Summary: The Supreme Court’s 8-1 ruling Friday in United States v. Rahimi upholds the constitutionality of a federal law banning the possession of a gun by a person who is subject to a restraining order for domestic violence. The following Duke University legal experts are available to comment.
Joseph Blocher
Joseph Blocher is a distinguished professor of law and faculty co-director of the Center for Firearms Law at Duke University School of Law. He specializes in federal and state constitutional law, with a focus on the First and Second Amendments. He is co-author, with Darrell Miller, of “The Positive Second Amendment: Rights, Regulation, and the Future of Heller.”
For comment, contact Joseph Blocher at:
blocher@law.duke.edu
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Darrell Miller
Darrell Miller is a distinguished professor of law and faculty co-director of the Center for Firearms Law at Duke University School of Law. He specializes in constitutional law, civil procedure, state and local government law, with a focus on the Second and 13th Amendments. He is co-author, with Joseph Blocher, of “The Positive Second Amendment: Rights, Regulation, and the Future of Heller.”
For comment, contact Darrell Miller at:
dmiller@law.duke.edu
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Andrew Willinger
Andrew Willinger is executive director of the Center for Firearms Law at Duke University School of Law. He writes and comments in the media frequently on Second Amendment decisions and issues related to firearms law. He also writes regularly for the center’s blog Second Thoughts.
For comment, contact Andrew Willinger at
andrew.willinger@duke.edu
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