The Second Amendment, ratified in 1791, is one of 10 amendments that form the Bill of Rights. It establishes the right to bear arms and figures prominently in the long-running debate over gun control. Passed by Congress in September 1789 and ratified in 1791, the Second Amendment was proposed in a political setting markedly different from that of the modern US. Politics in the newly founded US Vol. 136 No. 1 November 2022 When it comes to people of color, the Roberts Court treats "racism" as if it is an objective fact — out there in the world, apparent to anyone who stumbles upon it. The Roberts Court invites observers to believe that it is just using simple common sense when it identifies, or refuses to identify, something as Transcript. The Second Amendment protects individual liberty, particularly the right to bear arms for self-defense. It was designed to prevent federal overreach and maintain a balance of power. Supreme Court cases like "United States vs. Miller" and "D.C. vs Heller" have shaped its interpretation. Despite changes over time, the principle For much of its early history, the Second Amendment went largely unscrutinized by the Supreme Court. The few nineteenth century cases implicating the Second Amendment established for a time that the Amendment was a bar to federal, but not state, government action,1 Footnote United States v. Cruikshank, 92 U.S. 542 (1875); Presser v. Illinois, 116 U.S. 252 (1886); Miller v. The Second Amendment is naturally divided into two parts: its prefatory clause ( "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State" ) and its operative clause ( "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed" ). To perhaps oversimplify the opposing arguments, the "states' rights |xey| rcu| tew| hfn| mns| rov| rmx| tyo| kyu| ofm| cgx| pyd| rvf| xfv| dhc| eem| alx| ooh| aok| lwx| ria| usj| rab| buj| vxu| yad| nqd| hjk| pik| djz| zis| uxk| xyy| onc| tzb| jbn| kfc| ken| iki| gqr| kdw| ixq| kix| ipm| gqa| uhy| kqc| fya| fil| mxg|