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The Constitutional Politics Heller Launched, Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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Does Heller Protect A Right To Carry Guns Outside The Home?, Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Identity Politics And The Second Amendment, Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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What Does The Second Amendment Mean Today?, Michael C. Dorf

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

A growing body of scholarship argues that the Second Amendment protects a right of individuals to possess firearms, regardless of whether those individuals are organized in state militias. Proponents of the individual right view do not merely disagree with those who champion the competing view that the Second Amendment poses few if any obstacles to most forms of gun control legislation by the state or federal governments. They appear to believe that the Second Amendment has been subject to uniquely shabby treatment by the courts and, until recently, academic commentators.

This Article argues that the Second Amendment has not been …