In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment’s constitutional prohibition on the government’s authority to infringe on the right to keep and bear arms applies to individuals and is not limited to those in a government operated militia. Then why is the militia mentioned? We discuss that and more in this episode of The Law.
The case itself:
Lysander Spooner’s work quoted by Scalia:
The Unconstitutionality of Slavery
Professor Stephen Carter’s article
Every law is enforceable by death
