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The Militia: A Definition And Litmus Test, Marcus Armstrong
The Militia: A Definition And Litmus Test, Marcus Armstrong
St. Mary's Law Journal
The United States Supreme Court, in its decision in Perpich v. Department of Defense, ruled that members of the National Guard are “troops” as that word is used in the Constitution. In doing so, the Court negated a long-standing, but obsolete, definition of the militia. However, this move away from an obsolete definition of the militia posed considerable difficulties that the Court was unable to rectify in its Perpich decision. In this Article, the author hopes to help rectify these difficulties by proposing four necessary characteristics that define the militia: first, the militia is a military force; second, the …
Doe V. Wilmington Housing Authority: The Common Area Caveat As A Paradigmatic Balance Between Tenant Safety And Second Amendment Rights, Iyen Acosta
Catholic University Law Review
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Article I Section 13 Of The Virginia Constitution: Of Militias And An Individual Right To Bear Arms, Hon. Stephen R. Mccullough
Article I Section 13 Of The Virginia Constitution: Of Militias And An Individual Right To Bear Arms, Hon. Stephen R. Mccullough
University of Richmond Law Review
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The Second Amendment And Gun Control, Erwin Chemerinsky
The Second Amendment And Gun Control, Erwin Chemerinsky
Touro Law Review
No abstract provided.
Parker V. District Of Columbia: Putting The "I'S" In Milita, Katharine E. Kohm
Parker V. District Of Columbia: Putting The "I'S" In Milita, Katharine E. Kohm
University of Richmond Law Review
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Taking Aim At An American Myth, Paul Finkelman
Taking Aim At An American Myth, Paul Finkelman
Michigan Law Review
Every American had a musket hanging over his fireplace at night, and by his side during the day. Like Cincinnatus, time and again Americans dropped their plows to shoulder their arms, to fight the Indians, the French, the Indians, the British, the Indians, the Mexicans, the Indians yet again, and then, from 1861 to 1865, each other. American men were comfortable with guns; they needed them and wanted them. They felt at home in woods, in search of food, or in defense of their homesteads. It is a story as old as our first pulp novels and earliest movies. It …
The Privilege To Keep And Bear Arms: The Second Amendment And Its Interpretation, William A. Walker
The Privilege To Keep And Bear Arms: The Second Amendment And Its Interpretation, William A. Walker
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Privilege to Keep and Bear Arms: The Second Amendment and Its Interpretation by Warren Freedman
The Right To Bear Arms, A Study In Judicial Misinterpretation, Stuart R. Hays
The Right To Bear Arms, A Study In Judicial Misinterpretation, Stuart R. Hays
William & Mary Law Review
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