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Justices consider expanding gun rights

by Lyle Denniston

For the first time since it gave broad new constitutional protection to individuals’ gun rights more than a decade ago, the…

Justices consider expanding gun rights
Judge extends 3-D gun blueprint ban until case is resolved

by NCC Staff

A federal judge in Seattle has issued a preliminary national injunction blocking a website from offering 3-D-printer gun…

Judge extends 3-D gun blueprint ban until case is resolved
Supreme Court bypasses new claim about gun rights

by Lyle Denniston

Continuing its pattern of refusing to clarify the gun rights that are protected by the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court has…

Supreme Court bypasses new claim about gun rights
Interactive Constitution: The Second Amendment’s meaning

by NCC Staff

In this essay from the National Constitution Center’s Interactive Constitution project, scholars Nelson Lund and Adam Winkler…

Interactive Constitution: The Second Amendment’s meaning
Supreme Court Justices allow ban on high-capacity guns

by Lyle Denniston

With the nation reaching record levels of mass shootings, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the state of Maryland to continue to…

Supreme Court Justices allow ban on high-capacity guns
10 big constitutional moments in 2016

by Maggie Baldridge and Chris Calabrese

It was a very interesting year.

State Judge: Congress trusts the public to handle assault rifles

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, Constitution Daily’s Supreme Court correspondent, examines a court decision in Connecticut related to the…

Constitution Check: Might the Supreme Court overrule its own gun rights ruling?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, Constitution Daily’s Supreme Court correspondent, examines the future of a 2008 Supreme Court decision…

Does conviction of a serious crime always mean the loss of gun rights?

by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s Supreme Court correspondent, looks at a potentially significant federal court…

California gun case could be headed to Supreme Court

by Lyle Denniston

Giving no explanation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit refused on Monday to assemble all 28 of its active judges…

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