Clinton staff: “We are taking the law and bending it as far as we can to...
(David Kopel) The Chicago Tribune’s James Oliphant reports: “According to records at the William J. Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, Ark., she also drafted an executive order restricting...
View ArticleKagan’s record on guns
(David Kopel) Discussed by Brian Darling, of the Heritage Foundation, in an article this morning for Human Events. Hopefully the confirmation hearings will provide an opportunity for Kagan to explain...
View ArticleFirst Heller, now McDonald!
Congratulations to our Second Amendment zen master Dave Kopel! The McDonald v. Chicago Supreme Court decision came down this morning, 5-4 on the side of American citizens right to bear arms. We’ve...
View ArticleThe Sotomayor switcheroo, and the Kagan nomination
(David Kopel) Justice Sonia Sotomayor, by joining the Breyer dissent in McDonald which called for Heller to be over-ruled, contradicted what she had told the Senate last summer. I supply the details in...
View ArticleMy oral testimony on the Kagan nomination
(David Kopel) Here, starting at 41:09. The next witnesses, William Olson, also testified on Second Amendment issues. After that, the three Senators at the hearing (Schumer, Sessions, and Hatch) asked...
View ArticleWatch Dave Kopel Testimony at Kagan Hearing
Check out Independence Institute Research Director Dave Kopel’s testimony at last week’s Elena Kagan Supreme Court nominee hearings.
View ArticleCatching Up with Dave Kopel
If you’re a big Dave Kopel fan like myself, you probably find it difficult following everything the guy is doing. The man is prolific. Between writing a multitude of articles for a variety of different...
View ArticleMy Senate briefing on Kagan and the McDonald Case
(David Kopel) It was delivered in late June to the Second Amendment Task Force, a group of Republican Senate aides. (Unfortunately, the Senate’s protocals of partisanship prevent organizations like...
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