The laws cited by California preserved the right to openly carry guns, which state courts said was clearly protected by the ...

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 ...

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 ...

On December 23, the Third Circuit en banc handed Bryan Range an early Christmas present by ruling that despite his decades-old conviction for a false statement to obtain food stamps in violation of ...

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 ...

Patriots' Day -- Ratification -- The tub to the whale -- Arkansas toothpicks, Beecher's bibles, and the Fourteenth Amendment -- Revolt at Cincinnati -- Contest for the Constitution -- The road to ...

Vice President Kamala Harris is a gun owner. Apparently that is supposed to make other gun owners less leery of her stance on Second Amendment issues. Just one problem: Harris is a gun owner who’s ...

If you’ve followed coverage of the Supreme Court’s 2025-26 term over the past few months, you’d likely say this term’s theme is executive power. The court already has added three major cases on the ...

So the framers intended the Second Amendment to guarantee the rights of Americans not only to “keep and bear arms” for their personal protection but also to organize themselves into a protective force ...

One mass shooting after another, one accidental child death after another tears through this country on an almost daily basis. Once again, lawmakers hide behind “thoughts and prayers,” while clinging ...