The court and guns ; Supreme Court has chance to clarify 2nd Amendment...

Rocky Mountain News (2007-Current);  November 13, 2007 ;     542 words ......guarantees an individual right to own firearms...we hope the court will hear...recognize even an individual right of self- defense...the high court has routinely...protects an individual right to keep and bear arms." The court noted that...

The court and guns Supreme Court has chance to clarify 2nd Amendment...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  November 13, 2007 ;     540 words ......guarantees an individual right to own firearms...we hope the court will hear...recognize even an individual right of self-defense...the high court has routinely...protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. The court noted that...

Justices Lean Toward Individual Right to Bear Arms; Supreme Court hears...

U.S. News & World Report;  March 18, 2008 ;     646 words ......laws, the Supreme Court certainly seemed...in favor of an individual right, they diverged...in favor of an individual right, he urged the justices...reject the lower court's standard and...Constitution upheld an individual right, D.C.'s handgun...guns, then the ...

High court to rule on gun ban; D.C. case will examine individual vs....

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ......federal district court rejected Heller...bestow a broad individual right to bear arms unrelated...militia. The U.S. Court of Appeals, however...reversed the lower court and struck down...Amendment contains an individual right intended for the...before the high court, ...

D.C.'s Gun Ban Gets Day in Court; Justices' Decision May Set Precedent In...

The Washington Post;  March 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ......not provide an individual right and that, even...test of the court headed by Chief...The Supreme Court's endorsement of an individual right would be a monumental...provides an individual right but that the appeals court erred in decidi

Will D.C. gun ban be perforated by Supreme Court ruling? ; What once was a...

Portland Press Herald (Maine);  March 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ......phrasing protects an individual right "to keep and bear...historical Supreme Court precedents for...holding that no individual right existed, actually...protecting an individual right, were cited by the D.C. Court of Appeals when...Although some ...

High court to review gun rights

The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  November 21, 2007 ;     666 words ......another way, the court will be deciding...firearms is an "individual" right or one that...militia. If the court decides that it's an individual right, it will be...1939 Supreme Court case, rejected...upholds an individual right to bear firearms...

The District's Gun Ban Goes to Court

The Washington Post;  March 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear oral...Amendment allows an individual right to bear arms or...Columbia As the court of appeals correctly...Amendment protects an individual right to possess firearms...should affirm the court of appeals' threshold...Amendment protects an ...

ATTORNEY GENERAL MCDONNELL ISSUES STATEMENT ON DECISION OF SUPREME COURT...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 26, 2008 ;     425 words ......morning, the Supreme Court of the United...Amendment "protects an individual right to possess a firearm...decision. The Court has recognized...clearly protects the individual right to keep and bear...Amendment. The court found that the...bear arms is an individual ...

Gun Law Prevents Harm, D.C. Argues; Strict Controls Are Warranted to Quell...

The Washington Post;  January 5, 2008 ;     650 words ......told the Supreme Court yesterday that...Amendment affords an individual right to possess firearms...panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for...it provides an individual right, and became the...states. Even if the court decides the amendment does protect an individual ...

COURT RULINGS BENEFIT OBAMA, EMBARRASSES MCCAIN.(Focus)(Column)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  June 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of Thursday's Supreme Court rulings - both decided...bear arms guarantee an individual right? Or does the amendment...meant to its authors, the court affirmed the individual right. Scalia cited the ancient...arms is the right of each individual to protect his ...

Court decisions complicate McCain's work

Columbia Daily Tribune;  July 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ......Two June 26 Supreme Court rulings - both decided...bear arms" guarantee an individual right? Or does the amendment...meant to its authors, the court affirmed the individual right. Scalia cited the ancient...arms is the right of each individual to protect his rights...prudently ...

Court helps Obama, embarrasses McCain

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  June 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of Thursday's Supreme Court rulings -- both decided...bear arms" guarantee an individual right? Or does the amendment...meant to its authors, the court affirmed the individual right. Scalia cited the ancient...arms is the right of each individual to protect his ...

Supreme Court helps Obama.(Local)

The Virginian Pilot;  June 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......OF Thursday's Supreme Court rulings -- both decided...bear arms guarantee an individual right? Or does the amendment...meant to its authors, the court affirmed the individual right. Scalia cited the ancient...arms is the right of each individual to protect his ...

2 key Supreme Court decisions

Daily Breeze;  June 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ......of Thursday's Supreme Court rulings - both decided...bear arms" guarantee an individual right? Or does the amendment...meant to its authors, the court affirmed the individual right. Scalia cited the ancient...arms is the right of each individual to protect his ...