U.S. Supreme Court,
Constitutional Law
Jun. 17, 2020
2nd Amendment: the Supreme Court’s constitutional orphan
Heller is almost a teenager. It’s time for the Supreme Court to change the status of the Second Amendment-from legal orphan, to a viable member of the family of constitutional jurisprudence.
William Slomanson
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Email: bills@tjsl.edu
William Slomanson is also the author of California Procedure in a Nutshell (5th ed. 2014).
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied certiorari in all 10 gun cases lodged in its petition crosshairs. These formerly holstered petitions had targeted three broad case categories: permissible carry outside the home; specifically regulated guns and ammunition; and interstate-nonresident licensing.
Two of these cases may live to see another day: "The motion of [a sports foundation and a policy coalition] ... for leave to file a bri...
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