The Supreme Court handed down the long-awaited McDonald v. City of Chicago case. In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that the Second Amendment is incorporated against the states. It has reversed the decision of the 7th Circuit and ordered it to re-hear the case with both McDonald and Heller in mind. Given that the Chicago handgun ban is substantially similar to D.C.'s ban that was struck down by Heller, Chicago's ban is effectively dead in the water. Read more »

In what will likely be the seminal case of 2nd Amendment incorporation, McDonald v. City of Chicago was argued yesterday in the Supreme Court. This pitted every pro-gun organization in the country against every anti-gun government and organization at the highest levels of government.

Why is this case important? Didn't we settle things with Heller already?

Actually, no. Bear with me, there's a bit of history and Constitutional law that needs to be explained. Read more »

As part of the weekend round-up, I'll be briefly going over a few stories that caught my attention as the week was winding down:

Black, said the pot to the kettle. In this case, It's Microsoft accusing Google of anti-trust violations. This is rich, coming from a convicted monopolist. Read more »

It seems that U.S. v. Skoien is being heard en banc.

U.S. v. Skoien [PDF] is a case heard in the 7th Circuit last November, where a panel of judges struck down a section of federal law barring firearms from those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence charges. Read more »