TAILIEUCHUNG - Gale Encyclopedia Of American Law 3Rd Edition Volume 11 P19

Gale Encyclopedia of American Law Volume 11 P19 fully illuminates today's leading cases, major statutes, legal terms and concepts, notable persons involved with the law, important documents and more. Legal issues are fully discussed in easy-to-understand language, including such high-profile topics as the Americans with Disabilities Act, capital punishment, domestic violence, gay and lesbian rights, physician-assisted suicide and thousands more. | Opinion of the . Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia March 9 2007. 169 Briefs to the Supreme Court Brief for Petitioners. 197 Respondent s Opinion of the . Supreme Court June 26 2008 . 240 167 MILESTONES IN THE LAW District of Columbia v. Heller ISSUE Gun Control MATERIALS This section includes the text of opinions from the . Court of Appeals for the . Circuit and the . Supreme Court. The section also includes briefs filed with the . Supreme Court. HOW TO USE MILESTONES IN THE LAW This section allows readers to consider historical arguments made by judges and advocates in this landmark decision related to the Second Amendment. As you read this section you might consider the following questions What was the original intent behind the language in the Second Amendment Should the courts place so much weight on the original intent behind the language of the Second Amendment How did the majority decisions in both cases differ from the dissenting opinions THIS CASE IN HISTORY The Second Amendment to the . Constitution provides A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed. The language has for many years sparked debate with some arguing the amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms and others arguing that the amendment only guarantees that a state may form a militia. Until 2008 the Supreme Court had rarely addressed the Second Amendment. The few cases at the lower appellate level generally held that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. In 2007 the . Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reviewed a handgun law enacted in 1976 by the District of Columbia. The court struck down the law holding that the . ordinance infringed on citizens rights to bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment. The case was widely debated and became rather infamous for the majority opinion s citation to

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