A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. The Supreme ...

A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions ...

When people say the Second Amendment should be abolished because it was “written for muskets,” they’re ignoring both history and logic. If we applied that reasoning across the Constitution, we’d also ...

The Supreme Court’s preferred method of interpreting the Constitution is originalism, which requires judges to abide by the original public meaning of the constitutional text. This is often more ...

On Aug. 7 Rep. Dave Min, D-Irvine, pushed for stricter gun laws on stage with former Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona at a town-hall event in Laguna Woods before 450 people. She co-founded the Giffords ...

From U.S. v. Cooper, decided today by Eighth Circuit Judge David Stras, joined by Judges Steven Grasz and Jonathan Kobes: Cooper consented to a bench trial on stipulated facts. One was that he smoked ...

So the framers intended the Second Amendment to guarantee the rights of Americans not only to “keep and bear arms” for their personal protection but also to organize themselves into a protective force ...

Patriots' Day -- Ratification -- The tub to the whale -- Arkansas toothpicks, Beecher's bibles, and the Fourteenth Amendment -- Revolt at Cincinnati -- Contest for the Constitution -- The road to ...

The Justice Department recently established a "Second Amendment Section" within its Civil Rights Division. On its face, that move is a welcome development for defenders of the constitutional right to ...

BOTTOM LINE: Where a man argued that Maryland effectuates a taking because it does not pay interest on unclaimed property that is returned to the property owner, his claims were barred by Eleventh ...