Constitutional Law

Thought for the day

In Heller, the dissent took the view that the Second Amendment was adopted in order to ensure that Americans could participate in State-mustered forces that could resist the Federal government with armed force.

Combined with McDonald.... the "liberal" wing embraces Jefferson Davis, the "conservative" wing embraces John Bingham.

Perhaps we could suggest that in the future, the dissenters refer to 1861-65 as The War of Northern Aggression and the majority refer to it as The War of the Rebellion.

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on July 08, 2010 (boomark / email).