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Sentencing Law and Policy
NY Timeseditorial notes Second Amendment silence inHayes
Main February 28, 2009NY Times editorial notes Second Amendment silence in HayesWhile praising the Supreme Court's work in Hayes week, this New York Times editorial highlights the fact that the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
GivenHayes, can jurisdictions criminalize gun possession by any misdemeanant?
Main February 25, 2009Given Hayes, can jurisdictions criminalize gun possession by any misdemeanant?The failure of any Justice to even mention the Second Amendment or Heller or the statutory interpretation canon…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Notable AWA and CVRA rulings
Main February 5, 2009Notable AWA and CVRA rulings Thanks to the fine bloggers at The Volokh Conspiracy, I can cover two interesting rulings under two interesting federal criminal statutes by…
Sentencing Law and Policy
How much will guns and drugs come up during the Holder hearings?
Main January 13, 2009How much will guns and drugs come up during the Holder hearings?Confirmation hearings for Attorney-General nominee Eric Holder are scheduled to start this Thursday, and there is…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A federal defendant prevails with a Second Amendment claim, sort of…
Main January 12, 2009A federal defendant prevails with a Second Amendment claim, sort of...Thanks to this post by Eugene Volokh, I can not longer assert that every lower court has…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
Heller update
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Adam Winkler, ConLawProf at UCLA, posted an update on Heller on The Huffington Post here and it has been making the rounds amongst law students. Perhaps because I gave a…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The New Second Amendment: A Bark Worse Than Its Right”
Main January 6, 2009"The New Second Amendment: A Bark Worse Than Its Right"I just noticed this notable new commentary, with the same title of this post, by UCLA Law Prof…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Interesting data on the application of NY gun law for Plaxico’s consideration
Main December 8, 2008Interesting data on the application of NY gun law for Plaxico's considerationThe New York Daily News has this interesting article, headlined "Plaxico Burress faces tough gun laws…
The Right Coast
Time for that gun-buying spree! Tom Smith
Our AG-to-be likes to regulate guns it seems. No big surprise I suppose. But that raises the question our readership should really be able to sink its teeth into. What…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
The Teaching Assistant
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Hello colleagues. Here's this week's edition of the Teaching Assistant. The Supreme Court heard an interesting argument this week. The legal issue - should federal gun laws be applied to…