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Anti-Evasion Doctrines And The Second Amendment, Brannon P. Denning
Anti-Evasion Doctrines And The Second Amendment, Brannon P. Denning
Brannon P. Denning
This article, written for a symposium on the Second Amendment, examines recent lower court decisions for evidence that courts are -- or are not -- creating and applying "anti-evasion doctrines" (AEDs) in Second Amendment cases. Such doctrines prevent form-over-substance evasion of constitutional principles on the part of government actors. Early evidence suggests that courts are willing to employ AEDs to frustrate legislative efforts to nullify the core of the right to keep and bear arms for self-defense in the home recognized in Heller and McDonald.
Mcdonald V. Chicago: Five Takes, Brannon P. Denning, Glenn H. Reynolds
Mcdonald V. Chicago: Five Takes, Brannon P. Denning, Glenn H. Reynolds
Brannon P. Denning
McDonald v. Chicago made clear that the Second Amendment’s right to arms recognized in the 2008 Heller decision extends to individuals regardless of whether the infringement takes place at the hands of federal, state, or local officials. This brings to an end the first era of Second Amendment scholarship, in which discussion on the part of scholars was largely untempered by actual judicial authority. Now, though scholars may (and no doubt will) charge the Supreme Court with error, they are no longer writing on a blank slate. Instead, as with other areas of constitutional law, the discussion will focus on …