As a community mourns the dead and attempts to cope with the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., the argument surrounding the Second Amendment has once again been ...

A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. It is widely believed that the Supreme Court adjudicates Second Amendment claims using a ...

When people say the Second Amendment should be abolished because it was “written for muskets,” they’re ignoring both history and logic. If we applied that reasoning across the Constitution, we’d also ...

The Supreme Court’s preferred method of interpreting the Constitution is originalism, which requires judges to abide by the original public meaning of the constitutional text. This is often more ...

The ground under the Second Amendment is shifting again as you head toward 2026, and the changes are coming... The post The ...

A Second Opinion is a recurring series by Haley Proctor on the Second Amendment and constitutional litigation. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the official opinions ...

Patriots' Day -- Ratification -- The tub to the whale -- Arkansas toothpicks, Beecher's bibles, and the Fourteenth Amendment -- Revolt at Cincinnati -- Contest for the Constitution -- The road to ...

One mass shooting after another, one accidental child death after another tears through this country on an almost daily basis. Once again, lawmakers hide behind “thoughts and prayers,” while clinging ...

The Justice Department recently established a "Second Amendment Section" within its Civil Rights Division. On its face, that move is a welcome development for defenders of the constitutional right to ...

BOTTOM LINE: Where a man argued that Maryland effectuates a taking because it does not pay interest on unclaimed property that is returned to the property owner, his claims were barred by Eleventh ...