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Second Amendment to the United States Constitution

ICE Is Failing the Legitimacy Test

Brandon del Pozo and Barry Friedman

January 26, 2026

An illustration of a handgun being concealed behind a red line.

The Logical End Point of Trump Saying He Could Shoot Somebody on Fifth Avenue

January 25, 2026

Federal agents near the site of where Alex Pretti was shot in Minneapolis

Minneapolis Is a Second Amendment Wake-Up Call

Tyler Austin Harper

January 24, 2026

two people walk on snowy ground, one holding an American flag on his shoulder

The Solution to the Third-Term Threat

November 3, 2025

Illustration of the back half of Donald Trump walking into a black, circular portal with his front half emerging from a similar portal

How Originalism Killed the Constitution

October 2025 Issue

photo-illustration of the U.S. Constitution with a bouquet of flowers tied with ribbon on top of it

Trump’s Third-Term Ambitions Are Very Revealing

May 14, 2025

Illustration of Trump walking through the Constitution, as if they are curtains being pulled apart

Time-Travel Thursdays

When Presidents Sought a Third (and Fourth) Term

May 1, 2025

A photo of Donald Trump and FDR

Don’t Forget the First Half of the Second Amendment

Thomas P. Crocker

June 8, 2022

An illustration of a just-fired rifle with text from the Second Amendment superimposed

John Roberts May Not Be the Ally Gun-Rights Advocates Hoped For

June 16, 2020

Justices John Roberts, Elena Kagan, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh

The Mysterious Meaning of the Second Amendment

James C. Phillips and Josh Blackman

February 28, 2020

National Rifle Association's (NRA) Annual Meeting April 16, 2005 in Houston, Texas.