163 ABA Journal Second Amendment articles.
When the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments March 2 on whether the Second Amendment applies to the states, court observers will be watching to see if Justice Antonin Scalia’s views…
Feb 22, 2010 11:30 AM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Chicago case that asks whether the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments.
The name plaintiff in the Chicago case…
Sep 30, 2009 2:18 PM CDT
Federal appeals courts hearing gun rights cases after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Second Amendment ruling last year in District of Columbia v. Heller are…
Jun 17, 2009 11:49 AM CDT
The legal team that won a U.S. Supreme Court Second Amendment ruling is seeking $3.5 million in legal fees.
Lawyer Alan Gura says in a motion filed in federal court…
Aug 27, 2008 5:54 PM CDT
A federal appeals court has ruled a man who organized his own militia did not have a Second Amendment right to possess a machine gun.
Hollis Wayne Fincher had argued…
Aug 14, 2008 10:50 AM CDT
Harvard Law School professor Mark Tushnet believes Justice Antonin Scalia’s recent majority opinion striking down a ban on handguns in the home was a compromise decision, crafted to appeal to…
Aug 8, 2008 11:18 PM CDT
The plaintiff who won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on handguns in the home has filed a new lawsuit challenging Washington, D.C.’s new gun registration system.
…Jul 29, 2008 6:14 PM CDT
Felons such as James Francis Barton Jr. are challenging federal laws that bar them from owning guns.
Barton has been charged with keeping at his Pittsburgh home seven pistols, three…
Jul 21, 2008 12:16 PM CDT
The majority ruling yesterday by Justice Antonin Scalia finding a Second Amendment right to own handguns in the home is “his most important in his 22 years on the court,”…
Jun 27, 2008 11:25 AM CDT
Updated: The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own a gun, apart from service in a militia, SCOTUSblog reports.
…Jun 26, 2008 2:15 PM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to issue the three final rulings of the term today, including a decision on whether the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own…
Jun 26, 2008 10:38 AM CDT
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