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Postscript\xa0invites scholars to react to contemporary political events and today\u2019s podcast welcomes an expert on domestic violence and firearms law to analyze a controversial Second Amendment case that the United States Supreme Court will hear this Fall,\xa0United States v. Rahimi. Kelly Roskam, JD is the Director of Law and Policy at the\xa0Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Prevention and Policy. She studies the constitutional implications of, advocates for, and works to improve the implementation of firearms laws. She has been writing about the practical implications of the\xa0Rahimi\xa0case since it came up through the 5th circuit (for example, \u201cThe Fifth Circuit\u2019s Rahimi decision protects abusers\u2019 access to guns. The Supreme Court must act to protect survivors of domestic violence\u201d and\xa0\u201cA Texas Judge Is Using Originalism to Justify Arming Domestic Abusers\u201d (co-authored with Spencer Cantrell and Natalie Nanasi).\nIn the podcast, we discuss the specifics of this strange case (a man who assaulted a woman, shot in the air, and later threatened to kill her claims that\xa0his\xa0constitutional rights have been violated \u2013 and the 5th\xa0circuit agrees that\xa0Congress\xa0is the threat to liberty). Ms. Roskam explains how the legal regime Congress created in 1994 to protect survivors of intimate violence also protects the safety of the public at large. She presents some of the data (e.g., that the presence of a firearm increases the likelihood that domestic violence will\xa0escalate into a homicide). She explains what is at stake, the possible ways the Supreme Court might approach the case, and ways to combat firearm violence beyond the courts.\nSusan Liebell\xa0is Dirk Warren '50 Professor of Political Science at Saint Joseph\u2019s University in Philadelphia.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law