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Eight basic facts about the Bill of Rights
Here are eight key facts about this enduring testament to liberty and freedom!
Justices consider expanding gun rights
For the first time since it gave broad new constitutional protection to individuals’ gun rights more than a decade ago, the…
Judge extends 3-D gun blueprint ban until case is resolved
A federal judge in Seattle has issued a preliminary national injunction blocking a website from offering 3-D-printer gun…
Supreme Court bypasses new claim about gun rights
Continuing its pattern of refusing to clarify the gun rights that are protected by the Second Amendment, the Supreme Court has…
Interactive Constitution: The Second Amendment’s meaning
In this essay from the National Constitution Center’s Interactive Constitution project, scholars Nelson Lund and Adam Winkler…
Supreme Court Justices allow ban on high-capacity guns
With the nation reaching record levels of mass shootings, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed the state of Maryland to continue to…
10 big constitutional moments in 2016
It was a very interesting year.
State Judge: Congress trusts the public to handle assault rifles
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?
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?
Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s Supreme Court correspondent, looks at a potentially significant federal court…
