Constitutional Law
Jun. 16, 2021
Extreme gun rights
The decision of a federal court in San Diego to strike down the California ban on assault weapons is one of the most extreme gun rights decisions in American history. It goes far beyond anything the U.S. Supreme Court, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, or any other federal court has done in extending 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 decision of a federal court in San Diego to strike down the California ban on assault weapons is one of the most extreme gun rights decisions in American history. It goes far beyond anything the U.S. Supreme Court, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, or any other federal court has done in extending the Second Amendment.
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