Second Amendment fight moves beyond guns with Supreme Court poised for big ruling

Federal courts extended Second Amendment protections to switchblade knives and body armor, fueling optimism ahead of the ...
Reason

The ACLU, Long Leery of the Second Amendment, Joins the NRA in Urging SCOTUS To Uphold Pot Users' Gun Rights

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), despite its name, historically has not been keen on defending the constitutional right to keep and bear arms. After the Supreme Court affirmed that right in ...
independent.org

The Citizenship Clause Implicates the Second Amendment

Also published in Reason's The Volokh Conspiracy Sun. March 29, 2026. On April 1, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Trump v. Barbara, concerning the meaning of the Citizenship Clause in the ...
Yahoo

How the ACLU Started Defending the Second Amendment

After a counterprotester was killed at the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, many members of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) condemned its Virginia chapter for defending the ...
independent.org

Expert Historian Testimony Is Unnecessary in Second Amendment Litigation

Also published in Reason's The Volokh Conspiracy Mon. January 19, 2026. In Wolford v. Lopez, the Supreme Court has the opportunity to clarify for the lower courts the difference between legislative ...