Legal Commentary

Media coverage of Second Amendment effort to dismiss felon-in-possession charges
Last week I posted here a copy of a notable motion to dismiss a federal criminal indictment for felon in possession based on Heller and the Second Amendment. Today the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this story on the motion...

A ruling that must be wrong if the Second Amendment is about the right of self-defense
The Third Circuit today in US v. Alston, No. 06-1559 (3d Cir. May 20, 2008) (available here), affirms a mandatory 15-year felon-in-possession conviction in yet another case that has to give serious pause to real fans of the Second Amendment...

Dumb crooks -- felon in possession
Note: if a person is a felon, they shouldn't possess a firearm. And if they do, they shouldn't take a picture of themselves doing so. And if they do take such a picture, they shouldn't use somebody else's camera phone.

Imagining post-Heller federal felon-in-possession litigation
I want to unpack a little more fully the basis for my post-Heller argument post, titled "Get ready for a Second Amendment rumble, defense attorneys." That post was largely inspired by the fact that, as Lyle Denniston puts it here,...

Heller in Wisconsin
By Jonathon Blevins, Legal Satyricon Second Amendment Correspondent Recently, the Eastern District of Wisconsin denied a felon?s motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Kenneth Robinson plead guilty to possession of a firearm as a felon...

CA1: forged CDs make someone an aggravated felon
Magasouba v. Mukasey, No. 07-2298. This petitioner, an ?aggravated felon? wants to stay under the CAT. The First question is whether selling pirated CDs is an aggravated felony. The state statute is R...

Self Defense
It's legal to defend yourself and your family

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

CIA
Department of Defense Sued by Veterans

Ministry of Defense
$500,000 in damages in transgender humiliation suit.

The Ministry of Defense
$500,000 in damages in transgender humiliation suit.

Government Overbilling
Defense contractor to pay $8.9 million settlement in fraud lawsuit.