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The best Rahm Emanuel autograph
Is one found at the bottom of a City of Chicago check to Second Amendment Foundation, for attorney's fees and costs, in the amount of $399,950. Looks like Alan Gottlieb holding it. OK, so it's probably an automatic signature, but the thought of how Rah... »
Practical effects of Heller and McDonald
Before both decisions, the advocates of handgun prohibition predicted blood in the streets if the laws were struck down, but John Lott points out that crime rates fell in DC and Chicago after the decisions. Not that that proves causation, of course, b... »
Win on attorneys’ fees in Chicago case
7th Circuit ruling here. After losing in the Supreme Court, and before the case came back down to the trial court so it could enter judgment, the defendant cities changed their handgun bans, and the trial court dismissed the case as moot. It then rule... »
Did we prevail?
The District Court didn’t think so, and rejected our request to be paid our attorney fees and expenses. On Valentine’s Day, we filed our opening brief on appeal. »
Atty fees denied in NRA v. Oak Park
The District Court has denied an award of attorney fees in NRA v. Oak Park & Chicago. Text is in extended remarks below. The grounds are that after the Supreme Court ruled in McDonald v. Chicago, Oak Park revoked its ban and Chicago replaced its with a... »
Article on McDonald amicus briefs
First time I've seen this done -- Ilya Shapiro has an article summarizing the amicus briefs in McDonald v. Chicago. It notes that McDonald's 50 amicus briefs are the fourth highest number for a Supreme Court case (and as I recall, Heller took second p... »
Excellent article
At Reason Online, an excellent article on Chicago and its aftermath, by Brian Doherty. »
Online discussion of 14th Amendment and Chicago
Online video here at 7 PM Pacific, 10 PM Eastern, tonight. Speaking will be Steve Halbrook (who was bringing out books on the 14th Amendment and the right to arms 20+ years before Chicago, and got I think six citations in that opinion) and Don Kilmer... »
Richmond Times-Dispatch covers the Thomas concurrence
It's not often one sees a newspaper article that reproduces large portions of a Supreme Court opinion. It's a far cut above the usual "the decision will have these policy effects," or "these people cheered it and those people don't like it." To actual... »
A commentary on McDonald v. Chicago
Right here. "I purchased a gun several years ago, when I became concerned for the safety of my young family after receiving a verbal racial assault in our 21st century Northern California neighborhood. Perhaps I am the only Stanford Law professor wh... »