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Time To Heed Justice Stevens’ Criticism Of Gun Decision

In a tribute to Justice John Paul Stevens, who died July 16 at 99 years old, Time To Heed Justice Stevens’ Criticism Of Gun Decision (Law360 July 19, 2019), Robert Ludwig notes perhaps none “would have gratified him more than for the … Continue reading

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A Right To Carry Everywhere, On A Road To Nowhere

Right now, the gun epidemic debate targets its symptoms, whether mass shootings or domestic violence, not its disease: the gun proliferation enabled by a 2008 Supreme Court decision that reinterpreted the 2nd Amendment. The path to ending the epidemic begins … Continue reading

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The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: ‘Bedlam’ Redux

In a new article, The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: ‘Bedlam’ Redux (Law360 Sept. 22, 2017), Robert Ludwig addresses a legal riddle that has long confounded courts, commentators, and the international law bar, and how the firm solved it. From “Confusion” … Continue reading

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Heller Sequels and 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 3

In Parts 1 and 2 of his recently-published article, “Heller Sequels and 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 1 (Law 360 Jul. 20, 2017) and “Heller Sequels and 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 2 (Law 360 Aug. 3, 2017), Mr. Ludwig … Continue reading

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Heller Sequels and 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 2

In the second segment of his article, “Heller Sequels and 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 2” (Law 360 Aug. 3, 2017), Robert Ludwig explores the roots of the Second Amendment, and in doing so shows how the Heller majority, relying … Continue reading

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Heller Sequels and 2nd Amendment, Still Undecided: Part 1

Almost a decade has passed since a bare (5-4) conservative majority of the Supreme Court struck down D.C.’s handgun ban and two centuries of law and legislative practice in District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), implying in … Continue reading

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Behind Raging Battles over Guns and a Court Nominee: Constitutional Illiteracy

Robert Ludwig offers more legal and historical insights in response to the latest threatened shutdown, this time of the Supreme Court by Judiciary Committee Republicans who vowed not to hold hearings this year on any nominee to succeed Justice Antonin … Continue reading

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The Second Amendment Still Undecided, Hiding in Plain View

Robert Ludwig offers new legal and historical insights in response to “The Gun Epidemic,” the first New York Times front-page editorial in a century, urging: “It is past time to stop talking” and start reducing or “eliminating some large categories … Continue reading

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