The Second Amendment gives American citizens the right to keep and bear arms, but why is it considered a fundamental freedom? The Founding Fathers wrote, “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to ...

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Alex Pretti’s killing at the hands of federal agents last week is an American tragedy. It has also exposed the fallacies and fault lines that shape how Americans live with widespread access to guns.

With the justices now on summer recess, let’s take a minute to reflect on the term and its impact on the Second Amendment. As a reminder, the court heard two Second Amendment challenges this time ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. The Second Amendment states that “[a] well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of ...

The Second Amendment reminds us that our government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed. So when the ...

After loosening a restrictive test for gun regulations 2 years ago, the Supreme Court moved back to the right this term. A ...

After a counterprotester was killed at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, many members of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) condemned its Virginia chapter for defending the ...

This term, the Supreme Court has two Second Amendment cases on its docket. Tomorrow the Court hears oral argument in Wolford v. Lopez, challenging Hawaii’s 2023 law that bans firearms on private ...

In previous articles, I explored two of the biggest unanswered questions in the Second Amendment space: Who are “the people,” and what constitutes “Arms”? Both of these questions seemingly emerge from ...

What is the Second Amendment? It’s exactly what it says it is. It’s an amendment, a change, an addition, a modification, an afterthought to our Constitution. It states: “A well-regulated militia, ...