The Second Amendment guarantees Americans the right to bear arms

The Second Amendment guarantees Americans the right to bear arms.

The right to bear arms is our most important civil right. It is telling which side seeks to deny our freedoms.

The Supreme Court appeared willing Tuesday to say that the Constitution’s right to possess guns limits state and local regulation of firearms. But the justices also suggested that some gun control measures might not be affected. (more…)

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The average American looses again , Because the House always wins.

By a 5-4 vote, the court on Thursday overturned a 20-year-old ruling that said corporations can be prohibited from using money from their general treasuries to pay for their own campaign ads. The decision, which almost certainly will also allow labor unions to participate more freely in campaigns, threatens similar limits imposed by 24 states.

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Antonin Scalia like to give it but not receive

what did Sarah Jeck ask that caused the volatile justice to erupt? According to her own notes and this account in today’s Sun-Sentinel, Jeck asked whether the rationale for Scalia’s well-known opposition to cameras in the Supreme Court was “vitiated” by the facts that the Court allows public visitors to view arguments and releases full argument transcripts to the public, and that justices go out on book tours.

while his book — Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, co-authored by Bryan Garner — was for sale at a table outside the hall. [read more]

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