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The Supreme Court Fiddles While the Second Amendment Burns – Part 1, An Abdication of Duty

March 6, 2025June 18, 2020 by TTAG Contributor

By John Velleco For the last decade, the United States Supreme Court has abdicated its constitutional duty to resolve “cases and controversies” involving the Second Amendment. It has run from its historic duty, as articulated by Chief Justice John Marshall, “to say what the law is.” The High Court has stood on the sideline while … Read more

Blackman: The Second Amendment is Up to the Fifth Circuit Now

March 6, 2025June 17, 2020 by Dan Zimmerman

And so it continues. Twelve years after Heller, we are in the exact same place. The government cannot ban the possession of handguns in the home, but all other gun control laws are reasonable. Keep in mind that only D.C. and Chicago banned handguns outright. Those rulings effected (sic) only those two laws. That’s it! I … Read more

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