Archive for September 30th, 2009

Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Important Second Amendment Case

0 Comments Published by September 30th, 2009 in Constitutional Law, Court Procedure, Supreme Court

The Supreme Court released its orders list from its long-conference yesterday and among the 12 cases granted is a potentially landmark ruling on the Second Amendment. The Court granted review in McDonald v. City of Chicago, a case decided by the Seventh Circuit in early-June. SCOTUSblog has a collection of cert. stage briefs that you [...]



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