Doris Wise Montrose

When Jefferson was drafting a proposed constitution for his home state of Virginia in June 1776, he suggested a clause that read “No freeman shall ever be debarred the use of arms.” In the second draft, he added in brackets, “[within his own lands or tenements].” The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments today on a clear

The law, which imposes strict limits on carrying guns in public, faced a skeptical reception from the Supreme Court on Wednesday. WASHINGTON — A New York law that imposes strict limits on carrying guns outside the home seemed unlikely to survive its encounter with the Supreme Court, based on questioning from the justices on Wednesday. The law

The judge overseeing the intentional homicide trial of Kenosha, Wisconsin shooter Kyle Rittenhouse unloaded on CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin while arguing a point of evidence with prosecutors and defense attorneys Wednesday afternoon. But the judge railed against a word used by a different CNN analyst other than Toobin who appeared to be discussing a separate legal issue

SCOTUS argument analysis. This article was updated at 5:15 p.m. ET Nov 3. When Wednesday’s oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen drew to a close after roughly two hours of debate, it seemed likely that New York’s 108-year-old handgun-licensing law is in jeopardy. But the justices’ eventual ruling might be a

“The justices seem inclined to find that the right to keep and bear arms extends to carrying them outside the home.” The Supreme Court appears inclined to wipe out a series of gun control measures that require firearm owners to show a particular, unusual need to get a permit to carry a gun outside the

“All these people with illegal guns: They’re on the subway, walking around the streets, but ordinary, hard-working, law-abiding people, no,” Alito told the Empire State’s solicitor general Barbara Underwood. “They can’t be armed.” Hearing oral arguments in a major Second Amendment case on Wednesday, Supreme Court justices considered whether to dramatically loosen gun control restrictions across the

“And President Donald Trump’s three appointees, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh were concerned about the high bar necessary to obtain a permit.” (CNN)The Supreme Court seemed ready to expand Second Amendment rights after hearing arguments for over two hours and expressing skepticism about a New York law that restricts individuals from carrying concealed

“More than a century of gun laws are potentially on the chopping block.” For nearly all its history, the Supreme Court kept its distance from gun policy. Now it’s about to decide a case that could radically reduce the government’s power to regulate guns. The Second Amendment states explicitly that it exists to protect “a well

‘In New York State Rifle, however, the court could finally enforce the Second Amendment by invalidating New York’s pretextual licensing regime. The constitutional problems are clear. In New York City, where we practice, the licensing structure allocates total and unilateral discretion to the NYPD to decide whose firearm possession is lawful and whose is a

“A Supreme Court case on New York’s carry laws could be a landmark” Thirteen years after the Supreme Court recognized the true meaning of the Second Amendment in D.C. v. Heller (2008), it’s still a “disfavored” right, as Justice Clarence Thomas once put it. Case in point: The question Wednesday at the Court is whether