Second Amendment Roundup: Supreme Court Considering Arms Ban Petitions on Friday Whatever happened to long guns good, handguns bad? Reason · Jan 8, 2025
Nightbitch review – Amy Adams carries frustrating mum-on-the-edge comedy drama Adams plays a struggling mother who starts to turn into a dog in Marielle Heller’s uneven adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s bestseller The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2024
Second Amendment Roundup: Firepower and the Fourth Circuit The en banc court makes bizarre claims about the 5.56 mm cartridge. Reason · Dec 10, 2024
Second Amendment Roundup: The Second Amendment Dialogue at Fed Soc's National Convention "Applying the Text and History Methodology to Looming Second Amendment Battles After Rahimi" was the topic of a session on… The post Second Amendment Roundup: The Second Amendment Dialogue at Fed Soc's National Convention appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Nov 27, 2024
In the Seventh Circuit, Procedural Red Herrings Threaten the Second Amendment The Seventh Circuit heard oral argument on November 12 in Viramontes v. County of Cook, Illinois, a challenge to Cook… The post In the Seventh Circuit, Procedural Red Herrings Threaten the Second Amendment appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Nov 19, 2024
Federal Judge Enjoins Enforcement of the Illinois 'Assault Weapon' Ban U.S. District Judge Stephen McGlynn says the law bans firearms covered by the Second Amendment and is not supported by historical precedent. Reason · Nov 11, 2024
Should Felons Have the Right to Challenge Their Loss of Gun Rights, on a Case-by-Case Basis? No, said an Eighth Circuit panel in U.S. v. Jackson earlier this year; yesterday, the court refused to rehear the… The post Should Felons Have the Right to Challenge Their Loss of Gun Rights, on a Case-by-Case Basis? appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Nov 6, 2024
Divided D.C. Circuit Panel Refuses to Enjoin D.C. Magazine Cap The judges divide over whether a challenge to a law limiting the number of bullets in a magazine is likely to succeed. Is next stop the Supreme Court? Reason · Nov 1, 2024
Mich. S. Ct. Declines to Review Decision Upholding U. Michigan Gun Ban The case is Wade v. Univ. of Mich.; as is common for such denials of review, the majority didn't offer… The post Mich. S. Ct. Declines to Review Decision Upholding U. Michigan Gun Ban appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · Oct 19, 2024
Kamala Harris Says She Owns a Handgun—Despite Fighting To Ban Others From Doing the Same Journalists should be interested in interrogating this contradiction, should the 2024 presidential candidate continue giving interviews. Reason · Oct 9, 2024
Second Amendment Roundup: ATF's Final Rule Implicates the Right to Bear Arms Its restrictions on self-made firearms are inconsistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. Reason · Oct 3, 2024
Massachusetts Switchblade Ban Overturned on Second Amendment Grounds The Second Amendment doesn’t protect guns; it protects the human right to self-defense. Reason · Sep 2, 2024
2 Contradictory Decisions on AR-15 Bans Reflect Clashing Views of Supreme Court Precedents Does the Second Amendment allow the government to ban guns in common use for lawful purposes? Reason · Aug 14, 2024
A Federal Judge Reluctantly Concludes That New Jersey's AR-15 Ban Is Unconstitutional The decision shows that the Supreme Court has forced judges who like gun control to respect the Second Amendment anyway. Reason · Aug 1, 2024
Reason · Jul 23, 2024 Second Amendment Roundup: 8th Circuit Rules for 18 to 20-Year-Olds Court relies on Rahimi in support of liberalized gun carry permits.
Reason · Jun 27, 2024 SEC v. Jarkesy: A Win for the Separation of Powers and the Right to Civil Jury Trial The Supreme Court held today that the Seventh Amendment right to a civil jury trial in fraud cases was violated when an administrative law judge of the S.E.C. decided the case.
Reason · Jun 21, 2024 Some Takeaways from Today's Rahimi Second Amendment Opinions A few practical thoughts for future cases (all bold emphasis added): [1.] The Court solidly accepts (with only Justice Thomas dissenting) that "the Second Amendment permits the disarmament of individuals who pose a credible threat to the physical safety of others," at least after a judicial finding of such threat.…
Reason · Jun 17, 2024 Second Amendment Roundup: Bump Stocks are not Machineguns The Supreme Court’s Cargill ruling has broad implications.
Reason · May 21, 2024 Second Amendment Roundup: Just in Time for the Supreme Court to Consider in Rahimi The Ninth Circuit invalidates the felon gun ban for non-violent offenses with no Founding-era analogues.
Reason · Apr 20, 2024 Second Amendment Roundup: ATF redefines "engaged in the business" Agency pushes the envelope to require gun dealer licenses beyond the statute.
Reason · Apr 4, 2024 Second Amendment Roundup: A Double Shot of Oral Arguments “Large-capacity” magazines and semiautomatic rifles are “bearable arms” in common use, no different from the handguns in Heller, but will two en banc courts agree?
Reason · Mar 15, 2024 Second Amendment Roundup: Delaware's "Assault Weapon" Ban Argued in 3rd Circuit Likelihood of prevailing on a constitutional claim may suffice for a preliminary injunction.
Reason · Feb 26, 2024 Teaching Constitutional Law in a Crisis of Judicial Legitimacy The real crisis seems to be in academia, not at the Court
Reason · Feb 21, 2024 Second Amendment Roundup: D.C.'s Magazine Ban Argued Again in D.C. Circuit It was déjà vu, but this time post-Bruen.