Text, History, and Tradition

  • United States v. Rahimi, (2024) -- Gun regulations may combine procedure from one law with consequences from another law.
  • Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022) -- Without any grounding in the constitutional text, history, or precedent, Roe imposed on the entire country ....
  • Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (2022) -- History and tradition in formulating the test for the consistency of state action with the Establishment Clause.
  • New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen (2022) -- Gun regulations must be analogous to a law from early days of the republic.
  • Winkler, Adam, Racist Gun Laws and the Second Amendment (2022) -- Three problems inherent in using "text, history, and tradition" to determine the scope of the Second Amendment.
  • District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) -- Reinterpretation of Second Amendment based upon a selection of laws from early days of the republic.
  • Articles/Charles-2024-BruenShacklesOfHistory.pdf
  • Articles/Charles-2023-BruenShacklesOfHistory.pdf
  • Articles/Siegel-2023-HistoryOfHistoryAndTradition.pdf
  • Articles/Solum-2023-OriginalismHistoryTrandition.pdf
  • Articles/Tang-2023-HistoryTraditionAbortionBan.pdf
  • Articles/Lund-2020-HistoryTraditionSecondAmendment.pdf
  • Articles/Thompson-2019-RacialHistoryOfCriminalJusticeInAmerica.pdf
  • Articles/Spitzer-2017-GunLawHistory.pdf
  • Articles/Stevens-2014-OriginalismAndHistory.pdf
  • Articles/Balkin-2013-NewOriginalismAndUsesOfHistory.pdf
  • Articles/Miller-2013-TextHistoryAndTradition.pdf
  • Articles/Siegel-2010-HowManyCritquesHistoryAndTradition.pdf
  • Articles/Jeffries-2001-PoliticalHistoryEstablishmentClause.pdf
  • Articles/Friedman-1998-HistoryCounterMajoritartianDifficulty-PartOne.pdf
  • Articles/Friedman-2000-HistoryCounterMajoritartianDifficulty-PartFour.pdf
  • Articles/Friedman-2001-HistoryCounterMajoritartianDifficulty-PartThree.pdf
  • Articles/Friedman-2002-HistoryCounterMajoritartianDifficulty-PartFive.pdf
  • Articles/Friedman-2002-HistoryCounterMajoritartianDifficulty-PartTwo.pdf
  • Articles/Smith-2001-HistoryOfIndependentStateLegislatureDoctrine.pdf
  • Articles/Bogus-1998-HiddenHistorySecondAmendment.pdf
  • Articles/Chemerinsky-1993-HistoryTraditionFirstAmendment.pdf
  • Articles/Schnapper-1985-AffirmativeActionLegislativeHistoryFourteenthAmendment.pdf
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