2nd Amendment

We Need To Talk About What The VanDyke Video Dissent Gets Right

This is the only dissent I’ve ever encountered that is regularly interrupted by YouTube ad breaks.

Morning Docket: 03.20.23

* What say the Constitution about "True Threats"? I promise this isn't a spinoff show about vampires and faeries. [The Daily Beast] * The folks at Volokh aren't too happy about how the Supreme Court reads its adequate and state ground doctrine. [Reason] * You aren't the only one suspicious that Clarence Thomas did a major rehaul of the 2nd Amendment. [Washington Post] * If Donald Trump gets charged, it'll take a while before the process really sets in. Bring a good book. [Reuters] * A Virginia judge went out of his way to show that he knows the law when it comes to embyos. Slave law. This is 2023. [ABA Journal]

Morning Docket: 10.19.22

* Changes to the gig economy may be impacting your favorite California strip club(s). [Wired] * Just in case the wage gap isn't enough, you've gotta be aware of the race gap too. [Reuters] * New York's AG wants to prevent the sharing of killing spree videos. There probably should have been a law against helping killers get famous ages ago. [Bloomberg Law] * New San Jose gun law could result in fines for violators. Better mind your Ps and Mac 11s! [MSN]

From Border Issue To Court Case: Mexico Sues American Gun Manufactuers

Hecho en USA.

Morning Docket: 10.06.22

* Boutique firm aims to represent problem clients. Guess they're taking "everyone deserves representation" seriously. [NBC News] * New York church sues for right to bring guns into church. Looks like the armor of God just isn't what it used to be. [WGRZ] * Law school accidentally accepts 4,000 applicants. Before you ask, this probably isn't IIED. Still sucks though. [Boston] * Stanford is experimenting with income sharing! Let's see how long it takes for other law schools to adopt. [Stanford Daily] * An internal investigation turned deadly — LAPD officer investigating his four colleagues alleged gang rape was killed during a "training accident". His lawyer suggests there was foul play. [Complex]

Something Is Getting In The Way Of Teaching Our Kids American History. This Time, It Isn’t Anti-CRT!

Aww shoot!

Morning Docket: 09.28.22

* I know there is a lot of money to be made at a law firm, but I'd also think they'd pay attention to laws being broken. [News Leader] * Baltimore cop caught planting a gun on someone gets less than 2 years. Remember that time they gave a dude life for stealing a pair of gardening shears? Odd, that. [KossyDerrickEnt] * Rifle law would effect period reenactors. You know what? This may actually be what The Founders™ had in mind by bearing arms! [WHEC] * Rutgers will be offering a certificate in cannabis law and business. GO RU! [ROI-NJ] * Some New York teachers are still doing the ol' beating-other-people's-children thing. Thankfully, it looks like laws will be changed to curb it.   [Times Union]

Lawmakers Are Absolutely Trying To Prevent An Absolute Right To Gun Ownership

Instead of getting a gun maybe you should, I don't know, be a real man and socialize at a Super Smash Brothers Melee convention.

How The First Amendment Will Protect Us From Our Gun Crisis

Our Father, who art in Heaven, please let my baby come home alive.

Where Were You When Stare Decisis Died?

"The elimination of constitutional stare decisis would represent an explicit endorsement of the idea that the Constitution is nothing more than what five justices say it is.” - Former Associate Justice Lewis Powell

Morning Docket: 06.28.22

* Here's a map showing the legality of abortion, state by state. [The Guardian] * Stare decisis? I hardly knew her! [CNN] * A matter of judgment: Louisiana judge temporarily prevents abortion ban from kicking in. [WDSU] * States scramble to prevent the 2nd Amendment from being an absolute right. [NYT]

Who Needs Antitrust To Break Up Major Firms When You Have The Second Amendment?

Guns are looking bad in the public eye? Well, shoot.

Morning Docket: 06.02.22

* The proposed solution to school shootings? Stronger doors. We are in the worst timeline. [News4Jax] * New York aims to stop post-crime shaming. Good on them. [WKTV] * Tennessee protesters reconsider the ease of gun access. Makes sense after having 17 mass shootings in one week. [WPLN] * It may be time for a refresher on Heller. Who better to do it than the clerks involved? [NYT] * Choice Havens: Blue cities in Red states could keep abortion access available. [Axios]

Hey, Tyranny People, You Do Realize SCOTUS Just Said It’s Okay For The State To Kill Innocent People, Right?

I'd honestly be less salty if their justification was 'Me have gun because pew pew sound cool,' but that's a lot harder to balance out with the whole people-being-murdered-as-a-regular-occurrence thing.

Morning Docket: 05.12.22

* Unforeseen consequences: The wording of strict anti-abortion laws likely to make IVF illegal too. [The Guardian] * Glock-19s for teenagers is enshrined in the Constitution, apparently. [AP News] * Is the right to protest next on the chopping block? [Politico] * The legal system just works a little differently when you're a rich former president, I guess. [The Hill] * Vandy alum give $17.5M to the law school. Now that's a hell of a tax write-off! [Nashville Post]