McDonald v. Chicago: The Second Amendment Applies to the States
BTD has noted the dissent of Justice Stevens in today's decision in McDonald v. Chicago (opinion here) which holds, finally, that the Second Amendment is applicable to the States.
The majority opinion was written by Justice Alito. (This is probably the first time I've ever agreed with him.)
It is clear that the Framers and ratifiers of the Fourteenth Amendment counted the right to keep and bear arms among those fundamental rights necessary to our system of ordered liberty. [More...]
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