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District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.It ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense within the home, and that the District of Columbia's handgun ban and requirement that lawfully owned rifles ...
The 2000 term of the Supreme Court of the United States began October 2, 2000, and concluded September 30, 2001. This was the fifteenth term of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia 's tenure on the Court.
Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart: 563 U.S. 247 (2011) Eleventh Amendment • sovereign immunity • federal action by state agency against state officials for federal law violation • Supremacy Clause • Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 • Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act
Antonin Scalia’s disastrous ruling in District of Columbia v. Heller created a constitutional Frankenstein, historian writes. Replace Second Amendment with one that makes sense in the blood ...
Scalia dissented from the Court's decision to vacate a lower court's decision and remand for further consideration in light of the Court's decision in Jimenez v. Quarterman . Scalia objected that, as Jimenez was decided more than two months prior to the lower court's decision under review, there was no basis for treating Jimenez as an ...
Heller, which found an individual right to own a firearm under the Second Amendment. Scalia traced the word "militia", found in the Second Amendment, as it would have been understood at the time of its ratification, stating that it then meant "the body of all citizens". [114] The Court upheld Heller's claim to own a firearm in the District. [114]
Here’s what Second Amendment actually says: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”
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