From the Ballot to the Bullet
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.
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.
Paul Helmke | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics
The NRA leadership likes to talk a lot about freedom, but when it comes to their political advertising and direct-mail literature, they must mean the "freedom" to distort and deceive.
Josh Horwitz | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics
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...
Paul Helmke | Posted 09.18.2008 | Politics
Yesterday, the House adopted the gun lobby agenda that nothing should ever be done to "discourage" gun ownership and possession.
Josh Horwitz | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics
A closer examination of her background reveals that Palin has embraced views on gun ownership that are ideologically extreme even by the standards of gun rights advocates.
Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics
Smith & Wesson, which manufactures a revolver that can penetrate the body armor has issued a special "commemorative" revolver to celebrate the end of a law strongly supported by the police.
Robyn Blumner | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics
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.
Adam Freedman | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics
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.
Jeffrey Jena | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics
In three recent decisions, the Supreme Court swung at and missed two softballs right down the middle. On the third, it got it right by one vote from a guy who sways in the wind like a macramé wind chime.
Paul Helmke | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
When the dust settles, most Americans -- and I believe even most in the gun violence prevention movement -- will come to see that there are some positives in this decision.
Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
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.
Joyce Lee Malcolm | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
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.
Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
If the Bush administration releases the fourth amendment that it is currently holding hostage, I'm happy to consider the Supreme Court decision on the second amendment final and decisive.
Paul Szep | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
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Paul Helmke | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
The Heller decision will most likely embolden criminal defendants, and ideological extremists, to file new legal attacks on existing gun laws.
James Jacobs | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
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.
Sanford Levinson | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
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.
Jacob Heilbrunn | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
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.
Adam Winkler | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
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.
Malcolm Friedberg | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
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.
Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
Following the Supreme Court's ruling fortifying 2nd Amendment gun rights, reactions are pouring in from politicians, pundits and bloggers. Barack Oba...
AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
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Josh Horwitz | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics