Supreme Court 2nd Amendment Case

Supreme Court: Second Amendment Case, McDonald v. City Of Chicago, To Be Heard This Week

Posted 05.25.2011

The Supreme Court will hear the oral arguments in the case of McDonald v. City of Chicago on Tuesday. Their ruling will have implications for the futu...

Scalia's 2nd Amendment Punt

Robyn Blumner | Posted 05.25.2011

Robyn Blumner

The Second Amendment has always put me in a quandary, but Scalia's opinion was not an honest attempt at sorting it out. It was a sophistical, political decision of just the type that he rails against.

DC v. Heller: Scalia's Decision Will Backfire

Adam Freedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Adam Freedman

So much for Scalia's much-vaunted "originalism," which advocates reading the Constitution as it would have been understood at the time of the Founding.

Justice Scalia's Living Constitution

Adam Winkler | Posted 05.25.2011

Adam Winkler

One of the most intriguing aspects of Justice Scalia's opinion in DC v. Heller is its use of living constitutionalism to justify the decision to invalidate D.C.'s handgun ban.

A Key Right Recaptured

Joyce Lee Malcolm | Posted 05.25.2011

Joyce Lee Malcolm

A government that cannot protect people should not deprive them of the right to protect themselves -- and the the D.C. gun ban did just that.

Score One for the Gun Guys

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Jayne Lyn Stahl

While the gun lobby may crack open that bottle of champagne, this is a victory that thrives in theory, but one that, in practice, can only be condemned.

The Biggest Triumph So Far for Gun Rights Advocates

James Jacobs | Posted 05.25.2011

James Jacobs

Today's Heller decision marks the biggest triumph so far for gun rights advocates. It establishes what was for so long denied, and the the gun control debate will never be the same.

Supreme Court Gun Ruling Reactions

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Following the Supreme Court's ruling fortifying 2nd Amendment gun rights, reactions are pouring in from politicians, pundits and bloggers. Barack Oba...

DC v. Heller: A Dismaying Performance By The Supreme Court

Sanford Levinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Sanford Levinson

If Scalia and Stevens were competent historians, then it might be worth reading what they write. But they are not. Both offer selective readings of history to support what seem to be pre-determined positions.