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Supreme Court Strikes Down DC Gun Ban In Historic Decision

Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Stuart O'Neill

Today the US Supreme Court struck down the Washington DC ban on handguns. While not necessarily impacting any other law or regulation, it was the first time in the history of the United States that the Court had handed down an opinion directly on the 2nd Amendment.
The decision was 5-4 with Justice John Paul Stevens [...]

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Kennedy: No on Roberts

Posted on September 21st, 2005 by Crystal Patterson

Senator Kennedy went to the Senate floor today to discuss the nomination of John Roberts and why he intends to vote no. I’ve included some excerpts of his remarks below, you can read it in its entirety here .
“Supporting or opposing nominees to the Supreme Court should not be a partisan question. In my [...]

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