Constitutional Law,
U.S. Supreme Court
Apr. 15, 2015
Bearing arms in the 9th Circuit
Through several recent and pending cases, the 9th Circuit has the chance to play a key leadership role in the development of the law of the Second Amendment.
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law
UC Berkeley School of Law
Erwin's most recent book is "Worse Than Nothing: The Dangerous Fallacy of Originalism." He is also the author of "Closing the Courthouse," (Yale University Press 2017).
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has the chance to play a key leadership role in the development of the law of the Second Amendment and to show how reasonable regulation of firearms is consistent with the U.S. Supreme Court's holding that there is a constitutional right of individuals to possess guns. Its recent decision in Fyock v. City of Sunnyvale, 779 F.3d 991 (9th Cir. March 4, 2015), upholding a ban on large capacity ammunition magazines, is an important step in this d...
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