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Following is the case brief for United States v. Miller, 307 U.S. 174 (1939) Case Summary of United States v. Miller: Respondent Miller was charged criminally for transporting a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun in interstate commerce. The district court dismissed the charges as in violation of the Second Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed. It held that the Second Amendment does […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U.S. 742 (2010) Case Summary of McDonald v. Chicago: Chicago residents, concerned about their own safety, challenged the City of Chicago’s handgun ban. Building on the Court’s recent decision in Heller, the petitioners sought to have the Second Amendment apply to the States, either under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or […]
Read moreFollowing is the case brief for District of Columbia v. Heller, United States Supreme Court,(2008) Case summary for District of Columbia v. Heller: Heller challenged a D.C. statute, which prohibited the possession of a handgun without a license and trigger lock, claiming it violated the Second Amendment. Any guns possessed in the home were to remain inoperable. The Supreme Court […]
Read moreThe Second Amendment to the United States Constitution recognizes the need for a “well regulated Militia” to secure a free nation, and the right of the people to “keep and bear arms” for that purpose. The Amendment, adopted on December 15, 1791, as party of the Bill of Rights, pertains to the rights of individuals under federal law, but is […]
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