The last thing New York needs is for every Tom, Dick and Harriet on the street to be carrying. Moreover, the argument for reasonable restrictions on the Second Amendment is hardly new. Indeed, many conservative legal experts…
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Over the course of generations, gun rights advocates have embraced a radical libertarian ideology that does not expand liberty for Americans, it undermines it. And though [former solicitor general Paul] Clement, [Justice Samuel] Alito and…
If you didn’t already have it marked on your calendar, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v Bruen on Wednesday, November 3. The matter…
It looks like the Justices are willing to take another crack at the city of New York’s unconstitutionally restrictive gun laws. The Court has announced that they’ve granted cert to New York State Rifle &…
Bigstock By LKB About a year ago, we were all primed for the Supreme Court to deliver a long-awaited decision that would finally end the Second Amendment’s “second class status.” The unpredictable and unreliable Justice…
Justice Samuel Alito (courtesy Federalist Society) Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito addressed the Federalist Society last week and held forth on a number of topics affecting the Court. One of the most interesting subjects he…
Bigstock [ED: This is the second in a three-part series. Click here to read Part 1] By John Velleco The first article in this three-part series recounted the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent, and deeply disappointing,…
Courtesy Matt Laur A number of Second Amendment cases — 10 in all — have been in suspended animation for months. Cases involving everything from may issue to banning “assault weapons” to interstate sales have…
By Microstamper at en.wikipedia, CC BY 2.5, Link On Monday, the justices, by a 6-3 vote, dismissed the [New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. City of New York] case as moot. The same…
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., holds up documents as he speaks at a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, Friday, Sept. 28, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The dissenting justices say that if…