Assistant Professor of Law at Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University. See profile: https://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/fulltime/leider_robert
After last week’s riot at the Capitol, the acting House Sergeant-at-Arms implemented a new policy requiring House members to be screened for weapons before entering the House chamber. On Tuesday, June 12, the U.S. Capitol Police declined to admit Rep. Lauren Boebert (R.-Colo.) to the floor of the House of Representatives after she refused to […]
In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court recognized an individual right to keep and bear arms for self-defense. Although the decision settled whether persons have a right to keep arms when they are not enrolled in an organized militia, the decision raised many follow-up questions. Is the Second Amendment limited to keeping arms […]