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Full-Text Articles in State and Local Government Law
There Is No Bruen Step Zero: The Law-Abiding Citizen And The Second Amendment, Jeff Campbell
There Is No Bruen Step Zero: The Law-Abiding Citizen And The Second Amendment, Jeff Campbell
University of the District of Columbia Law Review
In District of Columbia v. Heller, 1 the Supreme Court transformed Second Amendment law by adopting an originalist approach in gun-rights cases. Breaking from its previous cases, the Court recognized an individual right to bear arms, at least within the home.2 The Court’s method, while not fully specified, focused on history to determine the meaning of the Second Amendment. 3 But despite the abrupt change in the law, the anticipated revolution never really came. Lower courts turned away nearly every challenge to existing gun laws, sometimes by declining to extend Heller outside the home,4 sometimes by finding that the laws …
Statement Of The District Task Force On Jails & Justice Before The Committee On The Judiciary And Public Safety Of The Council Of The District Of Columbia Performance Oversight Hearing For The D.C. Department Of Corrections March 1, 2023, Katherine S. Broderick
D.C. Council Testimony
No abstract provided.
Statement Of The District Task Force On Jails & Justice Before The Committee On Facilities & Family Services Performance Oversight Hearing For The Department Of General Services February 28, 2023, Katherine S. Broderick
Statement Of The District Task Force On Jails & Justice Before The Committee On Facilities & Family Services Performance Oversight Hearing For The Department Of General Services February 28, 2023, Katherine S. Broderick
D.C. Council Testimony
No abstract provided.
Statement Of The District Task Force On Jails And Justice Before The Committee On The Judiciary And Public Safety Of The Council Of The District Of Columbia. Performance Oversight Hearing For The Deputy Mayor For Public Safety & Justice, Katherine S. Broderick
D.C. Council Testimony
No abstract provided.
Through A Lens Of Genocide: A Different Approach For Hate Crimes Legislation, Bruce Ching
Through A Lens Of Genocide: A Different Approach For Hate Crimes Legislation, Bruce Ching
Journal Articles
Hate crimes perpetrators select their victims based on the victims’ identity groups. Policies underlying legislation against hate crimes recognize that such crimes inflict greater harm on society than do the same actions committed for non-biased motives. Genocide may be conceptualized as hate crimes writ large; conversely, a new model of hate crimes legislation might be patterned on legal concepts of genocide scaled down to state or local levels. This new recognition could successfully address criticisms from both liberal and conservative factions along the political spectrum, offering a model that state and local governments could invoke for dealing with bias-motivated incidents …