A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions ...
The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution doesn’t just say Congress shall not infringe the right to “keep and bear Arms.” It specifically says that right exists in order to maintain “a well ...
The Supreme Court’s preferred method of interpreting the Constitution is originalism, which requires judges to abide by the original public meaning of the constitutional text. This is often more ...
Jared’s point is that a lot of modern arguments treat the Second Amendment like it appeared out of nowhere in 1791. He says ...
"Applying the Text and History Methodology to Looming Second Amendment Battles After Rahimi" was the topic of a session on November 16 at the Federalist Society's 2024 National Lawyers Convention. You ...
In an age where the Second Amendment is caricatured as a relic of frontier nostalgia or a totem of reckless individualism, conservatives must reclaim its deeper truth: the right to bear arms is not ...
It’s a fair question. For years, many people have understandably assumed the NRA and the NRA Foundation are one and the same. The truth is that while we are affiliated, the Foundation is a separate ...
When people say the Second Amendment should be abolished because it was “written for muskets,” they’re ignoring both history and logic. If we applied that reasoning across the Constitution, we’d also ...