Articles, notes, and symposia pieces published in CLR’s print volumes.
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An Unstable Core: Self-Defense and the Second Amendment
In District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court announced for the first time that self-defense, not militia service, is the “core” of the right to keep and bear arms. However, the Court failed to articulate what that means for the right’s implementation. After Heller, most courts deciding Second Amendment questions have mentioned self-defense only superficially…