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Constitutional Law

Nov. 18, 2024

Death of the 2nd Amendment: Part V - The 13th repealed the 2nd

The Second Amendment, which protects the right to keep and bear arms, was originally intended to preserve state militias used to enforce slavery, and the Thirteenth Amendment, which abolished slavery, effectively nullified the Second Amendment.

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This is the last in a series of columns about what a future U.S. Supreme Court might do if they choose to revisit District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), where the U.S. Supreme Court held for the first time that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep a handgun in his home.

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