Postscript: The Supreme Court, Concealed Carry, and How Your Laws Might Change
The American media has been focused on the Supreme Court\u2019s upcoming abortion cases but a decision in a critical Second Amendment case could overturn public safety laws for 25% of Americans. Next week, the Court will hear arguments in\xa0New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, a challenge to a 1911 New York State law that limits carrying guns outside the home. New York is a \u201cmay issue\u201d state in which applications for concealed carry are not automatically granted but reviewed to determine if the person has \u201cproper cause\u201d to conceal a gun. We\u2019ve not seen a Second Amendment case since\xa0Heller v. District of Columbia\xa0in 2008 and\xa0McDonald v. City of Chicago\xa0in 2010 -- and this case will be heard by a Court that now has 3 conservative appointments made by former President Donald Trump. Two Second Amendment scholars join the podcast to go wide and deep on the astonishing implications for our laws.\nJoseph Blocher\xa0is the Lanty L. Smith \u201967 Professor of Law at Duke University School of Law and one of the attorneys who helped write the brief for DC in\xa0Heller.\xa0He co-authored\xa0Free Speech Beyond Words: The Surprising Reach of the First Amendment\xa0(NYU, 2017) with Mark Tushnet and Alan K. Chen and\xa0The Positive Second Amendment: Rights, Regulation, and the Future of Heller\xa0(Cambridge University Press, 2018) with Darrell Miller in 2018 (New Books interview\xa0here). His recent \u201cWhen Guns Threaten the Public Sphere: A New Account of Public Safety Regulation Under Heller\u201d (Northwestern University Law Review, Vol 116, 2021) with Reva Siegel interrogates the impact of gun rights on free speech.\nJacob D. Charles, the Executive Director & Lecturing Fellow at the Center for Firearms Law at Duke University School of Law. His work on the Second Amendment has appeared in numerous law journals and his public-facing scholarship includes work with CNN, NPR, Politifact, NewsWeek, and Mother Jones. \u201cSecuring Gun Rights By Statute: The Right To Keep and Bear Arms Outside the Constitution,\u201d (forthcoming, University of Michigan Law Review) interrogates the non-constitutional gun rights that create broad powers for gun owners beyond the Second Amendment.\nDaniella Campos assisted with this podcast.\n Susan 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