Signed into law days after the Supreme Court's Second Amendment decision, New York's new rules requires concealed carry applicants to demonstrate "good moral character" and bans firearms in some"sensitive" spaceslike places of worship, bars, and public parks. Six gun owners in New York and th...
When it comes to the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court moves with the all the dispatch of a giant tortoise; slow, plodding and deliberate. After all, it took the High Court 217 years from the time the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791 to finally figure out in 2008 that its guarante...
My California Open Carry lawsuit is not limited to a Second Amendment claim and the only way I lose my Second Amendment claim is for the court of appeals to limit the right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment to the interior of one’s home. Doing so creates a split with ...
The Second Amendment in the Supreme Court:Eugene Volokh
second amendmentright to bear armsSupreme Courtindividual rightsDistrict of ColumbiaHellerThis article discusses the litigation regarding the Second Amendment currently pending before the Supreme Court. I argue that the narrow issue that is before tSmith, Douglas G...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts, also noted in aconcurring opinionwhat he said were the limits of the Supreme Court's decision, including that the Second Amendment allows for a variety of gun regulations, among them laws prohibiting the carrying of firearms in sensit...
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Late last year, some followers asked me to describe the principal sources for Supreme People’s Court’s (SPC) research. This is the second of several posts, as few (particularly outside of China) seem to be aware of the range of publicly available publications of the SPC and its many ...
Bare-Naked Ladies (and Gentlemen): Analyzing Protection of Nude Protesting under the First Amendment and State Constitutions "The main hang up in the world today is hypocrisy and insecurity. If people can't face up to the fact of other people being naked or smoking pot, or whatev... MC ...
There are over 1,200 petitions scheduled for the Supreme Court Long Conference of September 27th, 2021. By the day of the conference, there will be even more. Nearly every one of the petitions will be denied. My interest is primarily in Second Amendm...