Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the McDonald v. City of Chicago case. The transcript of that argument is available here.
Case Background
The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing a case that has the potential to re-write over 100 years of 14th Amendment jurisprudence. The case is McDonald v. City of Chicago, No. 08-1521 (cert granted Sept. 30, 2009).
The Fourteenth Amendment states:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Question Presented
The Question Presented is: Whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is incorporated as against the States by the Fourteenth Amendment's Privileges or Immunities or Due Process Clauses.
My resource page with briefs, opinions below and media is here.
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