Second Amendment

Second Amendment Ruling Is Justice Scalia’s Originalism ‘Legacy’

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,” according to a New York Times story. Scalia has a no-compromise style that often leads to loss of his colleagues’…

Jun 27, 2008 11:25 AM CDT

Supreme Court Rules 5-4 that Second Amendment Protects Right to Own Guns

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. As predicted, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the majority opinion in the case, District of Columbia v. Heller. Scalia writes in the decision…

Jun 26, 2008 2:15 PM CDT