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District of Columbia v. Heller: Scalia’s Majority Opinion
Here’s a quick (and, given its 64 pages, necessarily highly selective) summary of Justice Scalia’s opinion for a 5-member majority in District of Columbia v. Heller, invalidating D.C.’s ...
The Washington Post7y
Pressed on Heller, Gorsuch says it is ‘the law of the land’
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), the ranking Democrat on the committee, pressed Gorsuch on the Supreme Court’s 2008 decision in District of Columbia v.Heller, in which the justices ruled 5-4 to ...
National Review16y
District of Columbia v. Heller: Dissents
In District of Columbia v. Heller, Justices Stevens and Breyer wrote lengthy dissents (46 pages and 44 pages, respectively) from Justice Scalia’s majority opinion.
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Supreme Court punts on fixing ‘state of disarray’ over gun statute in case of man who shipped firearms hidden in deep fryers
A three-judge panel of the circuit court ruled that Bruen reinforced the holding of District of Columbia v. Heller — which said that full gun rights extend only to “law-abiding, responsible ...
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What Types of Arms Are Protected?
In District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), the Supreme Court stated that types of arms protected by the Second Amendment are not limited to those in existence at the time the Amendment was ratified ...