In 2007 for the first time in nearly seventy years theSupremeCourt decided t...In 2007 for the first time in nearly seventy years the Supreme Court decided to hear a case involving the Second Amendment. The resulting decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) was the first time the Court declared a firearms restriction...more
In 2007 for the first time in nearly seventy years theSupremeCourt decided t...In 2007 for the first time in nearly seventy years the Supreme Court decided to hear a case involving the Second Amendment. The resulting decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) was the first time the Court declared a firearms restriction...more
This past June theSupremeCourt decided a question at the heart of one of Ame...This past June the Supreme Court decided a question at the heart of one of America s most impassioned debates ruling that individual citizens have the constitutional right to possess guns. With that decision the District s handgun ban--one of the...more
Explores pivotal state and federal firearms cases and traces the conflicting l...Explores pivotal state and federal firearms cases and traces the conflicting legal opinions that have made the second amendment so controversial. One of the most controversial aspects of the U.S. constitution the Second Amendment continues to divide...more
Throughout America s history the First Amendment has been a lightning rod for ...Throughout America s history the First Amendment has been a lightning rod for the debate over religious freedom and its limitations within a free society. Intense legal battles have been fought over prayer in school religious symbols on public...more
A well regulated Militia being necessary tothe security of a free State the r...A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. Legal historians analysts judges and commentators have long disagreed about the original scope and intent...more
America s Guns andtheSecondAmendment: A Momentous Decision by the United St...America s Guns and the Second Amendment: A Momentous Decision by the United States Supreme Courtmore
Examines theSecondAmendment looking at its earliest drafts and its placement...Examines the Second Amendment looking at its earliest drafts and its placement within the Bill of Rights the state constitutional ratifying conventions and judicial interpretations of the amendment through the landmark decision in 2008 s District of...more
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Several of the most divisive moral conflicts that have beset Americans in the ...Several of the most divisive moral conflicts that have beset Americans in the period since World War II have been transmuted into constitutional conflicts and resolved as such. In his new book eminent legal scholar Michael Perry evaluates the grave...more
Several of the most divisive moral conflicts that have beset Americans in the ...Several of the most divisive moral conflicts that have beset Americans in the period since World War II have been transmuted into constitutional conflicts and resolved as such. In his new book eminent legal scholar Michael Perry evaluates the grave...more
Money in political campaigns is a subject of endless current interest and enor...Money in political campaigns is a subject of endless current interest and enormous consequence for American democracy. Beginning in 1976 in Buckley v. Valeo the Supreme Court established a framework for public campaign regulation that declared that...more
Judging Free Speech contains nine original essays by political scientists and ...Judging Free Speech contains nine original essays by political scientists and law professors each providing a comprehensive yet concise and accessible overview of the free speech jurisprudence of a United States Supreme Court Justice.more
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is p...This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible....more