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The Gun Issue Is Back in the Supreme Court: What Does It Mean?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

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Although the Chicago handgun ban Supreme Court case involves interesting constitutional issues, even if Chicago loses, such a ruling is unlikely to prove a serious threat to state and local gun regulation across-the-board.

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A New Day For Gun Violence Prevention

Paul Helmke | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics

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Last year at this time, I said that America was turning a corner on the gun issue, and the watershed events of 2008 confirmed that prediction. The pa...

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Eternity Isn't Forever

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Living

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As I think about the thousands of youthful victims of gun violence, I'm concerned that we're not hearing enough from the candidates for public office at all levels about what they will do to protect our children.

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From the Ballot to the Bullet

Josh Horwitz | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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The Roberts Court might not just be moving in the wrong direction, but in a direction that presents a direct threat to the rule of law and our very democracy.

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Dick Heller: In His Own Words

Josh Horwitz | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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It was national news on June 26 when the Supreme Court overturned the District of Columbia's strict gun laws and declared that the Second Amendment gu...

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U.S. House Acts Like City Council To Pass Dangerous Gun Lobby Bill

Paul Helmke | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics

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Yesterday, the House adopted the gun lobby agenda that nothing should ever be done to "discourage" gun ownership and possession.

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Scalia's 2nd Amendment Punt

Robyn Blumner | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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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.

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DC v. Heller: Scalia's Decision Will Backfire

Adam Freedman | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Justice Scalia's Living Constitution

Adam Winkler | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Score One for the Gun Guys

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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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.

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A Key Right Recaptured

Joyce Lee Malcolm | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

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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.

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My Formal Statement On Today's Decision In The Heller DC Gun Case, Plus Remarks In Front Of The Supreme Court

Paul Helmke | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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The Heller decision will most likely embolden criminal defendants, and ideological extremists, to file new legal attacks on existing gun laws.

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The Biggest Triumph So Far for Gun Rights Advocates

James Jacobs | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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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.

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

Sanford Levinson | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Dick Cheney Wants Washington, DC to Emulate Baghdad

Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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In the wake of today's Supreme Court ruling, the Bush administration has announced that it's ordering all citizens of voting age to possess firearms as a preventive measure against terrorist attacks.

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Bush v. Gore Meets the Second Amendment

Adam Winkler | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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There are some striking similarities between the Heller decision and Bush v. Gore. In both cases, the Court articulates a "new" right to be recognized by the Courts.

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Gun Control 101

Malcolm Friedberg | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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Does the right to keep and bear arms apply directly to the People or to the States? How you answer this question ultimately determines whether or not you believe in an individual's right to own a gun.

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Supreme Court Gun Ruling Reactions

Huffington Post | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics

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

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