New at Reason: Jacob Sullum on the McDonald Dissenters' Objections to Constitutional Rights

June 30, 2010

On Monday the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment applies to states and cities as well as the federal government. Judging from their objections, says Senior Editor Jacob Sullum, the four dissenters were still reeling from the Court's landmark 2008 decision recognizing that the amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. Sullum argues that the reasons the dissenters gave for letting states violate this right could be applied to any constitutional right states are required to respect.

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