Episode 33: The Gun Lobby's Courtship of the Supreme Court

Author: American Constitution Society
Published: Tue 18 Jan 2022
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Late last year, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case challenging a NY State firearm regulation under the Second Amendment—New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. This is the case that gun rights advocates have been waiting for and they are counting on the Supreme Court to deliver a blockbuster decision that radically expands the individual right to bear arms. Gun violence prevention advocates are bracing for the worst while hoping that the Court will be more circumspect in its decision. Christopher Wright Durocher speaks with Darrell Miller and Po Murray about how we got here and what the future may hold when the Supreme Court issues its decision later this year.

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Today's Host: Christopher Wright Durocher, ACS Senior Director for Policy and Program

Guest: Darrell Miller Melvin G. Shimm Professor of Law at Duke Law

Guest: Po Murray, Chairperson of the Newtown Action Alliance

Link: Supreme Court oral argument in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen

Link: "Conservatives sound like anti-racists — when the cause is gun rights" by Darrell Miller

Link: "Constitutional Conflict and Sensitive Places" by Darrell Miller

Link: Gun Violence Prevention Groups Statement on the Need to Expand and Rebalance the Supreme Court

Link: "Firearm Localism" by Joseph Blocher

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