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Rescuing The Fourteenth Amendment Privileges Or Immunities Clause: How "Attrition Or Parliamentary Processes" Begat Accidental Ambiguity; How Ambiguity Begat Slaughter-House, Michael Anthony Lawrence Dec 2009

Rescuing The Fourteenth Amendment Privileges Or Immunities Clause: How "Attrition Or Parliamentary Processes" Begat Accidental Ambiguity; How Ambiguity Begat Slaughter-House, Michael Anthony Lawrence

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


Why Protect Private Arms Possession? Nine Theories Of The Second Amendment, Michael S. Green Jan 2008

Why Protect Private Arms Possession? Nine Theories Of The Second Amendment, Michael S. Green

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


An International Human Right To Keep And Bear Arms, Christopher J. Schmidt Feb 2007

An International Human Right To Keep And Bear Arms, Christopher J. Schmidt

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.


St. George Tucker And The Second Amendment: Original Understandings And Modern Misunderstandings, Saul Cornell Feb 2006

St. George Tucker And The Second Amendment: Original Understandings And Modern Misunderstandings, Saul Cornell

William & Mary Law Review

No abstract provided.


Treating The Pen And The Sword As Constitutional Equals: How And Why The Supreme Court Should Apply Its First Amendment Expertise To The Great Second Amendment Debate, David G. Browne Apr 2003

Treating The Pen And The Sword As Constitutional Equals: How And Why The Supreme Court Should Apply Its First Amendment Expertise To The Great Second Amendment Debate, David G. Browne

William & Mary Law Review

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Tench Coxe And The Right To Keep And Bear Arms, 1787-1823, Stephen P. Halbrook, David B. Kopel Feb 1999

Tench Coxe And The Right To Keep And Bear Arms, 1787-1823, Stephen P. Halbrook, David B. Kopel

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

Tench Coxe, a member of the second rank of this nation's Founders and a leading proponent of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, wrote prolifically about the right to keep and bear arms. In this Article, the authors trace Coxe 's story, from his early writings in support of the Constitution, through his years of public service, to his political writings in opposition to the presidential campaigns of John Adams and John Quincy Adams. The authors note that Coxe described the Second Amendment as guaranteeing an individual right, and believed that an individual right to bear arms was necessary …


Guns, Words, And Constitutional Interpretation, L. A. Powe Jr. May 1997

Guns, Words, And Constitutional Interpretation, L. A. Powe Jr.

William & Mary Law Review

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The Second Amendment And The Personal Right To Arms, William W. Van Alstyne Jan 1994

The Second Amendment And The Personal Right To Arms, William W. Van Alstyne

Faculty Publications

For many years, the Second Amendment was politely ignored, or summarily dismissed, by America's legal academy. In recent years, however, more and more law professors have begun taking the Second Amendment seriously. Professor William Van Alstyne, one of the nation's most respected Constitutional law professors, and the author of a leading Constitutional law casebook; offers his contribution in this essay. Van Alstyne suggests that the Second Amendment means exactly what it says: that individual citizens have a right, not merely a privilege, to own and carry firearms. He also commends the National Rifle Association for its constructive role as a …


The Right To Bear Arms, A Study In Judicial Misinterpretation, Stuart R. Hays Mar 1960

The Right To Bear Arms, A Study In Judicial Misinterpretation, Stuart R. Hays

William & Mary Law Review

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