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New Biden Immigration Order & Bump Stock Ban Tossed

Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses President Joe Biden’s upcoming immigration order. Second Amendment expert Joseph Blocher, a professor at Duke Law School, discusses the Supreme Court decision throwing out the federal ban on bump stocks. June Grasso hosts.…

Weekend Law: Gun Ban Upheld & No Review of Visa Denials

Second Amendment expert Joseph Blocher, a professor at Duke Law School, discusses the Supreme Court upholding the ban on domestic violence offenders having guns. Immigration law expert Leon Fresco, a partner at Holland & Knight, discusses the Supreme Court giving unfettered authority over granting …

Hospital Gun Restrictions

Hospitals are on the frontlines of the US gun violence epidemic, both through the treatment of shooting victims and as sites of firearm violence. At least 240 shootings occurred on US hospital grounds from 2000 to 2016 alone. Author Joseph Blocher, MPhil, JD, from Duke Law School talks about this a…

Gun Rights under Rahimi & Cargill

Professor Joseph Blocher (Second Amendment scholar and co-director of the Duke Center for Firearms Law) explains two significant recent Supreme Court cases: United States v. Rahimi and Garland v. Cargill. This discussion provides an in-depth analysis of the legal reasoning behind these decisions an…

Episode 159: The Relationship Between Guns and Democracy

From the January 6th attack on the Capitol to recent assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump, political violence and intimidation pose a growing threat to our democracy. Taonga Leslie brings an excerpt from a recent ACS program co-hosted by Giffords Law Center and March for Our Live…

143 Joseph Blocher

Originalism and Historical Fact-Finding. Joseph Blocher from Duke Law School explores how courts should determine the historical facts used for originalist interpretations of the Constitution, and whether those procedures should better mirror the ones the legal system traditionally uses at trial.

Episode 177: The Legal System's Role in Political Violence

The country has recently experienced a series of escalating instances of political violence, perpetrated by individuals as well as state actors wielding governmental power.  Christopher Wright Durocher is joined by Lindsay Langholz to discuss the ways in which our legal system is being weaponized a…

The Second Amendment in Court - Joseph Blocher

Joseph Blocher, distinguished professor of law at Duke University and Second Amendment scholar, joins student-host Andrew Chand to trace the legal evolution of the Second Amendment, from Heller to Bruen, and explore what the Court's new history-based standard means for the future of gun regulation …

Gun Law after Bruen

On June 23rd, 2022 the Supreme Court decided the landmark gun rights case New York State Rifle and Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen. The case, widely seen as a win for advocates of personal gun rights, fundamentally altered the test that courts use to evaluate constitutionality under the 2nd Amendm…

The First Shot: 27 Words, 230 Years, and a Fight That Isn't Over

Twenty-seven words. That is the entire text of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. And for more than two centuries, Americans have been…