Tag Archives: legal-thought
New article by Randy Barnett
“Whence Comes Section One? The Abolitionist Origins of the Fourteenth Amendment.” It explores the many ways in which abolitionist legal thought influenced the 14th Amendment. The leadership of the 39th Congress were abolitionists to a man, and shared legal understandings that did not require explanation.
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For any readers lucky enough to be at the SHOT Show in Vegas, here’s an SAF press release: SAF SCHEDULES SHOT SHOW PRESS CONFERENCE ON CHICAGO GUN BAN CASE The Second Amendment Foundation will hold a special press conference during the Las Vegas SHOT Show on Wednesday, January 20, 11:30 a.m.
Full Storylawsuit: national airgun pre-emption
Snowflakes in Hell has a post on it . Interesting — I didn’t even know Federal pre-emption of airgun regulations existed!
Full StoryNRA and Brady Center finally have something to agree on
Article here : “Obama got an “F” on every issue the Brady Campaign scored, according to its report card.” UPDATE: from New West : “all of the above makes me more comfortable that I made the right bet when I said the NRA has won the war for the Second Amendment and Democrats have given up on the gun issue.”
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