Second Amendment
Main July 18, 2009One more take on Sotomayer and the status of the Second AmendmentToday's edition of the Wall Street Journal includes this editorial headlined "Second Amendment Confidential: Sotomayor takes…
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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…
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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…
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New York TimesnoticingHeller’s lack of practical significance
Main March 16, 2009New York Times noticing Heller's lack of practical significanceI am pleased to see that the Old Gray Lady is taking note of the fact that the Supreme…