Of Arms and the Law

Navigation
About Me
Contact Me
Archives
XML Feed
Home


Law Review Articles
Firearm Owner's Protection Act
Armed Citizens, Citizen Armies
2nd Amendment & Historiography
The Lecture Notes of St. George Tucker
Original Popular Understanding of the 14th Amendment
Originalism and its Tools


2nd Amendment Discussions

1982 Senate Judiciary Comm. Report
2004 Dept of Justice Report
US v. Emerson (5th Cir. 2001)

Click here to join the NRA (or renew your membership) online! Special discount: annual membership $25 (reg. $35) for a great magazine and benefits.

Recommended Websites
Ammo.com, deals on ammunition
Scopesfield: rifle scope guide
Ohioans for Concealed Carry
Clean Up ATF (heartburn for headquarters)
Concealed Carry Today
Knives Infinity, blades of all types
Buckeye Firearms Association
NFA Owners' Association
Leatherman Multi-tools And Knives
The Nuge Board
Dave Kopel
Steve Halbrook
Gunblog community
Dave Hardy
Bardwell's NFA Page
2nd Amendment Documentary
Clayton Cramer
Constitutional Classics
Law Reviews
NRA news online
Sporting Outdoors blog
Blogroll
Instapundit
Upland Feathers
Instapunk
Volokh Conspiracy
Alphecca
Gun Rights
Gun Trust Lawyer NFA blog
The Big Bore Chronicles
Good for the Country
Knife Rights.org
Geeks with Guns
Hugh Hewitt
How Appealing
Moorewatch
Moorelies
The Price of Liberty
Search
Email Subscription
Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

 

Credits
Powered by Movable Type 6.8.7
Site Design by Sekimori

« He IS "The One" | Main | Florida alert »

Amicus briefs in Chicago 14th Amendment case

Posted by David Hardy · 10 May 2009 08:21 PM

They're all posted here. Five for the Plaintiffs/Appellants, four for the scoundrels.

· Chicago gun case

4 Comments | Leave a comment

Crucis | May 11, 2009 11:08 AM | Reply

I'm curious. In the admittedly short review I made, I saw no mention of Nordyke. IANAL. This there any summary of these briefs for those of us not fluent in lawyerese?

Noops | May 11, 2009 12:45 PM | Reply

Well, I have now read the first two. And I'll post more comments as I go:

1) Law Enforcement Amicus: This is basically a synopsis of the social science around firearms including utility for defensive gun use and associated statistics as well as some analysis of prevention, defensive uses, and even penumbra such as the idea that non-gun owners benefit from others' gun ownership. There is some particularly interest quantitative analysis of burglary across sovereigns and states that have/don't have gun ownership. It reads very clearly, and actually has some great points on DGU studies. It also has some great qualitative information from criminals about victim selection with regards to gun ownershuip.

2) Law Professors/Constitutional Accountability Center: This one focuses on incorporation and it's history WRT to fundamental rights, precedent, and framer-intent. A VERY worth read, and easy to read as well. The Law Profs focus on Priveleges and Immunities, while not ignoring Due Process clause. They give a good background of framers' intent, and context around why they believe Slaughterhouse should not hold against this particular issue. Also some great writing about the Reconstruction era attempts by Southern states to specifically disarm freed black slaves and northern whites.

I'll add some more later maybe.

Andrew | May 11, 2009 8:16 PM | Reply

Can someone please give a list of the ongoing or recent federal cases involving incorporation of the Second Amendment against the states?

I'm aware of Nordyke v. King in the 9th Circuit, Maloney v. Rice in the Second Circuit, and the Chicago Gun Case in the Seventh Circuit. Isn't there also a case in the Fifth Circuit?

SCOTUSBlog said so.

Oakenheart | May 12, 2009 4:00 PM | Reply

Does anyone else find the Chicago Board of Education, et al. brief to be so full of crap that it should be used for fertilizer?

Leave a comment