District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) by Ashley Kirven https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u en-us 2020-11-19 15:28:50 UTC 2024-10-10 09:44:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Chief Justice: Justice Antonin Scalia akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/942187853 Associate Justices: 
John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito]]> 2020-11-19 16:39:07 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/942187853 Background Information akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/942197304 Richard Heller, a security guard who lived in D.C. and carried a gun for work, was not allowed to have a gun at home, due to the city's laws.The Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment guaranteed an individual's right to possess a firearm at home for self-defense.]]> 2020-11-19 16:40:51 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/942197304 Lower Court akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/942257515 United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Ruling: Heller]]> 2020-11-19 16:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/942257515 akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/942271859 2020-11-19 16:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/942271859 Petitioner's reason for bringing case to Supreme Court: akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/943721358 Referring to the 2nd Amendment, the right to bear arms is considered to be militia-related.

Respondent's counter argument:
"If it is limited to State militias, why would they say "the right of the people"?" ]]> 2020-11-19 22:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/943721358 Question from Supreme Court akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/943732104 Do the provisions of the District of Columbia Code that restrict the licensing of handguns and require licensed firearms kept in the home to be kept nonfunctional violate the Second Amendment?

Answer:
 The Court held that the first clause of the Second Amendment that references a “militia” is a prefatory clause that does not limit the operative clause of the Amendment.]]> 2020-11-19 22:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/943732104 akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/943737595 2020-11-19 22:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/943737595 Opinion of the Court akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/943738203 Heller:
the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess firearms independent of service in a state militia and to use firearms for traditionally lawful purposes, including self-defense within the home.]]> 2020-11-19 22:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/943738203 Dissenting Opinion (Breyer) akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945811463 "The majority, relying upon its view that the Second Amendment seeks to protect a right of personal self-defense, holds that this law violates that Amendment. In my view, it does not."]]> 2020-11-20 15:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945811463 Dissenting Opinion (Stevens) akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945817552 "Surely it protects a right that can be enforced by individuals. But a conclusion that the Second Amendment protects an individual right does not tell us anything about the scope of that right."]]> 2020-11-20 16:01:05 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945817552 Significance of Supreme Court Case akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945832936 This was the first time the Supreme Court interpreted the Second Amendment in terms of what it meant for an individual's right to possess weapons for private uses such as self-defense. The District of Columbia had one of the strictest gun laws in the country. It included a ban on virtually all handguns.]]> 2020-11-20 16:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945832936 akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945849304 2020-11-20 16:07:39 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945849304 Judicial Activism or Restraint? akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945849565 In my opinion, this is an example of Restraint because the court ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to possess firearms independent of service in a state militia and to use firearms for traditionally lawful purposes, including self-defense within the home, therefore, not overturning a previous ruling.]]> 2020-11-20 16:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945849565 akirve6434 https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945944993 2020-11-20 16:26:38 UTC https://padlet.com/akirve6434/xdzllawcpwnqgo9u/wish/945944993