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Right to Bear Arms

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  1. On Brief: Iowa's Appellate Blog

    November 2024 Opinion Roundup

    By Matt McGuire

    The Iowa Supreme Court entered opinions in twelve cases in November 2024. At the links immediately below, you can read Rox Laird’s analysis of the following opinions: Brendeland et. al…

  2. Municipal Minute

    Seventh Circuit Remands Case Relating to Right to Bear Arms T-Shirts in Schools

    By Julie Tappendorf

    The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued an interesting opinion on students right to free speech in the context of school clothing. N.J. v. Sonnabend.Two middle school students sued…

  3. The Right Coast

    Second Amendment professors brief in Supreme Court right to bear arms case Reason.com

    By Thomas A. Smith

    On November 3, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. The case will decide whether the Second Amendment right…

  4. The Right Coast

    Second Amendment liberties: The dangerous urge to do something – Washington Times

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Second among the personal liberties preserved in the Bill of Rights from impairment by the government was the right to self-defense. Thomas Jefferson called that the right to self-preservation. Fast-forward…

  5. The Right Coast

    First Circuit Court of Appeals Rule No Right to Bear Arms Outside the Home

    By Thomas A. Smith

    On 2 November 2018, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held the Second Amendment effectively does not apply outside the home.  From uscourts.gov:This case involves a constitutional challenge to the…

  6. The Right Coast

    From ancient Athens to modern America: Thank the right to ‘bear arms’ for freedom | TheHill

    By Thomas A. Smith

    Today, proposals to bar young adults from purchasing firearms of any kind threaten to deprive this segment of our population of the natural right of self-preservation. via thehill.comFrom a history…

  7. Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog

    Delaware Supreme Court Rules on Right to Bear Arms Outside One’s Home

    By Francis Pileggi

    The Delaware Supreme Court issued an important decision a few days ago on the right to bear arms outside one's home. This right includes at its core the right to self…

  8. Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog

    Plaintiff in Delaware Supreme Court Decision Featured in TV Interview

    By Francis Pileggi

    Doe v. Wilmington Housing Authority, is the name of a 2014 Delaware Supreme Court en banc unanimous decision that recognized the right to bear arms outside one's home based on…

  9. Housing Plus

    In Delaware, Supreme Court affirms public housing residents’ rights to bear arms under State constitution

    By Lila Shapiro-Cyr

    With its March 19, 2014 decision in Doe v. Wilmington Housing Authority, the Delaware Supreme Court has protected public housing residents' right to bear arms and ruled unconstitutional (under the…

  10. Delaware Corporate & Commercial Litigation Blog

    Delaware Supreme Court Recognizes Right to Bear Arms Outside Home

    By Francis Pileggi

    Doe v. Wilmington Housing Authority, et al., Del. Supr., No. 403, 2013 (March 18, 2014). Important Case: Today's unanimous Delaware Supreme Court opinion, en banc, is one of the few in…