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Get ready for a Second Amendment rumble, defense attorneys

By Douglas A. Berman

In what I view to be good news for federal criminal defense attorneys, it appears from today's oral argument that the Supreme Court may be headed toward recognizing an individual right to armed self-defense protected by the Second Amendment.  Here is how Lyle Denniston at SCOTUSblog sees matters after the Heller oral argument:The Supreme Court?s historic argument Tuesday on the meaning of the Constitution?s Second Amendment sent out one quite clear signal: individuals may well wind up with a genuine right to have a gun for self-defense in their home.  But what was not similarly clear was what kind of gun that would entail, and thus what kind of limitations government cut put on access or use of a weapon.  In an argument that ran 23 minutes beyond the allotted time, Justice Anthony M...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 18, 2008 (boomark / email).