This past week was a whirlwind for the Center. Center leadership talked with more than a dozen media outlets about the Supreme Court’s first substantive return to the Second Amendment in nearly a decade. Here’s a roundup of the Center’s commentary this past week on NYSRPA:
Miller discusses gun case before the Supreme Court and the constitutional right to transport a gun | National Constitution Center – December 5, 2019
Blocher appears as full-hour guest discussing yesterday’s oral arguments in gun law case before the Supreme Court | WBUR’s On Point – December 3, 2019
Blocher says Supreme Court’s decision in “outlier” case could constrict the freedom of localities to craft their own gun regulations | Route Fifty – December 2, 2019
Blocher: A new test for evaluating the constitutionality of gun laws could have far-reaching implications | NPR’s Weekend All Things Considered – December 2, 2019
Fate of two-step constitutionality test for gun regulations is in the hands of the Supreme Court, Blocher says | The Hill – December 2, 2019
Blocher: Second Amendment law would be transformed by a shift to evaluating the constitutionality of gun laws based on text, history, and tradition | MSNBC with Ali Velshi – December 2, 2019
Blocher scholarship: Challenges to gun restrictions post-Heller have largely failed due to weak claims, not judicial resistance | The New York Times – December 2, 2019
Study co-authored by Blocher is cited: Lower courts have rejected challenges to gun restrictions in more than 90% of post-Heller rulings | The Wall Street Journal – December 2, 2019
SCOTUS may use today’s Second Amendment case to clarify how courts should evaluate the constitutionality of gun laws, Blocher says | Agence France Presse – December 2, 2019
Blocher says the stakes are “potentially huge” as Supreme Court hears challenge to NY gun restriction | USA Today – December 1, 2019
Blocher: SCOTUS should dismiss as moot the legal challenge to a New York gun ban; Court will hear case Monday | The Crime Report – November 29, 2019
