JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Ironically, the District was behind some of the greatest losses for gun control advocates. In District of Columbia v. Heller , the Supreme Court in 2008 ruled the right to bear arms is an individual right. City of Chicago , the court ruled that this right applied against the states. Then, in Wrenn v.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 23, 2022
In 2008, the Supreme Court recognized the right to bear arms as an individual right in District of Columbia v. City of Chicago , the court ruled that this right applied against the states. Penal Law § 400.00(2)(f) Two years after Heller, in McDonald v. 2)(f) that require a showing of “proper cause.”
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JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 5, 2021
The United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (and the later denial of a motion for consideration ) in rejecting the much touted lawsuit to give residents a vote in Congress. I have written about D.C.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 4, 2021
Yesterday’s oral argument appeared to confirm the expectations in those columns on the likely reversal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a reinforcement of Second Amendment rights. In 2008, the Supreme Court recognized the right to bear arms as an individual right in District of Columbia v.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 2, 2021
That is evident from the fact that it was not until 2008 that the Supreme Court finally recognized the right to bear arms as an individual right in District of Columbia v. City of Chicago , the court ruled that this right applied against the states. Two years after Heller, in McDonald v.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 4, 2022
The reference may be to this Scalia quote from the District of Columbia v.Heller decision: There seems to us no doubt, on the basis of both text and history, that the Second Amendment conferred an individual right to keep and bear arms.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in the District Court for the District of Columbia has caused a bit of a stir after a hearing in a criminal case where she called for briefing on the alternative grounds for the right to an abortion.
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