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Sentencing Law and Policy
Some questions I hope get asked inHeller
Main March 17, 2008Some questions I hope get asked in HellerRegular readers know I find the Heller Second Amendment case really interesting, though mostly for sentencing reasons few (if any)…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“Where candidates stand on crime, death penalty”
Main February 10, 2008"Where candidates stand on crime, death penalty"The title of this post is the title of this new article in the San Francisco Chronicle. Before even reading the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
What might Second Amendment strict scrutiny mean for strict gun laws?
Main February 5, 2008What might Second Amendment strict scrutiny mean for strict gun laws?As detailed in this article in today's Washington Post and this post at SCOTUSblog, attorneys for respondent…
TortsProf Blog
D.C. Automatic Weapons Lawsuit Shot Down
The BLT has the details on the suit. Today, such a suit would clearly be preempted by federal law (which preempts almost all suits for injuries caused by firearms). The…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
TX Gov. Perry backs Giuliani, disappointing conservatives
The Dallas Morning News reports:Conservatives and gun rights advocates in Texas said they are disappointed and mystified by Gov. Rick Perry's endorsement Wednesday of GOP presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani. Perry…
The Right Coast
A New DoctrineMike Rappaport
What should the students at Virginia Tech have done and why didn't they do it? This column starts to explain what happened and I think it gets it entirely right. …
Sentencing Law and Policy
A campus tragedy “of monumental proportions”
Main April 16, 2007A campus tragedy "of monumental proportions"There is a terribly sad and scary story from the campus of Virginia Tech today. Here is CNN's latest coverage and the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Wash Postpiece on strategic Second Amendment litigation
Main March 18, 2007Wash Post piece on strategic Second Amendment litigationToday's issue of the Washington Post includes this intriguing front-page article about the DC Second Amendment litigation headlined "Lawyer Who…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Why true liberals ought to embraceParker
Main March 12, 2007Why true liberals ought to embrace ParkerAs suggested in this post, I think the DC Circuit's blockbuster opinion in Parker (available here), which finds part of DC's…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Remarkable Second Amendment ruling from DC Circuit
Main March 9, 2007Remarkable Second Amendment ruling from DC CircuitAs Howard Bashman has well covered here and here, a divided three-judge D.C. Circuit panel today held that the District of…