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At the conclusion of Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s first term, the Supreme Court’s six-justice conservative majority is grappling with its newfound control. A split developing among its members is complicating the conservative revolution some predicted after Barrett’s confirmation last October.
On Wednesday, the Court will hear oral argument in Ashcroft v. al-Kidd.
Our take on Elena Kagan’s views as to whether judicial nominees should give detailed answers to Senators’ questions during confirmation hearings.
Earl Mack School of Law’s David Cohen remarks on the rare phenomenon of the voting paradox in McDonald v. Chicago.
The eleventh briefing in our series on nominee Elena Kagan, here, is about the release of executive-branch documents related to Kagan. We have previously released ten other briefs in our nomination series, on abortion, “don’t ask, don’t tell,” working with the right, gender diversity on the Court, Citizens United, diversity hiring, executive power, judicial qualifications, gun rights, and ideology.
Robert Cottrol is a professor at the George Washington University Law School who has written on the Second Amendment, including a 1991 Georgetown Law Journal article, The Second Amendment: Toward an Afro-Americanist Reconsideration, which was cited by Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion in
Today’s opinion in McDonald v. City of Chicago means that for the first time, state and local governments’ gun regulations must comport with the Second Amendment’s protection of the right “to keep and bear Arms.” Although many state constitutions have a gun rights provision, McDonald has the potential to radically reshape non-federal firearms legislation.
Adam Winkler is a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Today’s decision marks a major change in constitutional doctrine but one that will likely have only a minimal effect on gun control.
David H. Gans is the Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program at the Constitutional Accountability Center, which filed an amicus brief supporting the petitioner in McDonald v. Chicago Today’s opinion in McDonald v. City of Chicago is a momentous development in American law.
Saul Cornell is a professor of history at Fordham University, and signed an amicus brief in favor of the respondent city in McDonald v. Chicago. For those fortunate enough to be at the Supreme Court today the announcement of the Court’s decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago was a riveting experience.
Jon Lowy represents the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, which filed an amicus brief in favor of neither party in McDonald v. Chicago. The Supreme Court’s decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago to incorporate the Second Amendment may be a headline-grabber, but it is hardly surprising.
Alan Gura, a lawyer at Gura & Possessky, represented the prevailing party, Otis McDonald, in McDonald v. Chicago. The Second Amendment is a normal part of the Bill of Rights – that much is the essential rule of McDonald v. City of Chicago.