Why the Supreme Court declined to hear 10 different Second Amendment cases. Americans have been fighting over guns with growing intensity since the onset of the culture wars in the 1960s. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to sit back and let the battle rage. The court opted not to hear 10 different gun-rights
Read MoreThe Supreme Court will continue to ignore the Second Amendment until it receives a petition it has to grant. D.C. v. Heller was decided on June 26, 2008. I remember the day well. I had just finished my second year of law school, and was working as a summer associate. My firm flew the summers to the
Read More“A U.S. District Court has issued a preliminary injunction against Connecticut’s governor public safety commissioner after it found a violation against the Second Amendment.” SOUTHBURY, CT (WFSB) – A U.S. District Court has issued a preliminary injunction against Connecticut’s governor public safety commissioner after it found a violation against the Second Amendment. Federal District Court
Read MoreUS Supreme Court Won’t Take Up New Jersey’s ‘Justifiable Need’ Law on Carrying Guns in Public
‘[Justice Clarence] Thomas wrote that the court has referred to the right to keep and bear arms as a “fundamental right,” but that right is barred in jurisdictions requiring a good reason to do so in public. If the court were faced with a law requiring the showing of a justifiable need before exercising their
Read MoreThis can only happen when the police follow evil orders and do not distinguish right from wrong. The right to bear arms is the law of the land. The police bear direct responsibility for any criminal acts that result to this couple’s property or person. St. Louis police officers reportedly seized a rifle from the
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