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Handgun Ban Plaintiff Urges Gun Rights in Crime-Ridden Neighborhoods

Interview by Maureen Martin

The Heartland Institute / November 09, 2009

Otis McDonald, lead plaintiff in the case challenging the constitutionality of the City of Chicago’s handgun ban, has taken on challenges his entire ... (read more)

Real Equal Protection

Ralph Conner

Chicago Sun-times / October 07, 2009

The Sun-Times' coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear a challenge to Chicago's handgun ban obscures several issues as it restates the standard ... (read more)

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, 530 U.S. 640 (2000)

Syllabus / Supreme Court of New Jersey / June 28, 2000

Petitioners are the Boy Scouts of America and its Monmouth Council (collectively, Boy Scouts). The Boy Scouts is a private, not-for-profit organization ... (read more)

Supreme Court to Decide Chicago Gun Case

Maureen Martin

The Heartland Institute / September 30, 2009

The U.S. Supreme Court today (9-30) agreed to hear an important Second Amendment case challenging the constitutionality of Chicago's gun ban ordinance.Last ... (read more)

Is the Bailout Constitutional?

Robert A. Levy

The Cato Institute / October 20, 2008

In the current crisis, bank runs and other forms of financial panic could lead to the collapse of the country's or even the world's economic edifice. Extraordinary ... (read more)

Experts Applaud Supreme Court’s Decision in New Haven Discrimination Suit

Maureen Martin

News Release / The Heartland Institute / June 30, 2009

The United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision issued on Monday, June 29, 2009, ruled the City of New Haven, Connecticut violated Title VII of the federal ... (read more)

Obama Administration: Fourth Amendment Does Not Protect Cell Tower Records

Aricka Flowers

InfoTech & Telecom News / The Heartland Institute / July 01, 2009

Law enforcement and other government officials should be able to look at cell phone records without first getting a warrant, according to a position the ... (read more)

Chicago, Oak Park Handgun Bans Called Unconstitutional

Maureen Martin and David Kopel

News Release / The Heartland Institute / February 06, 2009

The Heartland Institute and Independence Institute have urged the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, in a brief filed Thursday, to hold that handgun ... (read more)

Cafeteria Constitutionalism

Maureen Martin

Wall Street Journal / Wall Street Journal / February 24, 2007

GREEN LAKE, Wis.--For the past few years, some judges in Wisconsin have been rewriting state law from the bench. Now it's possible that they soon may go ... (read more)

Carey v. Musladin

Justice Clarence Thomas

United States Supreme Court / December 11, 2006

At respondent Musladin’s murder trial, members of the victim’s family sat in the front row of the spectators’ gallery wearing buttons displaying the victim’s ... (read more)