In a November 4 column on post-election gun control, Newsweek explained that if Hillary Clinton wins, she can use the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to bypass Congress for new restrictions on guns.
During an October 30 campaign speech in Greeley, Colorado, Donald Trump reiterated his pledge to “save” the Second Amendment and “protect the right to keep and bear arms.” Donald Trump said: Hillary wants to effectively abolish the Second Amendment… I
In a column that ran Sunday, Chicago Tribune reporter and editorial board member Steve Chapman made clear that the Constitution, particularly the First and Second Amendments, ought not be entrusted to Hillary Clinton.
An October 26 The Oklahoman editorial warns readers that Hillary Clinton has the Second Amendment in her “cross hairs,” and she is going after it if elected to the White House.
Hillary Clinton’s pro-gun control rhetoric–combined with her unabashed opposition to the District of Columbia v Heller (2008) decision–come together to convince many gun owners and “gun rights advocates” that she supports opening the door to city-by-city handgun bans again.
A report by the Washington Times confirms Hillary Clinton would ban “some of the most popular” firearms in America if elected to the White House.
In a fact-check on the gun claims Hillary Clinton made during the last presidential debate, the Wall Street Journal reports that she “misleadingly suggested” the District of Columbia v Heller (2008) decision endangers toddlers.
During the Oct. 19 presidential debate Hillary Clinton said she was upset by the Supreme Court decision in District of Columbia v Heller because it endangers toddlers.
In leaked audio from a campaign event in New York, Hillary Clinton says the Supreme Court of the United States got it wrong on the Second Amendment and pledges to “make the case” against the SCOTUS ruling every chance she
Monday the Supreme Court began its 2016 October Term, which will involve up to 80 cases and continue through next June. While there are already some important cases scheduled for argument, one case not yet on the calendar—a Second Amendment case—highlights more than any other the decades-long impact that November’s election will have on the Constitution and the nation.
The younger Trump says, “The Second Amendment is not just a hobby that I do every weekend, it’s a lifestyle.”
On March 04, 2010, the Chicago Tribune reported that the hallmark of municipal gun bans was a sharp increase in death rates, and it suggested the reason for the rise in fatalities was because bans affect law-abiding citizens rather than criminals.
On August 23 author and Conservative Leaders for Education chairman William Bennett warned that the Second Amendment will be a “primary target” of the Supreme Court if Hillary Clinton is elected to the presidency.
Hillary Clinton has two standards–one for herself, that includes armed protection at every turn and corner, and one for average Americans, that includes reversing the Heller decision and refusing to admit any constitutional right to keep and bear arms.
Just hours after Donald Trump renewed his claim that Hillary Clinton wants to “abolish” the Second Amendment, PolitiFact tried to counter by suggesting that Clinton “misspoke” or misunderstand the Australian gun ban when she voiced support for it in October 2015.
During the second day of the Republican National Convention, the NRA-ILA’s Chris Cox explained that this election is about securing the Second Amendment by keeping Hillary Clinton away from the Supreme Court. In no uncertain terms, he made clear that her machinations include reversing District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) and gutting the Second Amendment, yet he assured the audience that there is a sure preventative to such travesty–and that preventative is Donald Trump.
A three-member panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has placed a hold on U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s May 17 pro-gun ruling.
Government has a right to regulate the Second Amendment, Hillary Clinton said in an interview on the June 5 airing of This Week With George Stephanopoulos,
On Friday, a federal appeals court ruled that Washington, D.C., may continue requiring concealed carry applicants to show “good reason,” even though U.S. District Judge Richard Leon recently ruled the requirement is likely “unconstitutional.”
During his May 20 speech to the NRA Leadership Forum in Louisville, Kentucky, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump continued to contrast his positions on guns with Hillary Clinton’s positions. In so doing, he stressed his pro-gun agenda while continuing to outline aspects of Clinton’s plan to “abolish the Second Amendment.”
While speaking at the May 20 NRA Leadership Forum in Louisville, Kentucky, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called on Hillary Clinton to release a list of justices she would consider naming to replace Second Amendment stalwart Antonin Scalia.
In a May 17 ruling against Washington, D.C.’s “good reason” requirement for concealed carry applicants, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon ruled that the “right to bear arms” includes the right to carry them outside the home for self-defense.
On May 10, a spokesman for Hillary Clinton tried to reassure voters that there is a limit to what the Democratic frontrunner would do to cripple gun rights, saying, “Of course Hillary Clinton does not want to repeal the Second Amendment.”
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Governor John Kasich’s hopes that he had overcome the anti-gun reputation he had earned for supporting the Clinton Gun Ban in 1993 may now be dashed, after he told two separate Sunday talk shows that he is considering nominating a Supreme Court justice who might abolish the Second Amendment.
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) announced on Monday that a lower court’s decision to uphold Massachusetts’ ban on stun guns must be revisited.
The Senate should “bury” President Obama’s judicial nomination and declare it “Dead on Arrival,” Gun Owners of America (GOA) urged the Senate.
On March 13 CBS News contended that the meaning of the Second Amendment is still unclear and suggested it will be up to Antonin Scalia’s Supreme Court replacement to help decide whether it refers to individual rights or collective rights for persons in the “militia.”
Following the March 3 GOP debate The Hill suggested that GOP contenders exceed Antonin Scalia in defending gun rights because Scalia left the door open for some limit on the Second Amendment, but Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, and Marco Rubio are pushing for none.
Rafael Cruz tells Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon the Supreme Court is one of the most important issues in this election.
On February 18, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said President Obama will nominate a replacement for Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court in “a little over three weeks.”
Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) are refusing — at this point — to say whether they would support an Obama nominee to the United States Supreme Court to
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) refused last year to intercede and reverse a Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruling that upheld the “assault weapons” ban in Chicago’s Highland Park. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas dissented–Antonin Scalia joining him–suggesting that wordsmiths were finding categories of guns to ban by listing types of firearms outside those explicitly in focus in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008).
Slate magazine claimed Feb. 16 that the death of Antonin Scalia makes the seminal gun rights case District of Columbia v Heller into the new Roe v Wade.
During the February 14 airing of This Week with George Stephanopoulos, Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz stressed that the Senate cannot allow Democrats to use Antonin Scalia’s death to erase the Second Amendment by writing it out of the constitution.
The Feb. 13 death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia gives progressives on the Supreme Court an opportunity to gut the Second Amendment by reinterpreting it as a limited, collective right rather than individual right.
The late Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was a bulwark for the individual right to keep and bear arms. He voted with the majority in the seminal case of District of Columbia v Heller (2008), a decision that defended the
During his January 5 speech expanding background checks to cover more private sellers, President Obama made a startling admission: he believes the Second Amendment does indeed guarantee a right for individuals to keep and bear arms.
On December 10, New Republic issued a call to ban the ownership of any gun—be it a single-action revolver, a muzzle loader, or an AR-15—and they suggested this ban should include police officers as well.
Independence Institute’s Dave Kopel explained that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit defied the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in handing down a verdict upholding “assault weapons” bans in New York and Connecticut.
On October 17 the Associated Press claimed that the right to use a gun to defend one’s home was created via decisions from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) that were handed down in 2008 and 2010.
