Docket: 08-1521
Title: McDonald, et al. v. City of Chicago
Issue: Whether the Second Amendment is incorporated into the Due Process Clause or the Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment so as to be applicable to the States, thereby invalidating ordinances prohibiting possession of handguns in the home.
- Opinion below (7th Circuit)
- Petition for certiorari (08-1521)
- Brief in opposition
- Petitioner’s reply (08-1521)
- Brief amicus curiae of Arms Keepers
- Brief amici curiae of Texas, et al
- Brief amicus curiae of National Shooting Sports Foundation, Inc.
- Brief amicus curiae of American Civil Rights Union
- Brief amici curiae of Institute for Justice, and Cato Institute
- Brief amicus curiae of California
- Brief amici curiae of Gun Owners of America, Inc.,et al.
- Brief amici curiae of Constitutional Law Professors
The web log for Prof. Duncan's Constitutional Law Classes at Nebraska Law-- "[U]nder our Constitution there can be no such thing as either a creditor or a debtor race. That concept is alien to the Constitution's focus upon the individual. In the eyes of government, we are just one race here. It is American. " -----Justice Antonin Scalia If you allow the government to take your liberty during times of crisis, it will create a crisis whenever it wishes to take your liberty.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Second Amendment Case: Cert Granted
From ScotusBlog:
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I. Tinker A student's right to speak (even on controversial subjects such as war) in the cafeteria, the playing field, or "on the...
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Monday August 28 : Handout on Moore v Harper (PDF has been emailed to you); Originalism vs. the "Living Constitution": Strau...
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Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop (art by Joshua Duncan) "We may not shelter in place when the C...