Academic

Smith on the Second Amendment

By Lawrence Solum

Douglas G. Smith (George Mason University - School of Law) have posted The Second Amendment and the Supreme Court on SSRN.  Here is the abstract:

This article discusses the litigation regarding the Second Amendment currently pending before the Supreme Court. I argue that the narrow issue that is before the Court (whether the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right) is fairly straightforward and present arguments regarding the text and history of the amendment that suggest it guarantees a fundamental individual right. In the process, I critique the arguments that have been presented by the District of Columbia to the contrary.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on March 06, 2008 (boomark / email).