mcdonald et al city chicago illinois et argued march decided june two years ago district columbia heller held second amendment protects right keep bear arms purpose struck district columbia law banned possession handguns home chicago hereinafter city village oak park chicago suburb laws effectively banning handgun possession almost private citizens heller petitioners filed federal suit city consolidated two related actions alleging city handgun ban left vulnerable criminals sought declaration ban several related city ordinances violate second fourteenth amendments rejecting petitioners argument ordinances unconstitutional noted seventh circuit previously upheld constitutionality handgun ban heller explicitly refrained opining whether second amendment applied duty follow established circuit precedent seventh circuit affirmed relying three cases cruikshank presser illinois miller texas decided wake interpretation fourteenth amendment privileges immunities clause cases wall held judgment reversed case remanded reversed remanded justice alito delivered opinion respect parts concluding fourteenth amendment incorporates second amendment right recognized heller keep bear arms purpose pp petitioners base case two submissions primarily argue right keep bear arms protected privileges immunities clause fourteenth amendment cases narrow interpretation clause rejected secondary argument contend fourteenth amendment due process clause incorporates second amendment right chicago oak park municipal respondents maintain right set bill rights applies indispensable attribute legal system possible imagine civilized country recognize right municipal respondents assert right protected due process since civilized countries ban strictly regulate private possession handguns maintain due process preclude measures pp bill rights including second amendment originally applied federal government see barron ex rel tiernan mayor baltimore pet constitutional amendments adopted civil war aftermath fundamentally altered federal system four years adoption fourteenth amendment held cases privileges immunities clause protects rights owe existence federal government national character constitution laws fundamental rights predating creation federal government protected clause narrow reading held privileges immunities clause protects limited rights subsequently held second amendment applies federal government cruikshank presser miller decisions seventh circuit relied case pp whether second amendment right keep bear arms applies considered light precedents applying bill rights protections pp late century began hold due process clause prohibits infringing bill rights protections see hurtado california five features approach taken ensuing era noted first viewed due process question entirely separate question whether right privilege immunity national citizenship see twining new jersey second explained rights due process protected state infringement nature included conception due process law ibid third cases era seen asked civilized system imagined accord particular protection asserted therein duncan louisiana fourth hesitate hold bill rights guarantee failed meet test due process clause protection finding freedom speech press qualified gitlow new york near minnesota ex rel olson grand jury indictment requirement hurtado supra finally even right held fall within conception due process protection remedies afforded state infringement sometimes differed provided abridgment federal government pp justice black championed alternative theory fourteenth amendment totally incorporated bill rights provisions see adamson california black dissenting never embraced theory pp eventually moved direction advocated justice black adopting theory selective incorporation due process clause incorporates particular rights contained first eight amendments see gideon wainright decisions abandoned three characteristics earlier period clarified governing standard whether particular bill rights protection fundamental nation particular scheme ordered liberty system justice duncan supra eventually held almost bill rights guarantees met requirements protection due process clause also held bill rights protections must enforced fourteenth amendment according standards protect personal rights federal encroachment malloy hogan approach overruled earlier decisions holding particular bill rights guarantees remedies apply see gideon supra overruled betts brady pp fourteenth amendment makes second amendment right keep bear arms fully applicable pp must decide whether right fundamental nation scheme ordered liberty duncan louisiana said related context whether deeply rooted nation history tradition washington glucksberg heller points unmistakably answer basic right recognized many legal systems ancient times present heller held individual central component second amendment right explaining need defense self family property acute home found right applies handguns preferred firearm nation use protection one home family thus concluded citizens must permitted use handguns core lawful purpose heller also clarifies right deeply rooted nation history traditions glucksberg supra heller explored right origins english law noted esteem right regarded colonial era time ratification bill rights powerful evidence right regarded fundamental sense relevant understanding persisted years immediately following bill rights ratification confirmed state constitutions era protected right keep bear arms pp survey contemporaneous history also demonstrates clearly fourteenth amendment framers ratifiers counted right keep bear arms among fundamental rights necessary nation system ordered liberty pp fear national government disarm universal militia largely faded right keep bear arms highly valued abolitionist authors wrote support right attempts disarm bloody kansas met outrage constitutional right keep bear arms taken people civil war southern engaged systematic efforts disarm injure african americans see heller supra injustices prompted congress pass freedmen bureau act civil rights act protect right keep bear arms congress however ultimately deemed legislative remedies insufficient approved fourteenth amendment today generally accepted amendment understood provide constitutional basis protecting rights set civil rights act see general building contractors pennsylvania congressional debates proposed amendment legislative proponents congress referred right keep bear arms fundamental right deserving protection evidence period immediately following amendment ratification confirms right considered fundamental pp ii despite evidence municipal respondents argue members congress overwhelmingly viewed fourteenth amendment purely antidiscrimination rule contain antidiscrimination rule equal protection clause hardly said section prohibit discrimination municipal respondents mean second amendment singled special specially unfavorable treatment rejects suggestion right keep bear arms must regarded substantive guarantee prohibition ignored long legislated evenhanded manner pp justice alito joined chief justice justice scalia justice kennedy concluded parts iv fourteenth amendment due process clause incorporates second amendment right recognized heller pp petitioners argue second amendment right one privileges immunities citizens need reconsider interpretation privileges immunities clause cases many decades analyzed question whether particular rights protected state infringement fourteenth amendment due process clause pp municipal respondents remaining arguments rejected war heller central holding effect ask hold right keep bear arms subject different body rules incorporation bill rights guarantees pp dissents objections addressed rejected pp justice thomas agreed fourteenth amendment makes second amendment right keep bear arms recognized district columbia heller fully applicable however asserted path conclusion straightforward faithful second amendment text history correct describing second amendment right fundamental american scheme ordered liberty duncan louisiana deeply rooted nation history traditions washington glucksberg fourteenth amendment due process clause speaks process impose type substantive restraint state legislation asserts rather right keep bear arms enforceable privilege american citizenship recognized fourteenth amendment provides inter alia state shall make enforce law shall abridge privileges immunities citizens interpreting language important recall constitutional provisions understood voters heller objective inquiry discern ordinary citizens time fourteenth amendment ratification understood amendment privileges immunities clause mean ibid survey contemporary legal authorities plainly shows time ratifying public understood clause protect constitutionally enumerated rights including right keep bear arms pp alito announced judgment delivered opinion respect parts roberts scalia kennedy thomas joined opinion respect parts iv roberts scalia kennedy join scalia filed concurring opinion thomas filed opinion concurring part concurring judgment stevens filed dissenting opinion breyer filed dissenting opinion ginsburg sotomayor joined otis mcdonald et petitioners city chicago illinois et al writ certiorari appeals seventh circuit june justice alito announced judgment delivered opinion respect parts chief justice justice scalia justice kennedy justice thomas join opinion respect parts iv chief justice justice scalia justice kennedy join two years ago district columbia heller held second amendment protects right keep bear arms purpose struck district columbia law banned possession handguns home city chicago city village oak park chicago suburb laws similar district columbia chicago oak park argue laws constitutional second amendment application previously held provisions bill rights apply full force federal government applying standard well established case law hold second amendment right fully applicable otis mcdonald adam orlov colleen lawson david lawson chicago petitioners chicago residents like keep handguns homes prohibited chicago firearms laws city ordinance provides person shall possess firearm unless person holder valid registration certificate firearm chicago municipal code code prohibits registration handguns thus effectively banning handgun possession almost private citizens reside city like chicago oak park makes unlawful person possess firearm term includes pistols revolvers guns small arms commonly known handguns oak park municipal code chicago enacted handgun ban protect residents loss property injury death firearms see chicago journal proceedings city council mar chicago petitioners amici however argue handgun ban left vulnerable criminals chicago police department statistics told reveal city handgun murder rate actually increased since ban chicago residents face one highest murder rates country rates violent crimes exceed average comparable several chicago petitioners targets threats violence instance otis mcdonald late seventies lives neighborhood community activist involved alternative policing strategies efforts improve neighborhood subjected violent threats drug dealers app brief state firearm associations amici curiae brief state texas et al amici curiae colleen lawson chicago resident whose home targeted burglars lawson judgment possessing handgun chicago decrease chances suffering serious injury death ever threatened home mcdonald lawson chicago petitioners handguns store outside city limits like keep handguns homes protection see app mcdonald lawson orlov lawson decision heller chicago petitioners two filed suit city district northern district illinois sought declaration handgun ban several related chicago ordinances violate second fourteenth amendments constitution another action challenging oak park law filed district national rifle association nra two oak park residents addition nra others filed third action challenging chicago ordinances three cases assigned district judge district rejected plaintiffs argument chicago oak park laws unconstitutional see app nra oak park supp nd noted seventh circuit squarely upheld constitutionality ban handguns quarter century ago citing quilici morton grove heller explicitly refrained opin ing subject incorporation vel non second amendment nra supp observed district judge duty follow established precedent appeals beholden even though logic recent caselaw may point different direction seventh circuit affirmed relying three cases cruikshank presser illinois miller texas decided wake interpretation privileges immunities clause fourteenth amendment cases wall seventh circuit described rationale cases defunct recognized consider question whether fourteenth amendment due process clause incorporates second amendment right keep bear arms nra chicago nevertheless seventh circuit observed obligated follow precedents direct application declined predict second amendment fare modern selective incorporation approach internal quotation marks omitted granted certiorari ii petitioners argue chicago oak park laws violate right keep bear arms two reasons petitioners primary submission right among privileges immunities citizens narrow interpretation privileges immunities clause adopted cases supra rejected secondary argument petitioners contend fourteenth amendment due process clause incorporates second amendment right chicago oak park municipal respondents maintain right set bill rights applies right indispensable attribute legal system brief municipal respondents possible imagine civilized country recognize right municipal respondents tell us right protected due process ibid since civilized countries ban strictly regulate private possession handguns municipal respondents maintain due process preclude measures light parties arguments begin recounting analysis years relationship provisions bill rights bill rights including second amendment originally applied federal government barron ex rel tiernan mayor baltimore pet opinion chief justice marshall explained question great importance much difficulty less four pages firmly rejected proposition first eight amendments operate limitations holding apply federal government see also lessee livingston moore pet settled amendments bill rights extend constitutional amendments adopted aftermath civil war fundamentally altered country federal system provision issue case fourteenth amendment provides among things state may abridge privileges immunities citizens deprive person life liberty property without due process law four years adoption fourteenth amendment asked interpret amendment reference privileges immunities citizens cases supra involved challenges louisiana law permitting creation monopoly butchering animals within city new orleans justice samuel miller opinion concluded privileges immunities clause protects rights owe existence federal government national character constitution laws held fundamental rights rights predated creation federal government state governments created establish secure protected clause drawing sharp distinction rights federal state citizenship relied two principal arguments first emphasized fourteenth amendment privileges immunities clause spoke privileges immunities citizens contrasted phrasing wording first sentence fourteenth amendment privileges immunities clause article iv refer state emphasis added second stated contrary reading radically chang whole theory relations state federal governments governments people refused conclude change made absence language expresses purpose clearly admit doubt finding phrase privileges immunities citizens lacking high standard reasoned phrase must mean something limited narrow reading privileges immunities clause protects things right come seat government assert claim citizen may upon government transact business may seek protection share offices engage administering functions become citizen state union bonâ fide residence therein rights citizens state internal quotation marks omitted finding constitutional protection state intrusion kind envisioned louisiana statute upheld statute four justices dissented justice field joined chief justice chase justices swayne bradley criticized majority reducing fourteenth amendment privileges immunities clause vain idle enactment accomplished nothing unnecessarily excited congress people passage see also justice field opined privileges immunities clause protects rights nature fundamental including right every man pursue profession without imposition unequal discriminatory restrictions justice bradley dissent observed bound resort implication find authoritative declaration important privileges immunities citizens constitution justice bradley construed privileges immunities clause include rights enumerated constitution well unenumerated rights justice swayne described majority narrow reading privileges immunities clause turn ing meant bread stone dissenting opinion today many legal scholars dispute correctness narrow interpretation see saenz roe thomas dissenting scholars fourteenth amendment agree clause mean said meant amar substance method year pepperdine rev virtually serious modern scholar left right center thinks interpretation plausible reading amendment brief constitutional law professors amici curiae claiming overwhelming consensus among leading constitutional scholars opinion egregiously wrong black new birth freedom three years decision cases decided cruikshank first three cases seventh circuit relied case reviewed convictions stemming infamous colfax massacre louisiana easter sunday dozens blacks many unarmed slaughtered rival band armed white cruikshank allegedly marched unarmed prisoners streets summarily men indicted participating massacre nine went trial six nine acquitted charges remaining three acquitted murder convicted enforcement act stat banding conspiring together deprive victims various constitutional rights including right bear reversed convictions including relating deprivation victims right bear arms cruikshank wrote right bearing arms lawful purpose right granted constitution manner dependent upon instrument existence second amendment continued declares shall infringed means shall infringed congress ibid later decisions presser illinois miller texas reaffirmed second amendment applies federal government heller slip previously noted seventh circuit concluded cruikshank presser miller doomed petitioners claims appeals level petitioners argue however overrule decisions hold right keep bear arms one privileges immunities citizens petitioners view privileges immunities clause protects rights set bill rights well others see brief petitioners petitioners unable identify clause full scope tr oral arg consensus question among scholars agree cases interpretation flawed see saenz supra thomas dissenting see need reconsider interpretation many decades question rights protected fourteenth amendment state infringement analyzed due process clause amendment privileges immunities clause therefore decline disturb holding time however decisions cruikshank presser miller preclude us considering whether due process clause fourteenth amendment makes second amendment right binding see heller slip none cases engage sort fourteenth amendment inquiry required later cases ibid explained fully cruikshank presser miller preceded era began process selective incorporation due process clause never previously addressed question whether right keep bear arms applies theory indeed cruikshank prevented us holding rights issue case binding due process clause cruikshank held general right people peaceably assemble lawful purposes protected first amendment applied federal government see nonetheless years later held right peaceful assembly fundamental righ safeguarded due process clause fourteenth amendment de jonge oregon follow path thus consider whether right keep bear arms applies due process clause late century began consider whether due process clause prohibits infringing rights set bill rights see hurtado california due process require grand jury indictment chicago chicago due process prohibits taking private property public use without compensation five features approach taken ensuing era noted first viewed due process question entirely separate question whether right privilege immunity national citizenship see twining new jersey second explained rights protected state infringement due process clause rights nature included conception due process law ibid see also adamson california betts brady palko connecticut grosjean american press powell alabama possible personal rights safeguarded first eight amendments national action might also safeguarded state action stated rights enumerated first eight amendments twining supra used different formulations describing boundaries due process example twining referred immutable principles justice inhere idea free government member union may disregard internal quotation marks omitted snyder massachusetts spoke rights rooted traditions conscience people ranked fundamental palko famously said due process protects rights essence scheme ordered liberty essential fair enlightened system justice third cases decided era seen asked inquiring whether particular procedural safeguard required state civilized system imagined accord particular protection duncan louisiana thus holding due process prohibits state taking private property without compensation described right principle natural equity recognized temperate civilized governments deep universal sense justice chicago supra similarly found due process provide right compelled incrimination part right place jurisprudence civilized free countries outside domain common law twining supra fourth era hesitant hold right set bill rights failed meet test inclusion within protection due process clause found rights qualified see gitlow new york freedom speech press near minnesota ex rel olson powell supra assistance counsel capital cases de jonge supra freedom assembly cantwell connecticut free exercise religion others see hurtado supra grand jury indictment requirement twining supra privilege finally even right set bill rights held fall within conception due process protection remedies afforded state infringement sometimes differed protection remedies provided abridgment federal government give one example betts held although sixth amendment required appointment counsel federal criminal cases defendant unable retain attorney due process clause required appointment counsel state criminal proceedings want counsel particular case result ed conviction lacking fundamental fairness similarly wolf colorado held core fourth amendment implicit concept ordered liberty thus enforceable due process clause exclusionary rule applied federal cases apply alternative theory regarding relationship bill rights fourteenth amendment championed justice black theory held fourteenth amendment totally incorporated provisions bill rights see adamson supra black dissenting duncan supra black concurring justice black noted chief congressional proponents fourteenth amendment espoused view amendment made bill rights applicable overruled decision adamson dissenting opinion nonetheless never embraced justice black total incorporation theory justice black theory never adopted eventually moved direction initiating called process selective incorporation began hold due process clause fully incorporates particular rights contained first eight amendments see gideon wainright malloy hogan pointer texas washington texas duncan benton maryland decisions time abandoned three previously noted characteristics earlier made clear governing standard whether civilized system imagined accord particular protection duncan instead inquired whether particular bill rights guarantee fundamental scheme ordered liberty system justice see also referring fundamental principles liberty justice lie base civil political institutions emphasis added internal quotation marks omitted also shed reluctance hold rights guaranteed bill rights met requirements protection due process clause eventually incorporated almost provisions bill handful bill rights protections remain finally abandoned notion fourteenth amendment applies subjective version individual guarantees bill rights stating incongruous apply different standards depending whether claim asserted state federal malloy internal quotation marks omitted instead decisively held incorporated bill rights protections enforced fourteenth amendment according standards protect personal rights federal encroachment see also mapp ohio ker california aguilar texas pointer duncan supra benton wallace jaffree employing approach overruled earlier decisions held particular bill rights guarantees remedies apply see mapp supra overruling part wolf gideon overruling betts malloy supra overruling adamson twining benton supra overruling palko iii framework mind turn directly question whether second amendment right keep bear arms incorporated concept due process answering question explained must decide whether right keep bear arms fundamental scheme ordered liberty duncan said related context whether right deeply rooted nation history tradition washington glucksberg internal quotation marks omitted decision heller points unmistakably answer basic right recognized many legal systems ancient times present heller held individual central component second amendment right slip see also slip stating inherent right central second amendment right explaining need defense self family property acute home found right applies handguns preferred firearm nation use protection one home family slip internal quotation marks omitted see also slip noting handguns overwhelmingly chosen american society lawful purpose slip american people considered handgun quintessential weapon thus concluded citizens must permitted use handguns core lawful purpose slip heller makes clear right deeply rooted nation history tradition glucksberg supra internal quotation marks omitted heller explored right origins noting english bill rights explicitly protected right keep arms slip blackstone able assert right keep bear arms one fundamental rights englishmen slip blackstone assessment shared american colonists noted heller king george iii attempt disarm colonists provoked polemical reactions americans invoking rights englishmen keep arms slip see also levy origins bill rights hereinafter levy right keep bear arms considered less fundamental drafted ratified bill rights ratification debates fear federal government disarm people order impose rule standing army select militia pervasive antifederalist rhetoric heller supra slip citing letters federal farmer iii complete storing ed see also federal farmer additional number letters republican letter xviii documentary history ratification constitution kaminski saladino eds halbrook founders second amendment federalists responded arguing right insufficiently important warrant protection contending right adequately protected constitution assignment limited powers federal government heller supra slip cf federalist rossiter ed madison thus antifederalists federalists alike agreed right bear arms fundamental newly formed system government see levy malcolm keep bear arms origins right fearful new federal government infringe traditional rights right keep bear arms insisted adoption bill rights condition ratification constitution see elliot debates several state conventions adoption federal constitution ed see also levy kelly harbison american constitution origins development ed surely powerful evidence right regarded fundamental sense relevant understanding persisted years immediately following ratification bill rights addition four adopted second amendment analogues ratification nine adopted state constitutional provisions protecting individual right keep bear arms heller supra slip legal commentators confirmed importance right early americans george tucker example described right keep bear arms true palladium liberty explained prohibitions right place liberty brink destruction blackstone commentaries editor app tucker ed see also rawle view constitution america ed reprint story commentaries constitution right citizens keep bear arms justly considered palladium liberties republic since offers strong moral check usurpation arbitrary power rulers generally even successful first instance enable people resist triumph perceived threat prompted inclusion second amendment bill rights fear national government disarm universal militia largely faded popular concern right keep bear arms highly valued purposes see doubler civilian peace soldier war amar bill rights abolitionist authors wrote support right see spooner unconstitutionality slavery reprint tiffany treatise unconstitutionality american slavery reprint attempts made disarm bloody kansas senator charles sumner later played leading role adoption fourteenth amendment proclaimed ever rifle needed kansas crime kansas apologies crime true remedy speech hon charles sumner senate indeed republican party platform protested kansas constitutional rights people fraudulently violently taken right people keep bear arms infringed national party platforms ed civil war many african americans served union army returned old confederacy systematic efforts made disarm blacks see heller slip foner reconstruction america unfinished revolution hereinafter foner laws formally prohibited african americans possessing firearms example mississippi law provided freedman free negro mulatto military service government licensed board police county shall keep carry kind ammunition dirk bowie knife certain offenses freedmen miss laws documentary history reconstruction fleming ed see also regulations freedmen louisiana exec doc describing kentucky law mcpherson political history america period reconstruction describing florida law describing alabama law throughout south armed parties often consisting soldiers serving state militias forcibly took firearms newly freed slaves first session congress senator wilson told colleagues mississippi rebel state forces men rebel armies traversing state visiting freedmen disarming perpetrating murders outrages upon things done sections country cong globe report joint committee reconstruction widely reprinted press distributed members congress constituents shortly congress approved fourteenth contained numerous examples abuses see joint committee reconstruction pt pp pt pp pt pp see also exec doc one town marshal took arms returned colored soldiers prompt shooting blacks whenever opportunity occur red exec doc internal quotation marks omitted senator wilson put debate failed proposal disband southern militias one unbroken chain testimony people loyal country greatest outrages perpetrated armed men go country searching houses disarming people committing outrages every kind description cong globe union army commanders took steps secure right citizens keep bear congress concluded legislative action necessary efforts safeguard right keep bear arms demonstrate right still recognized fundamental explicit evidence congress aim appears freedmen bureau act provided right full equal benefit laws proceedings concerning personal liberty personal security acquisition enjoyment disposition estate real personal including constitutional right bear arms shall secured enjoyed citizens without respect race color previous condition slavery stat emphasis added section thus explicitly guaranteed citizens black white constitutional right bear arms civil rights act stat considered time freedmen bureau act similarly sought protect right citizens keep bear section civil rights act guaranteed full equal benefit laws proceedings security person property enjoyed white citizens ibid language virtually identical language freedmen bureau act stat right full equal benefit laws proceedings concerning personal liberty personal security acquisition enjoyment disposition estate real personal noted latter provision went explain one laws proceedings concerning personal liberty personal security acquisition enjoyment disposition estate real personal constitutional right bear arms ibid representative bingham believed civil rights act protected rights enumerated freedmen bureau bill course explicitly mentioned right keep bear arms cong globe unavoidable conclusion civil rights act like freedmen bureau act aimed protect constitutional right bear arms simply prohibit discrimination see also amar bill rights noting one core purposes civil rights act fourteenth amendment redress grievances freedmen stripped arms affirm full equal right every citizen congress however ultimately deemed legislative remedies insufficient southern resistance presidential vetoes precedent persuaded congress constitutional amendment necessary provide full protection rights today generally accepted fourteenth amendment understood provide constitutional basis protecting rights set civil rights act see general building contractors pennsylvania see also amar bill rights calabresi two cheers professor balkin originalism nw rev debating fourteenth amendment congress referred right keep bear arms fundamental right deserving protection senator samuel pomeroy described three indispensable safeguards liberty form government cong globe one said right keep bear arms every man right bear arms defense family homestead cabin door freedman broken open intruder enters purposes vile known slavery musket hand occupant send polluted wretch another world wretchedness forever remain complete ibid even thought fourteenth amendment unnecessary believed blacks citizens equal right protection keep bear arms james nye see also foner evidence period immediately following ratification fourteenth amendment confirms right keep bear arms considered fundamental speech addressing disarmament freedmen representative stevens emphasized necessity right disarm community rob means defending life take away weapons defense take away inalienable right defending liberty fourteenth amendment happily adopted settles whole question cong globe debating civil rights act congress routinely referred right keep bear arms decried continued disarmament blacks south see halbrook freedmen finally legal commentators period emphasized fundamental nature right see farrar manual constitution america reprint pomeroy introduction constitutional law pp ed right keep bear arms also widely protected state constitutions time fourteenth amendment ratified union state constitutional provisions explicitly protecting right keep bear arms see calabresi agudo individual rights state constitutions fourteenth amendment ratified rights deeply rooted american history tradition texas rev quite state constitutional guarantees moreover explicitly protected right keep bear arms individual right see ala art conn art ky art xiii mich art xviii miss art mo art tex art see also mont art iii wash art wyo art see also state mcadams wyo state constitutions adopted reconstruction era former confederate included right keep bear arms see ark art miss art tex art clear majority therefore recognized right keep bear arms among foundational rights necessary system sum clear framers ratifiers fourteenth amendment counted right keep bear arms among fundamental rights necessary system ordered liberty despite evidence municipal respondents contend congress years immediately following civil war merely sought outlaw discriminatory measures taken freedmen addressed adopting principle even outright ban possession firearms regarded acceptable long done discriminatory manner brief municipal respondents argue members congress overwhelmingly viewed fourteenth amendment antidiscrimination rule cite statements effect section outlaw discriminatory measures argument implausible first fourteenth amendment contains antidiscrimination rule namely equal protection clause municipal respondents hardly mean prohibit discrimination first amendment applied prohibit nondiscriminatory abridgments rights freedom speech freedom religion fourth amendment applied prohibit unreasonable searches seizures discriminatory searches seizures assume municipal respondents view must mean second amendment singled special specially unfavorable treatment reject suggestion second municipal respondents argument ignores clear terms freedmen bureau act acknowledged existence right bear arms law used language equal benefit laws concerning bearing arms possible interpret simply prohibition racial discrimination speaks protects constitutional right bear arms unmistakable reference right protected second amendment protects full equal benefit right stat nonsensical congress guarantee full equal benefit constitutional right exist third congress outlawed laws discriminate basis race previous condition servitude african americans south likely remained vulnerable attack many worst abusers state militia state peace officers years immediately following civil war law banning possession guns private citizens nondiscriminatory formal sense law like chicago oak park ordinances challenged presumably permitted possession guns acting authority state thus left firearms hands militia local peace officers report joint committee reconstruction revealed see supra groups widely involved harassing blacks south fourth municipal respondents purely antidiscrimination theory fourteenth amendment disregards plight whites south opposed black codes congress ratifying public simply prohibited racial discrimination respect bearing arms opponents black codes left without means abolitionists kansas fifth congress response proposals disband disarm southern militias instructive despite recognizing deploring abuses militias congress balked proposal disarm see cong globe halbrook freedmen supra disarmament argued violate members right bear arms ultimately decided disband militias disarm members see act mar stat halbrook freedmen cramer doubted right bear arms regarded substantive guarantee prohibition ignored long legislated evenhanded manner iv municipal respondents remaining arguments war central holding heller second amendment protects personal right keep bear arms lawful purposes notably within home municipal respondents effect ask us treat right recognized heller right subject entirely different body rules bill rights guarantees held incorporated due process clause municipal respondents main argument nothing less plea disregard years incorporation precedent return presumably case bygone era municipal respondents submit due process clause protects rights temperate civilized governments deep universal sense justice brief municipal respondents quoting chicago according municipal respondents possible imagine civilized legal system recognize particular right due process clause make right binding brief municipal respondents therefore municipal respondents continue countries england canada australia japan denmark finland luxembourg new zealand either ban severely limit handgun ownership must follow right possess weapons protected fourteenth amendment line argument course inconsistent standard apply incorporation cases see duncan implications municipal respondents argument stunning example many rights bill rights provides persons accused criminal offenses virtually unique understanding right jury trial right right counsel necessary attributes civilized country follow civilized nation world municipal respondents attempt salvage position suggesting argument applies substantive opposed procedural rights brief municipal respondents even trimmed form municipal respondents argument flies face precedent example everson board ed ewing held fourteenth amendment incorporates establishment clause first amendment yet several countries municipal respondents recognize civilized established state adopt municipal respondents theory establishment clause precedents involving actions taken state local governments go boards municipal respondents maintain second amendment differs provisions bill rights concerns right possess deadly implement thus implications public safety brief municipal respondents note intense disagreement question whether private possession guns home increases decreases gun deaths injuries right keep bear arms however constitutional right controversial public safety implications constitutional provisions impose restrictions law enforcement prosecution crimes fall category see hudson michigan exclusionary rule generates social costs leon sometimes include setting guilty free dangerous large barker wingo reflecting serious consequences dismissal speedy trial violation means defendant may guilty serious crime go free miranda arizona harlan dissenting white dissenting objecting rule unknown number cases return killer rapist criminal streets repeat crime mapp municipal respondents cite case refrained holding provision bill rights binding ground right issue disputed public safety implications likewise reject municipal respondents argument depart established incorporation methodology ground making second amendment binding subdivisions inconsistent principles federalism stifle experimentation municipal respondents point quite correctly conditions problems differ locality locality citizens different jurisdictions divergent views issue gun control municipal respondents therefore urge us allow state local governments enact gun control law deem reasonable including complete ban possession handguns home brief municipal respondents nothing new argument order respect federalism allow useful state experimentation federal constitutional right fully binding argument made repeatedly eloquently members rejected concept incorporation urged retention approach incorporation throughout era selective incorporation justice harlan particular invoking values federalism state experimentation fought determined rearguard action preserve approach see roth harlan concurring result part dissenting part mapp supra harlan dissenting gideon harlan concurring malloy harlan dissenting pointer harlan concurring result washington harlan concurring result duncan harlan dissenting benton harlan dissenting williams florida harlan dissenting part concurring result part time however pleas failed unless turn back clock adopt special incorporation test applicable second amendment municipal respondents argument must rejected precedents bill rights guarantee fundamental american perspective unless stare decisis counsels guarantee fully binding thus limits means eliminates ability devise solutions social problems suit local needs values noted appeared case amici supporting petitioners tate local experimentation reasonable firearms regulations continue second amendment brief state texas et al amici curiae municipal respondents amici complain incorporation second amendment right lead extensive costly litigation argument applies even greater force constitutional rights remedies already held binding consider exclusionary rule although exclusionary rule individual right herring slip judicially created rule slip made rule applicable see mapp supra exclusionary rule said result tens thousands contested suppression motions year stuntz virtues vices exclusionary rule harv law pub municipal respondents assert although state constitutions protect firearms rights state courts held rights subject sustained variety restrictions brief municipal respondents heller however expressly rejected argument scope second amendment right determined judicial interest balancing slip decades ago abandoned notion fourteenth amendment applies subjective version individual guarantees bill rights malloy supra internal quotation marks omitted evidence fourteenth amendment historically understood restrict authority regulate firearms municipal respondents supporting amici cite variety state local firearms laws courts upheld striking research paucity precedent sustaining bans comparable issue heller municipal respondents cite precisely one case late century ban sustained see brief municipal respondents citing kalodimos morton grove see also reply brief respondents nra et al asserting ever upheld complete ban possession handguns important keep mind heller striking law prohibited possession handguns home recognized right keep bear arms right keep carry weapon whatsoever manner whatsoever whatever purpose slip made clear heller holding cast doubt longstanding regulatory measures prohibitions possession firearms felons mentally ill laws forbidding carrying firearms sensitive places schools government buildings laws imposing conditions qualifications commercial sale arms slip repeat assurances despite municipal respondents doomsday proclamations incorporation imperil every law regulating firearms municipal respondents argue finally right keep bear arms unique among rights set first eight amendments reason codifying second amendment protect militia differs purpose primarily use firearms engage claimed make right implicit concept ordered liberty brief municipal respondents municipal respondents suggest second amendment right differs rights heretofore incorporated latter valued sake never previously suggested incorporation right turns whether intrinsic opposed instrumental value quite rights previously held incorporated example right counsel right confront subpoena witnesses clearly instrumental measure moreover contention repackages one chief arguments rejected heller scope second amendment right defined immediate threat led inclusion right bill rights heller recognized codification right prompted fear federal government disarm thus disable militias rejected suggestion right valued means preserving militias slip contrary stressed right also valued possession firearms thought essential put central component right ibid turn finally two dissenting opinions justice stevens eloquent opinion covers ground already addressed therefore little need added response justice stevens prohibitions state action squarely due process without intermediate reliance first eight amendments post quoting malloy harlan dissenting question presented case view whether particular right asserted petitioners applies fourteenth amendment standing bottom post hold rights protected state infringement fourteenth amendment due process clause need identical shape scope rights protected federal government infringement various provisions bill rights post explained past moved away approach accept justice stevens theory across board decades decisions undermined assume proposed urged instead appears theory revived solely individual right heller recognized vigorous dissents relationship bill rights guarantees must governed single neutral principle far late exhume justice brennan writing years ago derided notion fourteenth amendment applies subjective version individual guarantees bill rights malloy supra internal quotation marks omitted justice breyer dissent makes several points briefly respond begin certainly room disagreement heller analysis history right keep bear arms nothing written since heller persuades us reopen question decided questions original meaning thoroughly explored justice breyer conclusion fourteenth amendment incorporate right keep bear arms appears rest primarily four factors first popular consensus right fundamental post second right protect minorities persons neglected holding political power post third incorporation second amendment right amount significant incursion traditional important area state concern altering constitutional relationship federal government preventing local variations post fourth determining scope second amendment right cases involving state local laws force judges answer difficult empirical questions regarding matters outside area expertise post even believed factors relevant incorporation inquiry none factors undermines case incorporation right keep bear arms first never held provision bill rights applies popular consensus right fundamental see basis rule case turns evidence consensus amicus brief submitted members senate members house representatives urges us hold right keep bear arms fundamental see brief senator kay bailey hutchison et al amici curiae another brief submitted takes position brief state texas et al amici curiae second petitioners many others live areas dispute proposition second amendment right protect minorities lacking political clout plight chicagoans living areas recently highlighted two illinois legislators representing chicago districts called governor deploy illinois national guard patrol city legislators noted number chicago homicide victims current year equaled number american soldiers killed period afghanistan iraq chicago victims amici supporting incorporation right keep bear arms contend right especially important women members groups may especially vulnerable violent petitioners believe safety safety members community enhanced possession handguns home second amendment right protects rights minorities residents areas whose needs met elected public officials third justice breyer correct incorporation second amendment right extent limit legislative freedom always true bill rights provision incorporated incorporation always restricts experimentation local variations stopped incorporating virtually every provision bill rights enshrinement constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices table heller slip conclusion remarkable respect second amendment respect limitations state power found constitution finally justice breyer incorrect incorporation require judges assess costs benefits firearms restrictions thus make difficult empirical judgments area lack expertise noted opinion heller recommended test specifically rejected suggestion see supra enumeration right takes hands government even third branch government power decide basis whether right really worth insisting upon heller supra slip heller held second amendment protects right possess handgun home purpose unless considerations stare decisis counsel otherwise provision bill rights protects right fundamental american perspective applies equally federal government see duncan therefore hold due process clause fourteenth amendment incorporates second amendment right recognized heller judgment appeals reversed case remanded proceedings ordered otis mcdonald et petitioners city chicago illinois et al writ certiorari appeals seventh circuit june justice scalia concurring join opinion despite misgivings substantive due process original matter acquiesced incorporation certain guarantees bill rights long established narrowly limited albright oliver scalia concurring case require reconsider view since straightforward application settled doctrine suffices decide write separately respond aspects justice stevens dissent aspect disagrees majority application precedents case fully covered opinion much justice stevens writes broad condemnation theory interpretation underlies opinion theory makes traditions people paramount proposes different theory claims cautiou respectful proper limits judicial role post claim wish address stressing substantive dimension renamed liberty clause post justice stevens proceeds urge readoption theory incorporation articulated palko connecticut see post fact favor application theory whether palko requires fair enlightened system justice impossible without right sought incorporated requires addition right rooted traditions conscience people ibid internal quotation marks omitted many rights justice stevens thinks incorporated pass muster either test abortion post citing planned parenthood southeastern casey homosexual sodomy post citing lawrence texas right excluded criminal trials evidence obtained violation fourth amendment post citing mapp ohio right teach one children foreign languages post citing meyer nebraska among others justice stevens applying version palko clear comparing one hand rights believes covered hand conclusion right keep bear arms covered rights pass test include relating marriage procreation contraception family relationships child rearing education also rights overnment action shocks conscience pointlessly infringes settled expectations trespasses sensitive private realms life choices without adequate justification perpetrates gross injustice post internal quotation marks omitted rights however since fundamental aspects personhood dignity like protected post emphasis added exactly covered clear whatever else knows right keep bear arms despite deeply rooted nation history tradition washington glucksberg internal quotation marks omitted right see district columbia heller slip find explanation certitude except justice stevens despite forswearing personal private notions post internal quotation marks omitted deeply believes subjective nature justice stevens standard also apparent claim courts prerogative indeed duty update due process clause encompasses new freedoms framers imagine post courts proclaims must justice clause urgent call open texture exercising interpretive discretion latter embodies post people task deciding new rights protect even though authorized make changes see art never judicial abdication judge tur back task determining fourteenth amendment covers outsourc ing job historical sentiment post guided american people throughout history thought judges exercising reasoned judgment post entrusted deciding due process clause scope rights serve amendment central values post basically means picking rights want protect discarding justice stevens resists description insisting approach provides plenty guideposts constraints keep courts injecting excessive subjectivity post plenty indeed alone problem ability omnidirectional guideposts constrain inversely proportional number even individually lodestar limitation lists either incapable restraining judicial whimsy squared precedents seeks preserve begins brief nod history post made clear thinks historical inquiry unavailing post moreover trusting meaning due process clause historically protected circular see post since mean new rights get justice stevens moves basic constraint subjectivity theory offers esche attempts provide totalizing theory post notion absence coherent theory due process clause somehow curtail judicial caprice war reason indeterminacy means opportunity courts impose whatever rule like problem solution idea interpretive pluralism reduce courts ability impose ignorant masses merely naïve absurd right answers wrong answers either justice stevens also argues requiring courts show respect democratic process serve constraint post true justice stevens show respect extraordinary manner view right already given careful consideration subjected ongoing calibration judicial enforcement may appropriate ibid words right right keep bear arms long recognized considering restrictions apparently deserves less protection privilege political branches instruments democratic process withheld entirely continue withhold deserves approach conveniently accomplishes objective ensuring rights held protected casey lawrence cases fit theory cost insulting rather respecting democratic process next constraint justice stevens suggests harder evaluate describes important tool guiding judicial discretion sensitivity interaction intrinsic aspects liberty practical realities contemporary society post say whether sensitivity really guide judges idea sixth sense instilled judges ascend bench mean judges constrained agonize cosmic conflict liberty potentially harmful consequences attempting give concept precision justice stevens explains sensitivity aspect deeper principle need approach work humility caution ibid traits undeniably admirable though relation bear sensitivity mystery makes difference first case justice stevens cites support see casey dispels illusion meaningful form judicial modesty mind justice stevens offers examples illustrate next constraint stare decisis post view surely confining since holds canonical exemplar proper approach see post lawrence overruled case decided mere years earlier bowers hardwick see correct decided correct today moreover justice stevens apply constraint unevenly apparently approves warren cases adopted incorporation procedural protections criminal defendants post abandon warren rulings undercut approach substantive rights basis cut back cases era post justice stevens also relies requirement careful description asserted fundamental liberty interest limit judicial discretion post internal quotation marks omitted certainly agree requirement see reno flores though cases justice stevens approves applied seriously see lawrence supra instant case involves liberty person spatial transcendent dimensions careful description requirement used manner hitherto employed enterprise determining due process clause conceptual core post waste time cases cites sought careful specific description right issue order determine whether right thus narrowly defined fundamental see glucksberg reno supra collins harker heights cruzan director mo dept health see also vacco quill threshold step defining asserted right precision entirely unnecessary however justice stevens maintains conceptual core liberty clause post includes number capacious hazily defined categories need define right much precision order conclude pertains plaintiff ability independently define identity right make certain unusually important decisions affect family destiny aspect bodily integrity freedom conscience intimate relationships political equality dignity respect ibid internal quotation marks omitted justice stevens must therefore mind use requirement perhaps means ensuring courts procee slowly incrementally post achieved well draft opinions ii justice stevens account constraints approach demonstrate exist application approach case us leaves doubt offers several reasons concluding second amendment right keep bear arms fundamental enough applied none persuasive pertinent purpose either intrinsically indeterminate preclude incorporation rights already held incorporated approach therefore nothing stop judge arriving conclusion sets reach justice stevens begins odd assertion firearms fundamentally ambivalent relationship liberty since sometimes used cause sometimes accidentally produce injury others post source rule nonambivalent liberties deserve due process protection never explained proof judges applying justice stevens approach add new elements test see fit criterion moreover inherently manipulable surely justice stevens mean clause covers rights zero harmful effect anyone otherwise even first amendment maybe means right keep bear arms imposes great risk others physical plurality explains ante rights already held incorporated pose similarly substantial risks public safety events justice stevens supplies neither standard severe impairment others liberty must right disqualified course method measuring severity justice stevens next suggests second amendment right fundamental different kind rights recognized post one respect course right keep bear arms different rights held clause protects recognize deeply grounded nation history tradition justice stevens different distinction mind even though doubt moment many americans see firearms critical way life well security pronounces owning handgun critical leading life autonomy dignity political equality post says deciding essential enlightened life inherently political moral judgment antithesis objective approach reaches conclusions applying neutral rules verifiable determination rights constitution covers complete course without survey countries post comes guns justice stevens explains nation already outlier among advanced democracies even oldest allies protect robust right widen gap ibid never mind explains neither countries qualify advanced democracies others irrelevant even clearer indication criterion lets judges pick rights must respect ignore plurality shows ante nn requirement foreclose rights held justice stevens accepts incorporated advanced nations recognize exclusionary rule establishment clause judge applying justice stevens approach must either throw rights overboard cases justice stevens approves done considering unenumerated rights simply ignore foreign law undermines desired conclusion see casey making mention foreign law justice stevens also argues since right keep bear arms codified purpose prevent ing elimination militia viewed federalism logically incapable incorporation post quoting elk grove unified school dist newdow thomas concurring judgment internal quotation marks omitted criterion evidently applies judges want opinion justice stevens quotes federalism provision principle justice thomas concurrence newdow argued incorporation establishment clause makes little sense clause originally understood limit congressional interference state establishments religion justice stevens course problem applying establishment clause see opinion stevens acknowledging establishment clause appl ies incorporation fourteenth amendment insists clause federalism provision post explain right keep bear arms even though latter refers right people federalism argument prevents incorporation certain rights justice stevens next argues even right keep bear arms deeply rooted important senses roots efforts regulate guns run deep post internal quotation marks omitted true rights held incorporated fundamental right even first amendment absolute traditional restrictions go show scope right lack fundamental character least show justice stevens agree rights principles applied selectively justice stevens final reason rejecting incorporation second amendment reveals clearly others game afoot assuming plausible constitutional basis holding right keep bear arms incorporated asserts prudential reasons post even authority withhold rights within constitution command assuredly two reasons justice stevens gives abstention show much power hand judges right experiment solutions problem gun violence says apex best solution far clear post internal quotation marks omitted true serious social problems whether example best solution rampant crime admit confessions unless affirmatively shown coerced see miranda arizona permit jurors impose death penalty without requirement free consider relevant mitigating factor see eddings oklahoma turn leads conclusion defense counsel provided inadequate defense conducted reasonable investigation potentially mitigating factors see wiggins smith inquiry question tends destroy prospect prompt justice see wong belmontes per curiam reversing grant habeas relief sentencing crime committed obviousness optimal answer eye beholder implication justice stevens call abstention conclude people answers problem silly free interven post uncertain right answer merely think may something loosen leash second reason justice stevens says abstain shown capable protecting right issue anything protected much post reflects assumption judges distinguish proper democratic decision leave things alone honor case democratic market failure step correct judge presume sort omniscience seems far arrogant post confining courts focus national heritage iii justice stevens response concurrence post makes usual rejoinder living constitution advocates criticism empowers judges eliminate expand people prescribed traditional historically focused method says reposes discretion judges historical analysis difficult sometimes requires resolving threshold questions making nuanced judgments evidence consult interpret stipulate question decided whether historically focused method perfect means restraining aristocratic judicial whether best means available imperfect world indeed even narrowly whether demonstrably much better justice stevens proposes think beyond serious dispute much less subjective intrudes much less upon democratic process less subjective depends upon body evidence susceptible reasoned analysis rather variety vague first principles whose combined conclusion found point direction judges favor controversial matters brought example constitutionality prohibiting abortion assisted suicide homosexual sodomy constitutionality death penalty historical methodology plausible standard proof lead moreover methodological differences divide historians varying interpretive assumptions bring work post nothing compared differences among american people though perhaps among graduates prestigious law schools regard moral judgments justice stevens courts pronounce whether special expertise needed answer historical questions judges certainly comparative advantage post internal quotation marks omitted resolving moral disputes approach eliminate multiply hard questions courts must confront since replace history moral philosophy courts consider approach intrudes less upon democratic process rights acknowledges established constitutional history formed democratic decisions rights fails acknowledge left democratically adopted rejected people assurance decision subject judicial revision justice stevens approach hand deprives people power since whatever constitution laws may say list protected rights whatever courts wish notes people wrong post courts may conclude wrong future justice stevens abhors system majorities powerful interest groups always get way post replaces system unelected judges always get way usurpation effected unabashedly see post judge cards laid table makes even worse vibrant democracy usurpation accomplished dark justice stevens approach puts democracy peril otis mcdonald et petitioners city chicago illinois et al writ certiorari appeals seventh circuit june justice thomas concurring part concurring judgment agree fourteenth amendment makes right keep bear arms set forth second amendment fully applicable ante write separately believe straightforward path conclusion one faithful fourteenth amendment text history applying test plurality opinion concludes right keep bear arms applies fourteenth amendment due process clause fundamental american scheme ordered liberty ante citing duncan louisiana rooted nation history tradition ante quoting washington glucksberg agree description right agree enforceable clause speaks process instead right keep bear arms privilege american citizenship applies fourteenth amendment privileges immunities clause district columbia heller held second amendment protects individual right keep bear arms purpose striking district columbia ordinance banned possession handguns home slip question case whether constitution protects right abridgment explains case litigated fourteenth amendment adoption answer question simple barron ex rel tiernan mayor baltimore pet held bill rights applied federal government writing chief justice marshall recalled founding generation added first eight amendments constitution response antifederalist concerns regarding extent federal state power held framers amendments intended limitations powers state governments declared purpose plain intelligible language finding language bill chief justice marshall held way restrict state authority see lessee livingston moore pet reaffirming barron holding permoli municipality new orleans nearly three decades barron nation splintered civil war fought principally question slavery evident many throughout nation early history slavery measures designed protect irreconcilable principles equality government consent inalienable rights proclaimed declaration independence embedded constitutional structure see records federal convention farrand ed remarks luther martin lavery inconsistent genius republicanism tendency destroy principles supported lessens sense equal rights mankind emphasis deleted lincoln speech peoria reprinted collected works abraham lincoln basler ed man good enough govern another man without consent say leading principle sheet anchor american republicanism relation masters slaves pro tanto total violation principle war series constitutional amendments adopted repair nation damage slavery caused provision issue fourteenth amendment significantly altered system government first sentence section provides persons born naturalized subject jurisdiction thereof citizens state wherein reside unambiguously overruled contrary holding dred scott sandford constitution recognize black americans citizens state meaning next sentence divided many years sentence begins command state shall make enforce law shall abridge privileges immunities citizens face appears grant persons made citizens certain collection rights privileges immunities attributable status precedents accept point define relevant collection rights quite narrowly cases wall decided five years fourteenth amendment adoption interpreted text known privileges immunities clause first time closely divided decision drew sharp distinction privileges immunities state citizenship federal citizenship held privileges immunities clause protected latter category rights state abridgment defined category include rights owe existence federal government national character constitution laws arguably left open possibility certain individual rights enumerated constitution considered privileges immunities federal citizenship see ibid listing right peaceably assemble privilege writ habeas corpus rights potentially protected privileges immunities clause soon rejected proposition interpreting privileges immunities clause even narrowly later cases chief among cases cruikshank held members white militia brutally murdered many black louisianians congregating outside courthouse deprived victims privileges american citizens peaceably assemble keep bear arms ibid see keith colfax massacre according right peaceably assemble codified first amendment privilege citizenship right existed long adoption constitution emphasis added similarly held right keep bear arms privilege citizenship manner dependent upon instrument existence words reason framers codified right bear arms second amendment nature inalienable right constitution adoption reason citizens enforce fourteenth circular reasoning effectively last word privileges immunities intervening years held clause prevents state abridgment handful rights right travel see saenz roe readily described essential liberty consequence marginalization clause litigants seeking federal protection fundamental rights turned remainder search alternative fount rights found one curious place section command every state guarantee due process person depriving life liberty property first litigants argued due process clause incorporated certain procedural rights codified bill rights generally rejected claims however theory rights question sufficiently fundamental warrant treatment see hurtado california grand jury indictment requirement maxwell dow jury requirement twining new jersey privilege changed time came conclude certain bill rights guarantees sufficiently fundamental fall within guarantee due process included procedural protections listed first eight amendments see benton maryland protection double jeopardy substantive rights well see gitlow new york right free speech near minnesota ex rel olson process incorporating rights often applied differently federal government theory fundamental aspects right required due process clause protection see betts brady holding sixth amendment required appointment counsel federal criminal cases defendant unable retain attorney due process clause required appointment counsel state criminal cases want counsel result ed conviction lacking fundamental fairness recent years abandoned notion guarantees bill rights apply differently incorporated applied federal government ante opinion internal quotation marks omitted cases continue adhere view right incorporated due process clause sufficiently fundamental ante plurality opinion term long struggled define times concluded right gains fundamental status essential american scheme ordered liberty rooted nation history tradition ante plurality opinion quoting glucksberg often held right warrants due process clause protection satisfies far less measurable range criteria see lawrence texas concluding due process clause protects liberty person spatial transcendent dimensions using latter approach determined due process clause applies rights mentioned constitution even without seriously arguing clause originally understood protect rights see lochner new york roe wade lawrence supra legal fiction notion constitutional provision guarantees process person deprived life liberty property define substance rights strains credulity even casual user words moreover fiction particularly dangerous one one theme links substantive due process precedents together lack guiding principle distinguish fundamental rights warrant protection nonfundamental rights today decision illustrates point replaying debate endured inception substantive due process jurisprudence dissents laud flexibility substantive due process doctrine post stevens dissenting see post breyer dissenting plurality makes yet another effort impose principled restraints exercise see ante neither side argues meaning attribute due process clause consistent public understanding time ratification sure plurality effort cabin exercise judicial discretion due process clause focusing inquiry rights deeply rooted american history tradition invites less opportunity abuse alternatives see post breyer dissenting arguing rights incorporated due process clause carrying constitutional promises post stevens dissenting warning totalizing theory protected due process clause serious argument scope due process clause must acknowledge neither text history suggests protects many substantive rights cases claim accept theory constitutional interpretation rests tenuous footing substantive due process framework fails account text fourteenth amendment history led adoption filling gap jurisprudence devoid guiding principle believe original meaning fourteenth amendment offers superior alternative return meaning allow enforce rights fourteenth amendment designed protect greater clarity predictability substantive due process framework far managed acknowledge volume precedents built upon substantive due process framework acknowledge importance stare decisis stability nation legal system stare decisis adjunct duty judges decide best lights constitution means planned parenthood southeastern casey rehnquist concurring judgment part dissenting part inexorable command lawrence supra moreover judges interpret constitution one case controversy time question presented case whether entire fourteenth amendment jurisprudence must preserved revised whether extent particular clause constitution protects particular right issue inquiry appropriately narrowed believe case presents opportunity reexamine begin process restoring meaning fourteenth amendment agreed upon ratified ii presumed clause constitution intended without effect marbury madison cranch marshall privileges immunities clause precedents presumed set aside moment begin text privileges immunities clause fourteenth amendment declares state shall abridge privileges immunities citizens interpreting language important recall constitutional provisions understood voters heller slip quoting sprague thus objective inquiry discern ordinary citizens time ratification understood privileges immunities clause mean slip time reconstruction terms privileges immunities established meaning synonyms rights two words standing alone paired together used interchangeably words rights liberties freedoms since time blackstone see blackstone commentaries describing rights liberties englishmen private immunities civil privileges number antebellum judicial decisions used terms manner see magill brown cas cc ed baldwin words immunities relate rights persons place property privilege peculiar right private law conceded particular persons places addition dictionary definitions confirm public shared understanding see webster american dictionary english language goodrich porter rev defining privilege right immunity enjoyed others listing among synonyms words immunity franchise right liberty defining immunity reedom obligation particular privilege defining right rivilege immunity granted authority fact particular interest designated privilege immunity rather right liberty freedom revealed little substance blackstone example used terms privileges immunities describe inalienable rights individuals rights corporations see commentaries describing private immunities residuum natural liberty civil privileges society engaged provide lieu natural liberties given individuals omitted stating corporate charter enables corporation establish rules orders serve privileges immunities corporation writers country time reconstruction followed similar practice see racine mississippi farmers loan trust describing agreement two railroad companies agreed fully merge consolidate ir capital stock powers privileges immunities hathorn calef concluding statute modify power privileges immunity pertaining franchise corporation nature privilege immunity thus varied depending person group entity rights assigned see lash origins privileges immunities clause part privileges immunities antebellum term art geo surveying antebellum usages terms group privileges immunities clause applies course citizens time reconstruction long established federal government existed preserve citizens inalienable rights rights considered privileges immunities citizenship tradition begins country english roots parliament declared basic liberties english citizens series documents ranging magna carta petition right english bill rights see schwartz bill rights documentary history hereinafter schwartz fundamental rights according english tradition belonged people became legally enforceable recognized legal texts including acts parliament decisions judges see bailyn ideological origins american revolution rights included many later set forth federal bill rights right petition redress grievances right jury trial right protestants arms defence english bill rights reprinted schwartz english subjects colonists considered vested fundamental rights englishmen consistently claimed rights english citizenship founding documents repeatedly referring rights privileges immunities example maryland law provided inhabitants province christians slaves excepted shall enjoy rights liberties immunities priviledges free customs within province naturall born subject england hath enjoy realm england md act liberties people emphasis added tensions england colonies increased colonists adopted protest resolutions reasserting claim inalienable rights englishmen used terms privileges immunities describe rights massachusetts resolves declared resolved certain essential rights british constitution government founded law god nature common rights mankind therefore resolved man justly take property another without consent upon original principle right representation evidently founded resolved inherent right together essential rights liberties privileges immunities people great britain fully confirmed magna charta massachusetts resolves reprinted prologue revolution sources documents stamp act crisis morgan ed emphasis added keeping practice first continental congress declared king wrongfully denied colonists rights liberties immunities free subjects within realm england journals continental congress address delivered inhabitants quebec year congress described rights including great right trial jury habeas corpus freedom press address continental congress inhabitants quebec reprinted schwartz declaring independence newly formed replaced colonial charters constitutions state bills rights almost guaranteed fundamental rights former colonists previously claimed virtue english heritage see pa declaration rights reprinted thorpe declaring men born equally free independent certain natural inherent inalienable rights including right worship almighty god according dictates consciences right bear arms defence state several years later founders amended constitution expressly protect many fundamental rights interference federal government consistent english heritage founding generation generally consider many rights identified amendments new entitlements inalienable rights men given legal effect codification constitution text see annals cong statement madison proposing bill rights first congress federalist pp wright ed hamilton see also heller slip always widely understood second amendment like first fourth amendments codified right subsequent decision barron however made plain codification rights bill made legally enforceable federal government see even though bill rights apply provisions constitution limit state interference individual rights article iv cl provides citizens state shall entitled privileges immunities citizens several text provision resembles privileges immunities clause assumed public understanding latter informed understanding former article iv derived similar clause articles confederation reflects dual citizenship constitution provided americans replacing league separate sovereign gibbons ogden wheat see story commentaries constitution virtue person citizenship particular state guaranteed whatever rights liberties state constitution laws made available article iv vested citizens state additional right assurance afforded privileges immunities citizenship several union might travel privileges immunities citizens several question answered perhaps famously justice bushrod washington sitting circuit justice corfield coryell cas cc ed case pennsylvania citizen claimed new jersey law prohibiting nonresidents harvesting oysters state waters violated article iv deprived citizen right new jersey availed citizens justice washington rejected argument refusing accede proposition article iv entitled citizens several participate rights belong exclusively citizens particular state emphasis added view article iv guarantee equal access public benefits state might choose make available citizens see instead applied rights nature fundamental belong right citizens free governments emphasis added courts generally agreed principle see abbott bayley mass noting privileges immunities citizens several protected article iv qualified absolute grant traveling citizen right suffrage eligibility office state travels describing fundamental rights justice washington thought perhaps tedious difficult enumerate suggested comprehended broad list general heads rotection government enjoyment life liberty right acquire possess property every kind benefit writ habeas corpus right access courts state among corfield supra notably justice washington indicate whether article iv required recognize fundamental rights citizens thus sojourning citizens alike whether clause simply prohibited discriminating sojourning citizens respect whatever fundamental rights state law happened recognize question weight legal authorities time reconstruction indicated article iv prohibited discriminating sojourning citizens recognizing fundamental rights require recognize rights prescribe content highest courts several adopted view see livingston van ingen johns sup yates kent campbell morris mch md chase several influential see cooley treatise constitutional limitations rest upon legislative power state american union reprint describing article iv designed prevent discrimination several citizens public proceedings kent commentaries american law ed stating article iv entitles sojourning citizens privileges persons description entitled state removal made none adopted conclusion unanimous opinion one year fourteenth amendment ratified see paul virginia wall text examined far demonstrates three points meaning privileges immunities clause first privileges immunities synonyms rights second federal government long recognized inalienable rights citizens third article iv constitution protected traveling citizens state discrimination respect fundamental rights state citizenship two questions still remain provoked textual similarity privileges immunities clause article iv first involves nature rights stake privileges immunities citizens recognized privileges immunities citizens several article iv refers second involves restriction imposed like article iv prohibit discrimination respect certain rights state chooses recognize require recognize rights address question turn start nature rights privileges immunities clause protects section overruled dred scott holding blacks citizens either state thus enjoy privileges immunities citizens embodied constitution dred scott distinguish privileges immunities citizens citizens several instead referring rights citizens generally however give examples rights citizens constitutionally enumerated rights full liberty speech right keep carry arms ibid section protects rights citizens specifically evidence overwhelmingly demonstrates privileges immunities citizens included individual rights enumerated constitution including right keep bear arms treaties acquired territory sovereigns routinely promised inhabitants newly acquired territories enjoy rights privileges immunities citizens see treaty amity settlement limits art stat entered force cession florida inhabitants territories catholic majesty cedes treaty shall incorporated union soon may consistent principles federal constitution admitted enjoyment privileges rights immunities citizens emphasis added commentators time explained rights immunities citizens recognized treaties undoubtedly mean privileges common citizens republic marcus examination expediency constitutionality prohibiting slavery state missouri therefore altogether unsurprising several treaties identify liberties enumerated constitution privileges immunities common citizens example louisiana cession act codified treaty france culminating louisiana purchase provided inhabitants ceded territory shall incorporated union admitted soon possible according principles federal constitution enjoyments rights advantages immunities citizens mean time shall maintained protected free enjoyment liberty property religion profess treaty america french republic art iii apr stat emphasis added louisiana cession act reveals even privileges immunities citizenship provoked extensive public debate meaning term missouri territory acquired cession act sought enter union new state debate ensued whether prohibit slavery within missouri condition admission congressmen argued prohibiting slavery missouri deprive inhabitants privileges immunities promised cession act see annals cong remarks kentucky hardin opposed slavery missouri argued right hold slaves merely matter state property law one privileges immunities citizenship guaranteed daniel webster among leading proponents antislavery position memorial congress webster argued rights advantages immunities spoken cession act must recognized communicated constitution rights advantages immunities derived exclusively state governments webster memorial congress subject restraining increase slavery new admitted union emphasis added obvious meaning act webster view rights derived federal constitution shall enjoyed inhabitants territory emphasis added words webster articulated distinction rights citizenship rights state citizenship argued former included rights recognized communicated constitution since right hold slaves mentioned constitution right federal citizenship webster allies ultimately lost debate slavery missouri territory admitted slave state part missouri compromise missouri enabling act march ch stat arguments continued inform public understanding privileges immunities citizenship webster memorial republished pamphlet discussing nation next major debate slavery proposed repeal missouri compromise act see nebraska question comprising speeches senate together history missouri compromise published collection famous american speeches see political encyclopedia containing everything necessary reference politicians statesmen cluskey ed see also lash geo describing webster arguments influence evidence political branches years leading fourteenth amendment adoption demonstrates broad public understanding privileges immunities citizenship included rights set forth constitution webster allies argued president andrew johnson issued proclamation granting amnesty former confederates guaranteeing every person directly indirectly participated late insurrection rebellion full pardon amnesty offence treason restoration rights privileges immunities constitution laws made pursuance thereof stat records congress support understanding civil war congress established joint committee reconstruction investigate circumstances southern determine whether conditions readmitted union see cong globe hereinafter cong globe curtis state shall abridge fourteenth amendment bill rights hereinafter curtis committee ultimately recommend adoption fourteenth amendment justifying recommendation submitting report congress extensively catalogued abuses civil rights former slave argued adequate security future peace safety found changes organic law shall determine civil rights privileges citizens parts republic see report joint committee reconstruction xxi notes committee report widely reprinted press distributed members congress constituents ante kendrick journal joint committee fifteen reconstruction noting copies report printed widely distributed campaign document election addition newspaper coverage suggests wider public aware committee work even report issued example fort wayne daily democrat appears unsupportive committee work paraphrased motion instructing committee enquire expediency amending constitution declare greater certainty power congress enforce determine appropriate legislation guarantees contained instrument nigger congress fort wayne daily democrat emphasis added statements made members congress leading debates fourteenth amendment point direction record debates combed see adamson california appendix dissenting opinion black concluding debates support conclusion understood incorporate bill rights ante opinion counting debates among evidence applies second amendment considering record important clarify relevance interpreting constitutional text goal discern likely public understanding particular provision time adopted statements legislators assist process extent demonstrate manner public used understood particular word phrase assist extent evidence statements disseminated public words evidence useful demonstrates draftsmen text may thinking insofar illuminates public understood words chosen draftsmen mean three speeches stand particularly significant representative john bingham principal draftsman delivered speech floor house february introducing first draft provision bingham began discussing barron holding bill rights apply argued constitutional amendment necessary provide express grant power congress enforce penal enactment great canons law securing citizens every state privileges immunities citizens people sacred rights person cong globe bingham emphasized designed arm congress consent people power enforce bill rights stands constitution today extent bingham speech printed pamphlet form broadly distributed title one country one constitution one people subtitle support proposed amendment enforce bill rights newspapers also reported proposal new york times providing particularly extensive coverage including full reproduction bingham first draft remarks constitutional amendment enforc immortal bill rights absolutely essential american nationality times bingham first draft different version ultimately adopted particular importance first draft granted congress power make laws necessary proper secure citizens state privileges immunities citizens several rather restricting state power abridge privileges immunities citizens cong globe draft met objections times covered extensively article hailed clear forcible speech representative robert hale draft explaining endorsing hale view bingham proposal confer upon congress rights power legislation reserved effect utterly obliterate state rights state authority internal affairs times critically hale object draft insofar purported protect constitutional liberties state interference indeed hale stated believed incorrectly light barron individual rights enumerated constitution already enforceable see cong globe somehow gone along impression sort protection thrown us way whether without sanction judicial decision protected see times hale misperception uncommon among members reconstruction generation see infra secondary point times coverage debate meaning suggests public awareness main contours minimum enforce constitutionally enumerated rights citizens bingham draft tabled several months interim delivered second speech arguing constitutional amendment required give congress power enforce bill rights speech printed pamphlet form see speech hon john bingham ohio civil rights bill mar cong globe see cong globe remarks lawrence noting speech extensively published new york times covered speech front page congress times mar time debates fourteenth amendment resumed bingham amended draft include text privileges immunities clause ultimately adopted senator jacob howard introduced new draft floor senate third speech relevant howard explained constitution recognized mass privileges immunities rights secured second section fourth article constitution first eight amendments constitution power given constitution enforce carry guarantees cong globe howard stated great object restrain power compel times respect great fundamental guarantees section indicated imposed general prohibition upon abridging privileges immunities citizens describing rights howard explained included privileges immunities spoken article iv although catalogue precise nature extent rights thought corfield coryell provided useful description howard submitted privileges immunities whatever may added personal rights guarantied secured first eight amendments constitution freedom speech press right people peaceably assemble petition government redress grievances right keep bear arms ibid emphasis added news howard speech carried major newspapers across country including new york herald see herald may paper nation time see amar bill rights creation reconstruction hereinafter amar new york times carried speech well reprinting lengthy excerpt howard remarks including statements quoted times may following day times editorialized howard speech predicting first section amendment union party throughout country yield ready acquiescence south offer justifiable resistance suggesting bingham narrower second draft met objections hale raised first times may whole speeches indicate understood enforce constitutionally declared rights provide suggestion language section privileges immunities clause accomplish task read backdrop civil rights legislation adopted congress supports view passing thirteenth amendment outlawed slavery alone fourteenth amendment congress passed two significant pieces legislation first civil rights act provided persons born citizens citizens every race color shall right among things full equal benefit laws proceedings security person property enjoyed white citizens ch stat proponents opponents act described providing privileges citizenship freedmen defined privileges include constitutional rights right keep bear arms see cong globe remarks trumbull stating late slaveholding enacted laws depriving persons african descent privileges essential freemen including prohibit ing negro mulatto stating purpose bill consideration destroy discriminations remarks raymond opposing act recognizing ake colored man citizen guarantee inter alia defined status right defend wife children right bear arms three months later congress passed freedmen bureau act also entitled citizens full equal benefit laws proceedings concerning personal liberty personal security act july ch stat act stated expressly rights personal liberty security protected act includ ed constitutional right bear arms ibid much else legislative record many statements members congress corroborate view privileges immunities clause enforced constitutionally enumerated rights see curtis collecting examples aware statement directly refutes proposition said record debates like legislative history less crystal clear particular much ambiguity derives fact least several members described protecting privileges immunities citizens several harkening back article iv see supra describing howard speech statements read support view privileges immunities clause protects fundamental rights citizens described corfield also read support view privileges immunities clause like article iv prohibits state discrimination respect rights covers deprive power deny rights citizens equally examine rest historical record understanding purposes discerning public likely thought privileges immunities clause mean significant widely publicized statements legislators voted bingham howard even hale point unambiguously toward conclusion privileges immunities clause enforces least fundamental rights enumerated constitution including second amendment right keep bear arms interpretations fourteenth amendment period immediately following ratification help establish public understanding text time adoption interpretations come members congress debate bill enforce fourteenth amendment representative henry dawes listed constitution first eight amendments including right keep bear arms explaining civil war country gave grand rights privileges immunities one single amendment constitution four millions american citizens formerly slaves cong globe dawes explained comprehended words citizen ibid see also remarks hoar stating privileges immunities clause referred rights declared belong citizen constitution even opponents fourteenth amendment enforcement legislation acknowledged privileges immunities clause protected constitutionally enumerated individual rights see cong rec remarks mills opposing enforcement law acknowledging referring bill rights hese first amendments provisions constitution like import embrace immunities citizenship set forth article section constitution fourteenth amendment emphasis added see curtis collecting examples legislation passed furtherance fourteenth amendment demonstrates even clearly understanding example congress enacted civil rights act stat titled pertinent part act enforce provisions fourteenth amendment constitution codified statute prohibits state officials depriving citizens rights privileges immunities secured constitution rev stat emphasis added although judiciary ignored provision decades enactment come interpret statute unremarkably light text protecting constitutionally enumerated rights monroe pape federal appeals decision written future justice adopted understanding privileges immunities clause see hall cas cc sd woods think therefore rights enumerated first eight articles amendment constitution privileges immunities citizens addition two era major constitutional treatises reflected understanding protect constitutionally enumerated rights state third treatise unambiguously indicates privileges immunities clause accomplished task paschal constitution explaining rights listed already guarantied article iv bill rights new feature declared rights construed apply national government thus imposed upon another example public understanding comes attorney daniel corbin statement ku klux klan prosecution corbin cited barron declared fourteenth amendment changes theory lays restriction upon lay upon congress congress heretofore interfere right citizen keep bear arms adoption fourteenth amendment state interfere right citizen keep bear arms right keep bear arms included fourteenth amendment immunities proceedings ku klux trials columbia circuit november term evidence plainly shows ratifying public understood privileges immunities clause protect constitutionally enumerated rights including right keep bear arms demonstrates doubt understood enforce second amendment see ante view right keep bear arms understood privilege american citizenship guaranteed privileges immunities clause next question whether privileges immunities clause merely prohibits discriminating among citizens recognize second amendment right keep bear arms whether clause requires recognize right municipal respondents chicago oak park argue former interpretation contend second amendment applied fourteenth authorizes state impose outright ban handgun possession ones issue long state applies citizens explains reading whole implausible ante citing brief municipal respondents agree think privileges immunities clause applies right must explain clause particular protects state discrimination fact establishes minimum baseline rights american citizens begin text privileges immunities clause opens command state shall abridge privileges immunities citizens amdt emphasis added phrase opens article constitution prohibits pass ing bill attainder ex post facto law among things article one constitutional provisions limits state authority barron chief justice marshall interpreted bill rights lacking plain intelligible language restricting state power infringe upon individual liberties pointed article example text accomplished task indeed chief justice marshall later describe article bill rights people state fletcher peck cranch thus fact privileges immunities clause uses command state shall article iv strongly suggests former imposes greater restriction state power latter interpretation strengthened one considers privileges immunities clause uses verb abridge rather discriminate describe limit imposes state authority webster dictionary use time reconstruction defines word abridge mean deprive cut abridge one rights webster american dictionary english language clause thus best understood impose limitation state power infringe upon substantive rights raises indication framers clause used word abridge prohibit discrimination natural textual reading underscored revision fourteenth amendment reconstruction congress rejected several southern refused ratify amendment president johnson met governors draft compromise times proposal eliminated congress power enforce amendment granted replaced privileges immunities clause following persons born naturalized subject jurisdiction thereof citizens reside citizens state shall entitled privileges immunities citizens several draft reprinted documentary history reconstruction fleming ed hereinafter fleming significantly proposal removed state shall directive verb abridge also changed class rights protected belonging citizens citizens several phrasing materially indistinguishable article iv generally understood antidiscrimination provision alone see supra proposal thus strongly indicates least president several southern governors thought privileges immunities clause unsuccessfully tried revise prohibited discrimination argument privileges immunities clause prohibits discrimination often followed claim public discussion clause generally extensive argument goes must understood accomplish significant task subjecting federal enforcement minimum baseline rights argument overlooks critical aspects nation history underscored need wide agreement upon federal enforcement constitutionally enumerated rights including right keep bear arms turn first public debate time ratification true congressional debates relatively brief also true little evidence extensive debate many state legislatures keep records debates records exist reveal modest discussion see curtis facts surprising first however consequential consider question today nationalization constitutional rights controversial aspect fourteenth amendment time ratification nation endured tumultuous civil war reduced representation denied voting rights blacks deprived former confederate officers power hold elective office required disavow confederate war debts far polarizing consumed far political attention see wildenthal hardy original popular understanding fourteenth amendment reflected print media whittier rev second congressional debates fourteenth amendment reveal many representatives probably many citizens believed thirteenth amendment civil rights legislation combination two already enforced constitutional rights justice black dissent adamson chronicles point detail appendix dissenting opinion regardless whether understanding accurate matter constitutional law helps explain congressmen little say debates see ibid third barron made plain bill rights legally enforceable see supra significance holding overstated like framers see supra many americans understood bill rights declare inalienable rights government thus even though bill rights technically applied federal government many believed declared rights legitimate government abridge chief justice henry lumpkin decision georgia nunn state illustrates view assessing state power regulate firearm possession lumpkin wrote aware decided second amendment like amendments adopted time restriction upon government extend individual still considered right keep bear arms unalienable right lies bottom every free government thus found bound honor ibid state courts adopted similar positions respect right keep bear arms enumerated courts even suggested protections bill rights legally enforceable barron prominent treatise era took position rawle view constitution america ed reprint arguing certain first eight amendments appl state legislatures amendments form parts declared rights people neither state powers union ever deprive describing second amendment right people keep bear arms restraint congress see also heller slip describing rawle treatise influential certain abolitionist leaders adhered view well lysander spooner championed popular abolitionist argument slavery inconsistent constitutional principles citing evidence fact deprived black americans natural right men keep bear arms personal defence believed constitution prohibit ed congress state governments infringing spooner unconstitutionality slavery sum appear believed bill rights apply even though squarely rejected theory see supra recounting hale argument effect many others believed liberties codified bill rights ones state abridge even though understood bill technically apply beliefs combined fact state constitutions recognized many individual rights enumerated bill rights made need federal enforcement constitutional liberties afterthought see ante opinion noting union state constitutional provisions explicitly protecting right keep bear arms changed national conflict slavery contentious years leading civil war sought retain institution slavery found necessary eliminate basic liberties slaves free blacks white abolitionists congressman tobias plants explained slaveholders hold slaves safely dissent permitted decided dissent must suppressed strong hand power cong globe measures used ruthless repressed virtually every right recognized constitution demonstrated preventing discriminatory state firearms restrictions hollow assurance liberty public reaction indicates american people understood point overarching goal forces repress spread abolitionist thought concomitant risk slave rebellion indeed difficult overstate extent fear slave uprising gripped slaveholders dictated acts southern legislatures slaves free blacks represented substantial percentage population posed severe threat southern order kept place according census slaves represented one quarter population slave nearly half population alabama florida georgia louisiana population mississippi south carolina statistics including mortality property eighth census southern fear slave rebellion unfounded although others two particularly notable slave uprisings heavily influenced slaveholders south group free blacks slaves led denmark vesey planned rebellion slay masters flee haiti aptheker american negro slave revolts plan foiled leading swift arrest blacks execution including vesey still slaveowners took notice reportedly feared many slaves free blacks involved plot years later fear rebellion realized uprising led nat turner took lives least whites suppressed fear generated rebellions led southern legislatures take particularly vicious aim rights free blacks slaves speak keep bear arms defense teaching slaves read even bible criminal offense punished severely see stampp peculiar institution slavery south virginia made crime member abolition society enter state argue owners slaves property advocate advise abolition slavery acts ch prohibited circulation literature denying master right property slaves passed laws requiring postmasters inspect mails search material eaton struggle old south many legislatures amended laws prohibiting slaves carrying apply prohibition free blacks well see act acts pp declaring shall lawful free person colour state use carry fire arms description whatever aptheker nat turner slave rebellion discussing similar maryland virginia statutes see also act mar ch miss laws repealing laws allowing free blacks obtain firearms licenses act acts florida made duty white citizen patrol search negro houses suspected places fire arms act ch acts pp found firearms patrols take offending slave free black nearest justice peace whereupon severely punished whipping bare back exceeding lashes unless give plain satisfactory explanation came possess gun ibid southern blacks alone facing threats personal liberty security antebellum era mob violence many northern cities presented dangers well cottrol diamond second amendment toward reconsideration geo hereinafter cottrol recounting july mob attack churches homes businesses white abolitionists blacks new york involved upwards twenty thousand people required intervention militia suppress ibid noting uprising boston nine years later confrontation group white sailors four blacks led mob several hundred whites attac severely beat every black find civil war southern anxiety uprising among newly freed slaves peaked representative thaddeus stevens reported said hen first proposed free slaves arm blacks half nation tremble prim conservatives snobs male congress hysterics stampp era reconstruction hereinafter era reconstruction explains fear led systematic efforts old confederacy disarm freedmen served union army well free blacks see ante formally prohibited blacks possessing firearms ante quoting miss laws reprinted fleming others enacted legislation prohibiting blacks carrying firearms without license restriction imposed whites see la statute reprinted additionally hroughout south armed parties often consisting soldiers serving state militias forcibly took firearms newly freed slaves ante makes crystal clear fourteenth amendment outlawed laws discriminate basis race previous condition servitude south likely remained vulnerable attack many worst abusers state militia state peace officers ante years following civil war law banning firearm possession outright nondiscriminatory formal sense left firearms hands militia local peace officers ibid evidence suggests public understood time fourteenth amendment ratified publicly circulated report joint committee reconstruction extensively detailed abuses see ante collecting examples statements citizens indicate looked committee provide federal solution problem see cong globe remarks sumner introducing memorial colored citizens state south carolina asking inter alia constitutional protection keeping arms holding public assemblies complete liberty speech press one way federal government responded issue military orders countermanding southern arms legislation see order major general sickles reprinted mcpherson political history america period reconstruction constitutional rights loyal inhabitants bear arms infringed significance steps lost designed protect one order issued christian recorder published african methodist episcopal church published following editorial several times alluded fact constitution guaranties every citizen right keep bear arms men without distinction color right keep arms defend homes families glad learn commissioner state given freedmen understand good right keep fire arms citizens constitution law land governed present right bear arms christian recorder phila pp month loyal georgian carried letter editor asking colored persons right carry fire arms colored citizen editors responded follows almost every day asked questions similar answer certainly right carry fire arms citizens free citizens entitled privileges granted citizens constitution article ii amendments constitution gives people right bear arms right shall infringed men without distinction color right keep arms defend homes families letter editor loyal georgian augusta statements consistent arguments abolitionists antebellum era slavery slave efforts retain violated constitutional rights individuals rights abolitionists described among privileges immunities citizenship see tiffany treatise unconstitutionality american slavery reprint pledg ing see rights privileges immunities granted constitution extended describing right keep bear arms one rights secured constitution problem abolitionists sought remedy dred scott blacks entitled privileges immunities citizens federal constitution many whatever inalienable rights state law recognized apply blacks see cooper savannah deciding two years chief justice lumpkin opinion nunn recognizing right keep bear arms see supra ree persons color never recognized citizens entitled bear arms section guaranteed rights citizenship several without regard race understood liberty assured little protection left state decide privileges immunities citizenship protect frederick douglass explained adoption legislatures south take right keep bear arms allow negro walk cane came allow five assemble together new skin old snake come forth address delivered new york new york may reprinted frederick douglass papers blassingame mckivigan omitted notwithstanding provision constitution right keep bear arms shall abridged douglass explained black man never right either keep bear arms absent constitutional amendment enforce right insisted work abolitionists wa finished ibid history confirms text privileges immunities clause naturally suggests consistent command state shall abridge rights citizens clause establishes minimum baseline federal rights constitutional right keep bear arms plainly among iii conclusion contrary precedents hold second amendment right keep bear arms privilege citizenship see cruikshank must therefore consider whether stare decisis requires retention precedents mentioned outset inquiry limited right issue thus endeavor decide case whether extent privileges immunities clause applies rights enumerated constitution suggest stare decisis considerations surrounding application right keep bear arms surrounding another right protected privileges immunities clause consider stare decisis applies question presented inquiry begins cases upheld louisiana statute granting monopoly livestock butchering around city new orleans newly incorporated company wall butchers excluded monopoly sued claiming statute violated privileges immunities clause interfered right pursue exercise trade rejected butchers claim holding asserted right privilege immunity american citizenship one governed alone held privileges immunities clause protected rights federal citizenship owe existence federal government national character constitution laws protect rights state citizenship words defined two sets rights mutually exclusive separating two sets rights defined rights state citizenship embrac ing nearly every civil right establishment protection organized government instituted rights listed corfield referring rights judge washington described left rights federal citizenship privileges immunities clause protect suggested handful possibilities right free access federal seaports protection federal government traveling high seas even two rights listed constitution noting right peaceably assemble privilege writ habeas corpus see supra decision interpret rights state federal citizenship mutually exclusive led future cases conclude constitutionally enumerated rights excluded privileges immunities clause scope see cruikshank supra reject understanding reason interpret privileges immunities clause putting extreme choice interpreting privileges immunities federal citizenship mean either rights listed corfield almost rights record scant public understood clause make federal government perpetual censor upon legislation majority feared one thing corfield listed elective franchise one privileges immunities citizens several yet congress still found necessary adopt fifteenth amendment protects right citizens vote two years fourteenth amendment passage privileges immunities clause understood protect every conceivable civil right state abridgment fifteenth amendment redundant better view light federal government shared history recognizing certain inalienable rights citizens privileges immunities state federal citizenship overlap say privileges immunities state federal citizenship time fourteenth amendment ratification performed many functions federal government unlikely simply referring privileges immunities framers meant transfer every right mentioned corfield congressional oversight discussed privileges immunities understood synonyms rights see supra attachment particular group gave content text history recounted indicate rights citizens perfectly identical rights citizens several justice swayne one dissenters made point clear citizen state fundamental rights citizen also certain others local character arising relation state addition belong citizen relation also may thus double citizenship rights peculiar belong citizen category question throws shield protection emphasis added privileges immunities american citizenship include rights enumerated constitution overlap least extent privileges immunities traditionally recognized citizens several separate question whether privileges immunities american citizenship include rights besides enumerated constitution four dissenting justices held privileges immunities clause protected unenumerated right butchers case asserted see field dissenting bradley dissenting swayne dissenting case involve unenumerated right necessary resolve question whether clause protects rights whether judgment correct still argued mere possibility privileges immunities clause may enforce unenumerated rights creates prevent returning original meaning post stevens dissenting ironically objection applies substantive due process jurisprudence illustrates risks granting judges broad discretion recognize individual constitutional rights absence textual historical guideposts see reason assume hazards apply privileges immunities clause mere fact clause expressly list rights protects render incapable principled judicial application constitution contains many provisions require examination constitutional text determine whether particular act within congress power otherwise prohibited see art cl necessary proper clause amdt cruel unusual punishments clause inquiry focuses ratifying era understood privileges immunities clause mean interpreting hazardous interpreting constitutional provisions using approach sure interpreting privileges immunities clause may produce hard questions advantage questions constitution asks us answer believe questions worthy attention far likely yield discernable answers substantive due process questions years created neither textual historical support finding impediments returning original meaning overstated reject insofar precludes overlap privileges immunities state federal citizenship next proceed stare decisis considerations surrounding precedent expressly controls question presented three years cruikshank squarely held right keep bear arms privilege american citizenship thereby overturning convictions militia members responsible brutal colfax massacre see supra cruikshank precedent entitled respect flaws interpretation privileges immunities clause made evident preceding evidence original meaning reject holding basis alone consequences cruikshank warrant mention well cruikshank holding blacks look state governments protection right keep bear arms enabled private forces often assistance local governments subjugate newly freed slaves descendants wave private violence designed drive blacks voting booth force peonage effective return slavery without federal enforcement inalienable right keep bear arms militias mobs tragically successful waging campaign terror people fourteenth amendment made citizens take example hamburg massacre white citizen militia sought murdered troop black militiamen reason dared conduct celebratory fourth july parade mostly black town white militia commander pitchfork ben tillman later described massacre pride leading white men edgefield decided seize first opportunity negroes might offer provoke riot teach negroes lesson whites demonstrate superiority killing many justifiable kantrowitz ben tillman reconstruction white supremacy ellipsis brackets internal quotation marks omitted none perpetrators hamburg murders ever brought organized terrorism like perpetuated tillman cohorts proliferated absence federal enforcement constitutional rights militias ku klux klan knights white camellia white brotherhood pale faces association spread terror among blacks white republicans breaking republican meetings threatening political leaders whipping black militiamen era reconstruction curtis groups raped murdered lynched robbed means intimidating instilling pervasive fear despised trelease white terror ku klux klan conspiracy southern reconstruction although congress enacted legislation suppress klan tactics remained constant presence lives southern blacks decades least reported lynchings blacks south cottrol tortured killed wide array alleged crimes without even slightest hint due process emmit till example killed allegedly whistling white woman whitfield death delta story emmett till fates targets mob violence equally depraved see lynched negro wife first mutilated vicksburg miss evening post reprinted ginzburg years lynchings negro shot dead kissing white girlfriend chi defender reporting incident florida la negro burned alive screaming cleveland gazette reporting incident louisiana use firearms often way black citizens protect mob violence eli cooper one target violence said explained negro run fifty years must stop pistols shotguns weapons stop mob church burnings follow negro agitator lynching chicago defender sometimes cooper case succeed dragged home mob killed wife looked ibid times use firearms allowed targets mob violence survive one man recalled night childhood father stood armed jail morning ward lynchers see cottrol experience left sense powerlessness possibilities salvation came standing intimidation ibid view record makes plain framers privileges immunities clause public understood framers second amendment right keep bear arms essential preservation liberty record makes equally plain deemed right necessary include minimum baseline federal rights privileges immunities clause established wake war slavery nothing cruikshank contrary holding warrants retention agree second amendment fully applicable right keep bear arms guaranteed fourteenth amendment privilege american citizenship otis mcdonald et petitioners city chicago illinois et al writ certiorari appeals seventh circuit june justice stevens dissenting district columbia heller slip answered question whether federal enclave prohibition possession usable handguns home violates second amendment constitution question answering case whether constitution guarantees individuals fundamental right enforceable possess functional personal firearm including handgun within home complaint app different difficult inquiry asking fourteenth amendment incorporates second amendment incorporation question squarely view correctly resolved late district petitioners focused pleadings special considerations raised domestic possession identified core asserted right support claim city chicago handgun ban violates constitution rely primarily privileges immunities clause fourteenth amendment see brief petitioners rely secondarily due process clause amendment see neither submission requires express opinion whether fourteenth amendment places limit power regulate possession use carriage firearms outside home agree plurality refusal accept petitioners primary submission ante briefs marshal impressive amount historical evidence argument interpreted privileges immunities clause narrowly cases wall original meaning clause clear nearly clear need dislodge years precedent burden severe seek radical change established body constitutional moreover suggestion invigorating privileges immunities clause reduce judicial discretion see reply brief petitioners tr oral arg strikes implausible exactly backwards reason long remained clean slate revitalized privileges immunities clause holds special hazards judges mindful proper task write personal views appropriate public policy constitution agree plurality weighty arguments supporting petitioners second submission insofar concerns possession firearms lawful home arguments less compelling plurality suggests much less compelling applied outside home validity depend holding heller holding sheds light meaning due process clause fourteenth amendment decisions construing clause render various procedural guarantees bill rights enforceable likewise tell us little meaning word liberty clause scope protection nonprocedural rights substantive due process case section fourteenth amendment decrees state shall deprive person life liberty property without due process law filled thousands pages expounding spare text read vast corpus substantive due process opinions confirm several important principles guide resolution case principal opinion lengthy summary incorporation doctrine see ante majority opinion plurality opinion implicit untenable effort wall doctrine rest substantive due process jurisprudence invite fresh survey old terrain substantive content first basic principle established cases rights protected due process clause merely procedural nature first glance proposition might seem surprising given clause refers process substance procedure often deeply entwined upon closer inspection text read impos nothing less obligation give substantive content words process law washington glucksberg souter concurring judgment lest superficially fair procedures permitted destroy enjoyment life liberty property poe ullman harlan dissenting clause prepositional modifier permitted swallow primary command procedural guarantees hollow unless linked substantive interests amount process legitimize deprivations yet see persuasive argument framers fourteenth amendment thought otherwise contrary historical evidence suggests least time civil war much earlier phrase due process law acquired substantive content term art within legal understanding consonant venerable notion governmental authority implied limits preserve private autonomy notion predates founding finds reinforcement constitution ninth amendment see griswold connecticut goldberg concurring due process clause claim source basic freedoms legal document ever see meachum fano stevens dissenting stands one foundational guarantors law text history inconclusive point precedent leaves doubt settled well century due process clause applies matters substantive law well matters procedure whitney california brandeis concurring time recognized fourteenth amendment well fifth due process clause guarantees fair process protects includes absence physical restraint glucksberg clause also includes substantive component heightened protection government interference certain fundamental rights liberty interests troxel granville opinion joined rehnquist ginsburg breyer jj quoting glucksberg enduring precedents accepted today virtually everyone substantive due process decisions see loving virginia recognizing well right marry person another race bolling sharpe outlawing racial segregation district columbia public schools pierce society sisters vindicating right parents direct upbringing education children meyer nebraska striking prohibition teaching foreign languages liberty second principle woven cases substantive due process fundamentally matter personal liberty liberty clause fourteenth amendment grounds important holdings field liberty clause enacts constitution promise measure dignity afforded persons planned parenthood southeastern casey liberty clause reflects renews origins american heritage freedom abiding interest individual liberty makes certain state intrusions citizen right decide live life intolerable fitzgerald porter memorial hospital stevens substantive due process cases episodically invoked values privacy equality well values certain contexts may intersect complement subject liberty interests profound ways observed numerous occasions significant cases raising bill rights issues final analysis actually interpreted word fourteenth amendment follows term incorporation like term unenumerated rights something misnomer whether asserted substantive due process interest explicitly named one first eight amendments constitution mentioned underlying inquiry must ask whether interest comprised within term liberty whitney brandeis concurring second justice harlan shown ever since began considering applicability bill rights usual approach ground prohibitions state action squarely due process without intermediate reliance first eight amendments malloy hogan dissenting opinion see also frankfurter memorandum incorporation bill rights due process clause fourteenth amendment harv rev pathmarking case gitlow new york example majority dissent evaluated petitioner free speech claim first amendment aspect fundamental personal rights protected due process clause fourteenth amendment impairment classic opinion griswold concurring judgment justice harlan memorably distilled precedents lesson relevant inquiry may aided resort one provisions bill rights dependent radiations due process clause fourteenth amendment stands bottom inclusion bill rights neither necessary sufficient interest judicially enforceable fourteenth amendment doctrine ante simply related substantive due process ante subset thereof divergence third precept emerge case law flows second rights protected state infringement fourteenth amendment due process clause need identical shape scope rights protected federal government infringement various provisions bill rights drafted bill rights directly constrained federal government see barron ex rel tiernan mayor baltimore pet although enactment fourteenth amendment profoundly altered legal order unstitch basic federalist pattern woven constitutional fabric williams florida harlan concurring result matter expressly alter bill rights constitution still envisions system divided sovereignty still establishes federal republic local differences cherished elements liberty vast run cases national rifle assn chicago easterbrook still allocates general police power alone comstock slip kennedy concurring judgment elementary considerations constitutional text structure suggest may legitimate reasons hold state governments different standards federal government certain true emphasizes ante made numerous provisions bill rights fully applicable settled instance governor alabama power president authorize unreasonable searches seizures ker california never accepted total incorporation theory fourteenth amendment whereby amendment deemed subsume provisions bill rights en masse see ante declined apply several provisions measure see minneapolis louis bombolis seventh amendment hurtado california grand jury clause moreover resisted uniform approach sixth amendment criminal jury guarantee demanding panels unanimous verdicts federal trials yet state trials see apodaca oregon plurality opinion williams recent years repeatedly declined grant certiorari review denials precedential significance confirm proposition incorporation provision bill rights fourteenth amendment mean provision must precisely meaning contexts true well decided number cases involving procedural rights treated due process clause transplanted language bill rights fourteenth amendment see benton maryland double jeopardy clause pointer texas confrontation clause incorporation norm expansionary era yet least one subsequent opinion suggests precedents require perfect congruence matters relevant constitutional guarantee crist bretz see also powell dissenting judgment line cases best understood concluded ensure criminal trial satisfies essential standards fairness procedures state federal courts need certainty uniformity pressing margin error slimmer criminal justice issue principle little relevance question whether nonprocedural rule set forth bill rights qualifies aspect liberty protected fourteenth amendment notwithstanding overheated dicta malloy therefore overstatement say abandoned ante majority opinion plurality opinion approach incorporation ante plurality opinion moved away approach area criminal procedure second amendment differs fundamental respects neighboring provisions bill rights shall explain part infra opinions purported establish general method incorporation hardly binds us case hesitated cut back perceived warren excesses areas count mean deny significant practical well esthetic benefits treating rights symmetrically regard state federal governments incorporation provision may entail greater protection right issue therefore greater freedom hold incorporation may also yield greater clarity contours legal rule see johnson louisiana douglas dissenting pointer goldberg concurring federalist system however approach carry substantial costs federal insists state local authorities follow dictates matter critical personal liberty procedural justice latter may prevented engaging kind beneficent experimentation things social economic ultimately redounds benefit americans new state ice liebmann brandeis dissenting costs federal courts imposing uniform national standard may especially high relevant regulatory interests vary significantly across localities ruling implicates core police powers furthermore real risk demanding provisions bill rights apply identically federal courts cause provisions watered needless pursuit uniformity duncan louisiana harlan dissenting one legal standard must prevail across dozens jurisdictions disparate needs customs courts often settle relaxed standard risk particularly acute move beyond narrow realm criminal procedure relatively vast domain substantive rights long requirements fundamental fairness always everywhere respected clear greater liberty results application provision bill rights indeed far clear proponents individual right keep bear arms celebrate today ii far explained substantive due process analysis generally requires us consider term liberty fourteenth amendment inquiry may informed depend upon content bill rights go analysis precedents established exact methodology rather framework decisionmaking respect narrative fails capture continuity flexibility doctrine basic inquiry described justice cardozo years ago confronted substantive due process claim must ask whether allegedly unlawful practice violates values implicit concept ordered liberty palko connecticut practice question lacks oppressive arbitrary character judicial enforcement asserted right materially contribute fair enlightened system justice claim unsuitable substantive due process protection implicit justice cardozo test recognition postulates liberty universal character liberty claims inseparable customs prevail certain region idiosyncratic expectations certain group personal preferences champions may valid claims sense constitutional stature whether conceptualized rational continuum legal precepts poe harlan dissenting seamless web moral commitments rights embraced liberty clause transcend local particular justice cardozo test undeniably requires judges apply reasoned judgment mean involves exercise abstract philosophy addition constraints soon discuss see part iii infra historical empirical data various kinds ground analysis textual commitments laid elsewhere constitution judicial precedents english common law legislative social facts scientific professional developments practices civilized else conscience people palko quoting snyder massachusetts critical variables provide evidence rights really vital ordered liberty well spur judicial action errs interpretation palko suggestion later cases rendered palko methodology defunct echoing duncan advises justice cardozo test satisfied civilized system imagined accord particular protection ante quoting palko contain language read set inordinate bar substantive due process recognition reserving practices without neither liberty justice exist view justice cardozo broader analysis well numerous cases upheld liberty claims palko standard readings plainly overreadings never applied palko draconian manner intimates see ante duncan mark irreparable break palko swapping liberty history duncan limited discussion particular procedural safeguard bill rights relating criminal processes purport set standard types liberty interests even regard procedural safeguards duncan jettison palko test much refine judge still tasked evaluating whether practice fundamental ordered liberty within context system duncan several important recent decisions confirm proposition substantive due process analysis incorporation analysis derives must wholly backward looking see lawrence texas istory tradition starting point cases ending point substantive due process inquiry internal quotation marks omitted michael gerald garnering two votes methodology consult specific tradition available see also post breyer dissenting explaining incorporation cases continued rely history flight palko leaves analysis careful scholarly though much narrow provide satisfying answer case hinges entire decision one mode intellectual history culling selected pronouncements enactments centuries ascertain americans thought firearms relying duncan glucksberg plurality suggests interests proved fundamental american perspective ante rooted nation history tradition ante quoting glucksberg satisfaction may qualify incorporation fourteenth amendment extent opinion read imply historical pedigree right exclusive dispositive determinant status due process clause opinion seriously mistaken rigid historical test inappropriate case basically substantive due process doctrine never evaluated substantive rights purely even predominantly historical terms applied many procedural guarantees bill rights often asked whether guarantee question fundamental context criminal processes maintained american duncan inquiry extend back time focused much historical conceptions guarantee functional significance within regimes contextualized approach made sense choice employ given procedure means little abstract inquiring procedure intermeshes procedures practices criminal justice system relationship liberty due process determined yet used due process clause recognize rights distinct trial context rights relating primary conduct free individuals justice cardozo test guide right free speech instance safeguarded state infringement always honored essential free government maintenance democratic institutions right free speech implicit concept ordered liberty thornhill alabama see also loving discussing right marry person another race mapp ohio discussing right free arbitrary intrusion police schneider state town irvington discussing right distribute printed matter verbal formula varied largely consistent approach substantive interests outside adjudicatory system question us indisputably concerns interest answer found granular inspection state constitutions congressional debates fundamentally rigid historical methodology unfaithful constitution command really case fourteenth amendment guarantee liberty embraces rights rooted history tradition practice require special protection glucksberg guarantee serve little function save ratify rights state actors already according extensive cf duncan harlan dissenting critiquing circular ity historicized test incorporation approach unfaithful expansive principle americans laid ratified fourteenth amendment level generality chose crafted language promises objectivity deliver masks value judgments pervade analysis customs defined manner sufficiently countenances revolting injustices name must never forget slavery also subjugation women rank forms discrimination part history effaces distinctive role saying law leaving development safekeeping liberty majoritarian political processes judicial abdication guise judicial modesty liberty safeguarded fourteenth amendment merely preservative nature rather dynamic concept stevens bill rights century progress chi rev dynamism provides central means framers enabled constitution endure ages come mcculloch maryland wheat central example wisely spoke general language left succeeding generations task applying language unceasingly changing environment live rehnquist notion living constitution tex rev task giving concrete meaning term elsewhere explained length part work assigned future generations stevens third branch liberty miami rev judge outsource interpretation liberty historical sentiment turned back task constitution assigned drained document intended iii point difficult question arises considering majestic term liberty applying present circumstances justice urgent call open texture grant interpretive discretion latter embodies without injecting excessive subjectivity unduly restricting broad latitude experimenting possible solutions problems vital local concern whalen roe one part answer already discussed must ground analysis historical experience reasoned judgment never merely personal private notions rochin california precedents place number additional constraints decisional process although guideposts responsible decisionmaking unchartered area scarce collins harker heights significant guideposts basic eschewed attempts provide totalizing theory liberty project bound end failure worse framers express clear understanding term guide us lochner line cases attests dangers judicial overconfidence using substantive due process advance broad theory right good see lochner new york durable precedents attempted define exactness liberty guaranteed fourteenth amendment meyer see also bolling nature meaning liberty reduced formula content determined reference code poe harlan dissenting yet specially protected fourteenth amendment perhaps capable fully clarified glucksberg capable refined delimited insisted certain types especially significant personal interests may qualify especially heightened protection ever since deviant economic due process cases repudiated souter concurring judgment doctrine steered away laws touch economic problems business affairs social conditions griswold instead centered matters relating marriage procreation contraception family relationships child rearing education paul davis categories exclusive government action shocks conscience pointlessly infringes settled expectations trespasses sensitive private realms life choices without adequate justification perpetrates gross injustice simply lacks rational basis always vulnerable judicial invalidation fact asserted right falls within one categories end inquiry fundamental rights may receive robust judicial protection strength individual liberty interests state regulatory interests must always assessed compared right absolute rather seek categorical understanding liberty clause precedents thus elucidated conceptual core clause safeguards basically ability independently define one identity roberts jaycees individual right make certain unusually important decisions affect family destiny fitzgerald right respected human bodily integrity freedom conscience intimate relationships political equality dignity respect central values found implicit concept ordered liberty another key constraint substantive due process analysis respect democratic process particular liberty interest already given careful consideration subjected ongoing calibration judicial enforcement may appropriate declined establish general right suicide example part currently engaged serious thoughtful examinations suicide similar issues rendering judicial intervention less necessary potentially disruptive glucksberg conversely long appreciated searching judicial review may justified rights discrete insular minorities groups may face systematic barriers political system stake carolene products courts comparative advantage elected branches limited significant range legal matters post recognizing new liberty right momentous step takes right considerable extent outside arena public debate legislative action glucksberg sometimes momentous step must taken fundamental aspects personhood dignity like vary state state demand baseline level protection sensitivity interaction intrinsic aspects liberty practical realities contemporary society provides important tool guiding judicial discretion sensitivity aspect deeper principle need approach work humility caution relevant constitutional language spacious duncan emphasized doctrine judicial requires us exercise utmost care whenever asked break new ground field collins many colleagues predecessors stressed point great eloquence see casey moore east cleveland plurality opinion poe harlan dissenting adamson california frankfurter concurring historical study may discipline well enrich analysis inescapable reality serious theory section fourteenth amendment yields clear answers every case formula serve substitute area judgment restraint poe harlan dissenting several rules judicial process help enforce restraint substantive due process field others applied doctrine stare decisis adhering precedents respecting reliance interests prizing stability order law method taking cases controversies present proceeding slowly incrementally building came restrained methodology evident even heyday incorporation although much easier simply declare certain amendments bill rights applicable toto took care parse amendment component guarantees evaluating one one piecemeal approach allowed scrutinize closely right issue given dispute reducing risk cost error relatedly rather evaluate liberty claims abstract plane required cases description asserted fundamental liberty interest glucksberg quoting reno flores collins cruzan director mo dept health required careful description litigants required focus allegations complaint determine petitioner describes constitutional right stake collins see also stevens judicial restraint san diego rev mean must define asserted right specific level thereby sapping universal valence moral force might otherwise means simply must pay close attention precise liberty interest litigants asked us vindicate holdings similarly tailored even expansive formulation claim qualify substantive due process recognition particular components claim might may categorical right suicide example possibility individual plaintiff seeking hasten death doctor whose assistance sought prevail particularized challenge glucksberg quoting stevens concurring judgments see also vacco quill leaving open possibility applications new york prohibition assisted suicide may impose intolerable intrusion patient even state interest regulating certain matter must permitted general course trump individual countervailing liberty interest may still situations latter entitled constitutional protection glucksberg stevens concurring judgments discussion reflects acknowledge task construing liberty clause requires judgment say license unbridled judicial lawmaking contrary honest reckoning discretion allows honest argumentation meaningful accountability iv question case whether second amendment right keep bear arms whatever right precise contours applies amendment incorporated fourteenth amendment question rather whether particular right asserted petitioners applies fourteenth amendment standing bottom answer question need determine first nature right asserted second whether right aspect fourteenth amendment liberty even accepting holding heller remains entirely possible right keep bear arms identified opinion judicially enforceable part right likewise possible find case part heller right applies find later cases parts right also apply apply different terms noted outset liberty interest petitioners asserted right possess functional personal firearm including handgun within home complaint app city chicago allows residents keep functional firearms long registered generally prohibits possession handguns shotguns machine guns rifles see chicago municipal code petitioners complaint centered desire keep handgun domicile references home nearly every paragraph see complaint app supporting declarations see app petitioners frame question confronts us hether second amendment right keep bear arms incorporated fourteenth amendment privileges immunities due process clauses brief petitioners duty focus allegations complaint determine petitioner describes constitutional right stake collins gravamen complaint plainly appeal keep handgun firearm one choosing home petitioners framing complaint tracks ruling heller majority opinion contained dicta suggesting possibility expansive right one travel individual extent public places case confrontation slip heller plaintiff sought dispensation keep operable firearm home lawful see slip opinion bookended reminders holding limited one issue slip accord ante plurality opinion distinction liberty right petitioners asserted second amendment right identified heller therefore evanescent rooted home moreover even rights logical potential extend upon future evaluation heller slip incumbent upon us federal judges contemplating novel rule bind proceed cautiously decide must decided understood plea keep preferred type firearm home petitioners argument real decision keep loaded handgun house often motivated desire protect life liberty property comparable ways decisions education upbringing one children kind decision may profound consequences every member family world beyond considering whether keep handgun heads households must ask whether desired safety benefits outweigh risks deliberate accidental misuse may result death serious injury residents home others well millions americans answered question affirmative infrequently believe inalienable right consider aspect human dignity master one fate rather ward state indiana edwards scalia dissenting many decisions based part family traditions deeply held beliefs aspect individual autonomy government may bolstering petitioners claim law long recognized home provides kind special sanctuary modern life see amdts lawrence payton new york stanley georgia griswold consequently long accorded special deference privacy home whether humble cottage magnificent manse veneration domestic harkens back common law william blackstone recognized right habitation commentaries opined every man house looked upon law castle defence asylum heller carried forward legacy observing need defense self family property acute one abode celebrating right responsible citizens use arms defense hearth home slip individual interest firearm possession thus heightened home state corresponding interest regulation somewhat weaker state generally lesser basis regulating private compared public acts firearms kept inside home generally pose lesser threat public welfare compared firearms taken outside historical case regulation likewise stronger outside home many many years imposed stricter less controversial restrictions carriage arms domestic possession see slip noting majority courts consider question held prohibitions carrying concealed weapons lawful second amendment state analogues english state tex observing almost every one union prohibition carrying deadly weapons upon statute books lambasting claims right carry weapons little short ridiculous miller guns smut defending second amendment colum rev significant well rule limiting federal constitutional right keep bear arms home less intrusive state prerogatives easier administer unleashed heller tsunami legal uncertainty thus cusp imposing national rule area first time history least moderate confusion upheaval burden adopting rule clearly tightly bounded scope briefs several amici sought bolster petitioners claim still invoking right individual petitioners note heller majority discussed subject extensively remarked inherent right central second amendment right slip true state try deprive residents reasonable means defending imminent physical threats deny persons ability assert response criminal prosecution might pose significant constitutional problem argument substantive due process right spared untenable dilemmas serious case us petitioners asked establish constitutional right individual neither pleadings district filings make request petitioners contend city chicago recall allows residents keep rifles shotguns keep loaded unduly burdened right petitioners asked incorporate second amendment thereby establish constitutional entitlement enforceable keep handgun home course owning handgun may useful practicing right take certain type action analytically distinct right acquire utilize specific instrumentalities furtherance action might favor handguns clear superior weapon lawful nothing petitioners argument turns case notion right implies auxiliary right certain type firearm presupposes controversial judgments strength scope posited right also controversial assumptions likely effects making type firearm broadly available long way proposition fourteenth amendment protects basic individual right conclusion city may ban short utility firearms handguns particular defense hearth home certainly relevant assessment petitioners asserted right freestanding claim case question must decide whether interest keeping home firearm one choosing handgun petitioners one comprised within term liberty fourteenth amendment whitney brandeis concurring agree substantive due process cases offer principled basis holding petitioners constitutional right possess usable fiream home ultimately persuaded better reading case law supports city chicago foreclose possibility particular plaintiff say elderly widow lives dangerous neighborhood strength operate long gun may cognizable liberty interest possessing handgun accept petitioners broader submission number factors taken together lead conclusion first firearms fundamentally ambivalent relationship liberty help homeowners defend families property intruders help thugs insurrectionists murder innocent victims threat firearms misused far hypothetical gun crime devastated many communities amici calculate approximately one million americans wounded killed gunfire last urban areas chicago suffer disproportionately epidemic violence handguns contribute disproportionately homeowners may prefer handguns small size light weight ease operation criminals value reasons see heller breyer dissenting slip recent years handguns reportedly used firearm murders half murders hence evaluating asserted right free particular regulations liberty sides equation guns may useful well hunting sport also unique potential facilitate death destruction thereby destabilize ordered liberty interest keeping bearing certain firearm may diminish interest feeling safe armed violence granting right handgun might make safer given day assuming handgun marginal contribution outweighs marginal contribution risk accident suicide criminal mischief may make community live less safe overall owing increased number handguns circulation least reasonable democratically elected legislature take concerns account considering sorts regulations best serve public welfare practical impact various measures may highly controversial basic insight idea deadly weapons pose distinctive threat social order reasonable restrictions usage therefore impose acceptable burden one personal liberty old republic chief justice observed day foundational premise modern government state holds monopoly legitimate violence basic step organizing civilized society take sword private hands turn organized government acting behalf people robertson ex rel watson ante slip dissenting opinion holds true handgun power man state nature whatsoever thought fit preservation rest mankind gives significant extent regulated laws made society locke second treatise civil government gough ed limiting federal constitutional right keep bear arms home complicates analysis dislodge conclusion even though long afforded special solicitude privacy home never understood principle infring upon authority proscribe certain inherently dangerous items cases compelling reasons may exist overriding right individual possess materials stanley course guns start home may stay home even government weaker basis restricting domestic possession firearms compared public carriage even blanket statewide prohibition domestic possession might therefore unconstitutional line two porous one state local legislature may determine prophylactic ban especially portable weapon necessary police line second right possess firearm one choosing different kind liberty interests recognized due process clause despite plethora substantive due process cases decided century found none holds even suggests term liberty encompasses either right right keep bear arms doubt moment many americans feel deeply passionate firearms see critical way life well security nevertheless appear case ability handgun particular type firearm critical leading life autonomy dignity political equality marketplace offers many tools even imperfect substitutes neither petitioners amici make contention petitioners claim kind substantive interest accordingly uniform judicially enforced national standard presumptively indeed respects substantive right issue may better viewed property right petitioners wish acquire certain types firearms keep certain firearms previously acquired interests possession chattels traditionally viewed property interests subject definition regulation cf stop beach renourishment florida dept environmental protection slip opinion scalia generally speaking state law defines property interests tradition chicago ordinance liberty interest asserted petitioners also dissimilar recognized capacity undermine security others sure bill rights procedural guarantees may place restrictions law enforcement controversial public safety implications ante plurality opinion see also ante opinion scalia implications generally quite attenuated defendant invocation right remain silent confront witness exclude certain evidence directly cause threat defendant liberty interest constrained constraint adjudicatory process link handgun ownership public safety much tighter handgun tool crime handgun bullets violence similarly undeniable may take profound offense remark made soapbox speaker practices another religion gay couple choice intimate relations offense moral psychological theological nature actions taken actually threaten physical safety firearms may used kill another person legislature response dangerous weapons ends impinging upon liberty individuals pursuit greater good invariably basis majority moral code lawrence quoting casey specific policies may course misguided gun control area quite wrong assume regulation liberty occupy mutually exclusive zones one expands must contract stevens miami third experience advanced democracies including share british heritage undercuts notion expansive right keep bear arms intrinsic ordered liberty many countries place restrictions possession use carriage firearms far onerous restrictions found nation see municipal respondents brief discussing laws england canada australia japan denmark finland luxembourg new zealand international outlier permissiveness approach guns suggest laws bad laws suggest may need assume responsibility making laws still permissive admittedly countries differ many relevant respects including problems violent crime traditional role firearms played societies different dismiss experience entirely cf ante plurality opinion ante opinion scalia fact oldest allies almost uniformly found appropriate regulate firearms extensively tends weaken petitioners submission right possess gun one choosing fundamental life liberty american perspective must always focus ante plurality opinion silly indeed arrogant think nothing learn liberty billions people beyond borders fourth second amendment differs kind amendments surround consequence inclusion bill rights merely unhelpful positively harmful petitioners claim generally inclusion liberty interest bill rights points toward conclusion fundamental significance enforceable second amendment plays peculiar role within bill announced peculiar opening even accepting heller view amendment protects individual right keep bear arms disconnected militia service remains undeniable purpose right codified prevent elimination militia heller slip see also miller second amendment enacted ith obvious purpose assure continuation render possible effectiveness militia forces private persons whose immediate behalf second amendment adopted notwithstanding heller efforts write second amendment preamble constitution amendment still serves structural function protecting encroachment overreaching federal government second amendment words federalism provision elk grove unified school dist newdow thomas concurring judgment directed preserving autonomy sovereign logic therefore resists incorporation federal ibid one suggests tenth amendment provides powers given federal government remain applies reading border incoherent given tenth amendment exists significant part safeguard vitality state governance second amendment surely correct americans conceptions second amendment right evolved time individualistic direction members reconstruction congress urgently concerned safety newly freed slaves members believed following ratification fourteenth amendment second amendment apply giant leap data points conclusion fourteenth amendment incorporated second amendment matter original meaning postenactment interpretation consider example text fourteenth amendment says nothing second amendment firearms substantial evidence suggest reconstruction congress enacted measures ensure newly freed slaves union sympathizers south enjoyed right possess firearms motivated antidiscrimination equality concerns rather concerns per se many contemporaneous courts commentators understand fourteenth amendment incorporating effect heavily regulated right keep bear arms amendment passage narrative largely elides facts complications raise show even dogged historical inquiry fundamentality second amendment right necessarily entails judicial judgment therefore judicial discretion every step way accept evolution americans understanding second amendment may help shed light question whether right keep bear arms comprised within fourteenth amendment liberty reasons motivated framers protect ability militiamen keep muskets available military use nation infancy motivated reconstruction congress extend full citizenship freedmen wake civil war limited bearing question confronts homeowner metropolis today many episodes brutal violence blight nation history see ante majority opinion ante thomas concurring part concurring judgment suggest every american must allowed whatever type firearm desires group americans systematically discriminatorily disarmed left mercy racial terrorists fact americans may thought hoped fourteenth amendment nationalize second amendment hardly suffices justify conclusion fifth although may true americans interest firearm possession recognition interest deeply rooted important senses ante internal quotation marks omitted equally true long unbroken history regulating firearms idea may place substantial restrictions right keep bear arms short complete disarmament fact far entrenched notion federal constitution protects right federalism far older deeply rooted tradition right carry particular kind weapon easterbrook early days republic reconstruction era present day municipalities placed extensive licensing requirements firearm acquisition restricted public carriage weapons banned altogether possession especially dangerous weapons including handguns see heller breyer dissenting slip reviewing colonial laws cornell dedino well regulated right early american origins gun control fordham rev reviewing war laws brief professional historians legal historians amici curiae reviewing laws winkler scrutinizing second amendment rev reviewing laws see generally post state courts almost uniformly upheld measures apart making clear regulations constructed applied nondiscriminatory manner fourteenth amendment hardly made dent let us forget recognize interests second amendment two terms ago heller petitioners dispute city chicago observation substantive bill rights protection regulated nearly intrusively right keep bear arms municipal respondents brief history intrusive regulation surprising given text second amendment calls ability respond social ills associated dangerous weapons goes core police powers precedent latter point see gonzales oregon structure limitations federalism allow great latitude police powers legislate protection lives limbs health comfort quiet persons internal quotation marks omitted morrison think better example police power founders denied national government reposed suppression violent crime vindication victims kelley johnson promotion safety persons property unquestionably core state police power automobile workers wisconsin employment relations dominant interest state preventing violence property damage questioned matter genuine local concern compared today ruling decisions requiring comply provisions bill rights exact nearly heavy toll terms state sovereignty finally even apart long history firearms regulation location core police powers quintessential area federalism allowed flourish without meddling whether assert plausible constitutional basis intervening powerful reasons across nation localities vary significantly patterns problems gun violence face well traditions cultures lawful gun use claim cf post city chicago example faces pressing challenge combating criminal street gangs rural areas city chicago high population density increases potential gunman inflict mass terror casualties rural areas city chicago offers little way hunting opportunities residents rural communities one presumes much likely stock dinner table game personally felled given relevant background conditions diverge much across jurisdictions pay particular heed state local legislatures right experiment new state ice brandeis dissenting long regulatory measures chosen arbitrary capricious unreasonable allowing try novel social economic policies ibid keeping status federal system circumstances avoid imposing single solution top smith robbins unwise limit experimentation area best solution far clear lopez kennedy concurring issues public policy subject intensive rapidly developing empirical controversy gun control see heller slip breyer dissenting chicago handgun ban divided researchers compare brief professors criminal justice amici curiae arguing ordinance effective reducing gun violence brief international law enforcement educators trainers association et al amici curiae arguing ordinance failure course matters constitution requires ignore pragmatic considerations constitution text history structure clear matter us evidenced groundbreaking nature today fractured decision lacks technical capacity localized expertise assess wisdom need propriety measures griswold intervention bring clarity enormously complex area law quite contrary today decision invites avalanche litigation mire federal courts determinations state local regulations comport heller right precise contours far pellucid standard review even established see post plurality assuranc incorporation imperil every law regulating firearms ante provides modest comfort also admission many different types regulations potentially implicated today ruling ad hoc initial attempt draw distinctions among heller practical significance proposition second amendment right fully applicable ante majority opinion remains worked many many years furthermore critically imposition national standard still unwise elected branches shown perfectly capable safeguarding interest keeping bearing arms strength liberty claim must assessed connection status democratic process case one disputes opponents gun control considerable political power seem systematic disadvantage democratic process widespread commitment individual right guns operates safeguard excessive unjustified gun control laws sunstein second amendment minimalism heller griswold harv rev indeed good deal evidence suggest anything american lawmakers tend underregulate guns relative policy views expressed majorities opinion polls see goss disarmed missing movement gun control america particular state locality enacted improvident measures petitioners believe chicago done apparent reason infer mistake eventually rectified democratic process vance bradley case involves special condition may call correspondingly searching judicial inquiry carolene products neither petitioners zealously committed views represent group claim liable receive unfair treatment hands majority contrary petitioners views supported powerful participants legislative process petitioners given us reason believe interest keeping bearing arms entails special need judicial lawmaking federal judges qualified craft appropriate rules people elected representatives failed show asserted interest intrinsic concept ordered liberty vulnerable maltreatment political arena failed show word liberty fourteenth amendment held prevent natural outcome dominant opinion deal problem handgun violence city chicago lochner holmes dissenting vi preceding sections already addressed many points made justice scalia concurrence light opinion fixation one appropriate say words justice scalia broader claim preferred method substantive due process analysis method makes traditions people paramount ante restrained facilitative democracy method outlined colorful justice scalia critique nearly much force rhetoric theory substantive due process moreover comes profound difficulties although justice scalia aspires objective neutral method substantive due process analysis ante actual method nothing sort historically focused approach advocates ante numerous threshold questions arise one ever gets history level generality one frame liberty interest question see supra mean right rooted nation history tradition ante quoting glucksberg standard proposition tested types sources count sources weighed aggregated objective neutral answer questions even theory least justice scalia provides none go answering escaping palko seems qualify substantive due process protection justice scalia stated asserted liberty right must deeply rooted american tradition must also implicit concept ordered liberty lawrence dissenting opinion internal quotation marks omitted applying latter half test requires precisely sort reasoned judgment multifaceted evaluation right contours consequences justice scalia mocks concurrence today applying first half hardly novel insight history objective science use therefore point direction judges favor ante opinion scalia yet years point brought attention justice brennan justice scalia remains oblivious fact concept malleable elusive michael dissenting opinion even historical analysis focused discrete proposition original public meaning second amendment evidence often points different directions historian must choose pieces credit discount must try assemble coherent whole heller justice scalia preferred rely sources created much earlier later time second amendment see slip consulting late treatises ascertain americans read amendment preamble focused closely sources contemporaneous amendment drafting mechanical yardstick measure us correct either respect materials chose privilege insights gleaned malleability elusiveness history increase exponentially move pure question original meaning heller justice scalia theory substantive due process least former sort question judge focus single legal provision temporal scope inquiry relatively bounded substantial agreement sorts authorities merit consideration justice scalia approach substantive due process guideposts fall away judge must canvas entire landscape american law evolved time perhaps older laws well see lawrence scalia dissenting discussing proscriptions sodomy quoting bowers hardwick pursuant standard deeply rootedness never defined conducting rudderless panoramic tour american legal history judge ample opportunity look heads crowd pick friends roper simmons scalia dissenting point criticize judges use history general suggest always generates indeterminate answers already emphasized historical study discipline well enrich substantive due process analysis point simply justice scalia defense method holds objectivity restraint cardinal seems virtues unsatisfying terms limitless number subjective judgments may smuggled historical analysis worse may buried analysis least approach judge cards laid table see critique judge must exercise judgment sure answering constitutional question text provides clear answer always amount discretion constitutional system always depended judges filling document vast open also transparency justice scalia approach even less restrained another sense effect major break case law outside incorporation area justice scalia seem troubled fact method largely inconsistent canonical substantive due process decisions ranging meyer pierce griswold lawrence contrary seems embrace dissonance method seeks synthesize dozens cases american people relied decades justice scalia method seeks vaporize left wonder us faithful nation constitutional history us faithful values commitments american people stand today held loving adults well right wed persons another race interracial marriage hardly deeply rooted american tradition racial segregation subordination deeply rooted substantive due process holding nonetheless correct wary interpretive theory implies emphatically leads final set points wish make justice scalia method invites bad history also bad constitutional law already explained evaluating claimed liberty interest constitutional claim matter makes perfect sense give history significant weight justice scalia position closer apparently feels comfortable acknowledging makes little sense give history dispositive weight every case makes especially little sense answer questions like whether right bear arms fundamental focusing past given practical significance public understandings right often change society changes evidence shown whereas one time firearm possession contributed substantially personal liberty safety nowadays contributes nothing even tends undermine still reasonable constitutionalize right concern runs still deeper historical views less completely clear informative also wrong notions many americans deeply believed true one time turned true practices many americans believed consistent constitution guarantees liberty equality one time turned inconsistent fact written constitution consign nation static legal existence although always pa decent regard opinions former times glory people america suffered blind veneration antiquity federalist rossiter ed madison role federal judges amateur historians fidelity constitution ignore use deliberately capacious language effort transform foundational legal commitments narrow rules decision democratic process ante method looks exclusively history easily harm good consider case net result justice scalia supposedly objective analysis vest federal judges ultimately majority judges unprecedented lawmaking powers area special qualifications political process functioned effectively decades intrudes much less upon democratic process ante approach defer democratic process regulation firearms say least even tell justice scalia view constitutes intrusion worth pondering furthermore vision democracy underlies justice scalia critique us welcome system majorities powerful interest groups always get way constitutional scheme thought judicial approach liberty claims one outlined approach investigates intrinsic nature claimed interest practical significance judicial enforcement transparent reasoning sincere effort incorporate constraints guided history beholden willing protect rights even already received uniform protection elected branches capacity improve rather im peril ante democracy depends judges exercising careful reasoned judgment always always vii fact right keep bear arms appears constitution obscure novelty decision enforce right terms second amendment apply read properly even apply individuals outside militia context second amendment adopted protect federal encroachment fourteenth amendment never understood incorporated entire bill rights nothing foreordained today outcome although decision case might seen mere adjunct decision heller consequences prove far destructive quite literally nation communities constitutional structure thankfully second amendment right identified heller newly minted fourteenth amendment analogue limited least home neither assurances provided plurality ante many historical sources cited opinion obscure reality today ruling marks dramatic change law justices joined brought bear awesome amount discretion resolving legal question presented case proceed cautiously reasons set length accept either methodology employs conclusions draws although impressively argued majority decision overturn century precedent unsettle much longer tradition state practice judgment built upon respect teachings history solid recognition basic values underlie society wise appreciation great roles doctrines federalism separation powers played establishing preserving american freedoms griswold harlan concurring judgment accordingly respectfully dissent otis mcdonald et petitioners city chicago illinois et al writ certiorari appeals seventh circuit june justice breyer justice ginsburg justice sotomayor join dissenting view justice stevens demonstrated fourteenth amendment guarantee substantive due process include general right keep bear firearms purposes private argues framers write second amendment objective view see ante dissenting opinion unlike forms substantive liberty carrying arms purpose often puts others lives risk see ante use arms private warrant federal constitutional protection state regulation see ante however expressly rest opinion upon substantive due process concerns rather directs attention incorporation precedents asks whether second amendment right private fundamental applies fourteenth amendment see ante shall therefore separately consider question incorporation find nothing second amendment text history underlying rationale warrant characterizing fundamental insofar seeks protect keeping bearing arms private purposes find justification interpreting constitution transferring ultimate regulatory authority private uses firearms democratically elected legislatures courts federal government therefore conclude fourteenth amendment incorporate second amendment right keep bear arms consequently dissent second amendment says well regulated militia necessary security free state right people keep bear arms shall infringed two years ago district columbia heller rejected judicial consensus second amendment primarily concerned need maintain well regulated militia see stevens dissenting slip miller although acknowledged threat new federal government destroy citizens militia taking away arms reason right codified written constitution asserted individual self defense central component right heller supra slip first emphasis added went hold second amendment restricted congress power regulate handguns used found unconstitutional district columbia ban possession handguns home slip based conclusions almost exclusively upon reading history relevant history heller far clear four dissenting justices disagreed majority historical analysis subsequent scholarly writing reveals disputed history provides treacherous ground build decisions written judges expert history since heller historians scholars judges continued express view historical account flawed see konig second amendment preamble original public meaning political culture written constitutions revolutionary america ucla rev finkelman really well regulated militia syracuse rev charles second amendment intent interpretation merkel district columbia heller antonin scalia perverse sense originalism lewis clark rev kozuskanich originalism digital age inquiry right bear arms early republic cornell george tucker lecture notes second amendment originalist methodology nw rev posner defense looseness gun control new republic pp see also epstein structural interpretation second amendment heller probably wrong originalist grounds syracuse rev consider example critiques amici brief filed case historians specialize study english civil wars tell us heller misunderstood key historical point see brief american historians amici curiae hereinafter english historians brief filed professors leading universities kingdom australia heller conclusion individual central component second amendment right keep bear arms rested upon view amendment codified right nothing whatever service militia slip view turn rested significant part upon blackstone described right right using arms defence reflected provision english declaration right gave king protestant right arms defence suitable conditions allowed law slip quoting blackstone commentaries laws england hereinafter blackstone eng stat large framers said majority understood right permitting citizen force force intervention society behalf may late prevent injury slip quoting george tucker blackstone commentaries historians tell us however right blackstone referred nothing everything militia properly understood time english civil wars historians claim right bear arms ensured parliament power arm citizenry defend realm case foreign enemy secure right sovereign usurp english constitution english historians brief emphasis added thus declaration right says private persons possess guns allowed law see moreover blackstone referred right using arms defence referring right people take part militia defend political liberties right parliament represented people raise militia even king sought deny power emphasis added quoting blackstone historians find convincing reason believe framers something different mind blackstone meant compare heller supra slip english historians brief historians concede least one historian takes different position see imply lose poll taken among professional historians period say vote history history alone matters reconsider heller light recently published historical views see leegin creative leather products psks breyer dissenting noting stare decisis interests lowest respect recent erroneous constitutional decisions create unworkable legal regimes citizens federal election slip listing similar factors see also wallace jaffree rehnquist dissenting tare decisis may bind courts matters law bind matters history least heller historical foundations uncertain extend applicability aim referring history illustrate reefs shoals lie wait nonexpert judges place virtually determinative weight upon historical considerations view look history alone factors well cases history unclear experts strongly disagree example consider basic values underlie constitutional provision contemporary significance examine well relevant consequences practical justifications might might warrant removing important question democratic decisionmaking process see ante stevens dissenting discussing shortcomings exclusively historical approach ii view taking heller given fourteenth amendment incorporate second amendment right keep bear arms purposes private precedents incorporate private right majority must show right fundamental american scheme justice duncan louisiana see see also ante plurality opinion finding right fundamental therefore incorporated fails majority like heller relies almost exclusively upon history make necessary showing ante incorporation purposes wrong dangerous justice stevens points society historically made mistakes example considering certain property rights fundamental ante dissenting opinion incorporation context elsewhere history often unclear answers see part supra part iii infra accordingly considering incorporation question never stated historical status right relevant consideration rather either explicitly implicitly made clear opinions right question remained fundamental time see apodaca oregon plurality opinion stating incorporation inquiry must focus upon function served right question contemporary society emphasis added duncan louisiana noting right question continues receive strong support klopfer north carolina indeed neither parties us case asked us employ majority approach see brief petitioners arguing incorporation based trends contemporary support right brief respondents city chicago et al hereinafter municipal respondents looking current state practices respect right thus think proper history provides clear answer look factors considering whether right sufficiently fundamental remove political process every state include among factors nature right contemporary disagreement whether right fundamental extent incorporation perhaps basic constitutional aims extent incorporation advance hinder constitution structural aims including division powers among different governmental institutions people well incorporation needed example constitution effort ensure government treats individual equal respect help maintain democratic form government constitution foresees word incorporation prove consistent inconsistent constitution efforts create governmental institutions well suited carrying constitutional promises finally take account framers basic reason believing power judicial review alexander hamilton feared granting power congress alone feared congress acting judges overturn unconstitutional popular statute recently enacted legislators federalist carey mcclellan eds hamilton independence judges equally requisite guard constitution rights individuals effects ill humours times lead serious oppressions minor part community judges thought may find easier resist popular pressure suppress basic rights unpopular minority see carolene products makes sense ask whether particular comparative judicial advantage relevant case hand see ely democracy distrust considerations apply one thing apply private right directly issue amendment purpose primarily protect federal regulation protect individuals regulation heller slip see also miller moreover civil war amendments electoral process courts numerous institutions today help safeguard people serious threat federal tyranny state militias additionally necessary difficult see right majority concedes largely faded popular concern possibly fundamental warrant incorporation fourteenth amendment ante hence incorporation second amendment based aspect heller found extensive second amendment rights another thing heller concedes private right incorporate nothing reason framers codified right keep bear arms written constitution slip emphasis added heller immediately adds right nonetheless central component right ibid view historical equivalent claim water runs uphill see part supra taking valid framers basic reasons including language constitution nonetheless seem pertinent deciding contemporary importance right particular scope listeners assigned words used examination framers motivation tells us think private armed right paramount importance see amar bill rights constitution yale see second amendment primarily concerned individual right hunt protect one home like viewing heart speech assembly clauses right persons meet play bridge see also rakove second amendment highest stage originalism rev brief historians early american legal constitutional pennsylvania history amici curiae popular consensus private right described heller fundamental plurality suggests two amici briefs filed case show consensus see ante course numerous amici briefs filed opposing incorporation well moreover every state regulates firearms extensively public opinion sharply divided appropriate level regulation much disagreement rests upon empirical considerations one side believes right essential protect lives attacked home side believes essential regulate right order protect lives others attacked guns seems unlikely definitive evidence develop one way appropriate level firearm regulation thus long continues hotly contested matter political debate see siegel dead alive originalism popular constitutionalism heller harv rev numerous sources supporting arguments data part found appendix infra moreover reason believe incorporation private right broader constitutional objective aware argument regulations target passed purpose targeting discrete insular minorities carolene products supra see ante stevens dissenting incorporation help assure equal respect individuals unlike first amendment rights free speech free press assembly petition private right comprise necessary part democratic process constitution seeks establish see whitney california brandeis concurring unlike first amendment religious protections fourth amendment protection unreasonable searches seizures fifth sixth amendments insistence upon fair criminal procedure eighth amendment protection cruel unusual punishments private right significantly seek protect individuals might otherwise suffer unfair inhumane treatment hands majority unlike protections offered many amendments involve matters judges possess comparative expertise virtue close familiarity justice system operation unlike fifth amendment insistence compensation involve matter majority might unfairly seize property belonging minority finally incorporation right work significant disruption constitutional allocation decisionmaking authority thereby interfering constitution ability objectives first reasonable accounting incorporation right recognized heller amount significant incursion traditional important area state concern altering constitutional relationship federal government private gun regulation quintessential exercise state police power power protec lives limbs health comfort quiet persons protection property within state enacting kinds restraints burdens persons property cases wall internal quotation marks omitted long recognized constitution grants special authority enact laws pursuant power see medtronic lohr noting great latitude use police powers internal quotation marks omitted metropolitan life ins massachusetts decade ago wrote better example police power suppression violent crime morrison examples deferred state legislative judgments respect exercise police power legion see gonzales oregon assisted suicide washington glucksberg berman parker deal words traditionally known police power attempt define reach trace outer limits fruitless second determining constitutionality particular state gun law requires finding answers complex empirically based questions kind legislatures better able courts make see los angeles alameda books plurality opinion turner broadcasting system fcc may require kind analysis virtually every case government regulation right bear arms normally embodies judgment regulation help save lives determination whether gun regulation constitutional thus almost always require weighing constitutional right bear arms primary concern every government concern safety indeed lives citizens salerno respect incorporated rights sort inquiry sometimes present see brandenburg ohio per curiam free speech sherbert verner religion brigham city stuart fourth amendment new york quarles fifth amendment salerno supra bail inquiry calling fine tuning protective rules likely part daily judicial diet given competing interests courts try answer empirical questions particularly difficult kind suppose example gun regulation adoption murder rate went without gun regulation murder rate risen even faster conclusion affected local recession left numerous people unemployed budget cuts led downsizing police force effective police force begin regulation simply take guns use lawful purposes without affecting possession criminals consider countless gun regulations many shapes sizes place every state many local communities right possess weapons extend outside home car work sort guns necessary handguns rifles semiautomatic weapons gun different kinds weapons likely needed matter presence child house matter presence convicted felon house matter police need special rules permitting patdowns designed find guns registration requirements become severe point amount unconstitutional ban possess guns kind aliens prior drug offenders prior alcohol abusers right interact state local government ability take special measures say national security emergencies questions suggest state local gun regulation become highly complex uncertainties quickly come mind caperton massey coal roberts dissenting slip difficulty finding answers questions exceeded importance firearms cause well deaths injuries year live urban areas police officers women children may particularly risk gun regulation may save lives experts calculated example chicago handgun ban saved several hundred lives perhaps close since enacted experts argue stringent gun regulations help protect police officers operating front lines gun violence reduced homicide rates washington baltimore helped lower new york crime homicide rates time opponents regulation cast doubt studies right finding may require interpreting studies indirectly related particular regulatory statute say one banning handguns home suppose studies find accidents suicides handgun home long gun home gun extent studies justify ban opponents ban put forth counter studies answering questions judges simply refer judicial homilies blackstone perception man home castle see blackstone plurality simply reject mere assertion fact incorporation require judges assess costs benefits firearms restrictions ante assess strength government regulatory interests without addressing issues empirical fact determine regulation appropriately tailored without considering impact determine less restrictive alternatives without considering happen alternatives implemented perhaps lessen difficulty mission created adopting jurisprudential approach similar many state courts administer state constitutional right bear arms see infra describing state approaches yet done cf heller slip rejecting approach similar employed ante plurality opinion rather haphazardly created simple rules touch prohibitions possession firearms felons mentally ill laws forbidding carrying firearms sensitive places schools government buildings laws imposing conditions qualifications commercial sale arms heller slip ante plurality opinion rules others know regulations justified special risk death fact know simply invented rules sound sensible without able explain chicago handgun ban different fact judges know answers kinds empirically based questions often determine need particular forms gun regulation readily available tools finding evaluating technical material submitted others district attorney office third judicial dist osborne slip see also turner broadcasting judges easily make empirically based predictions way gather evaluate data required see predictions accurate nature litigation concerns stare decisis make difficult judges change course predictions prove inaccurate judges rely upon local community views values reaching judgments circumstances prediction difficult basic facts unclear unknown time institutional need send judges legislators able amass stuff actual experience cull conclusions gainey far better suited judges uncover facts understand relevance legislators unlike article iii judges held democratically responsible empirically based conclusions thus repeatedly affirmed preference legislative judicial solutions kind problem see patsy board regents repeatedly affirmed constitution preference democratic solutions legislated people elect new state ice liebmann justice brandeis stated dissent people assert present plight due part limitations set courts upon experimentation fields social economic science discouragement proposals betterment subjected otherwise must power nation remould experimentation economic practices institutions meet changing social economic needs believe framers fourteenth amendment ratified intended deprive us power correct social problems face state legislatures fact may already refused take wise advice respect congress heller reason make matters worse third ability reflect local preferences conditions key virtues federalism particular importance incidence gun ownership varies substantially crowded cities uncongested rural communities well among different geographic regions country thus approximately adults live relatively sparsely populated western alaska montana wyoming report household keeps gun fewer adults densely populated eastern rhode island new jersey massachusetts say nature gun violence also varies rural communities cities urban centers face significantly greater levels firearm crime homicide rural communities proportionately greater problems nonhomicide gun deaths suicides accidents idiosyncratic local factors lead two cities finding dramatically different circumstances example murder rate times higher new orleans lincoln nebraska thus unsurprising local communities historically differed need gun regulation well proper level surprising primarily historically law treated exercise police powers including gun control matter local concern medtronic internal quotation marks omitted fourth although incorporation right removes decisions democratic process incorporation particular right without strong offsetting justification example oak park handgun ban helps show see oak park municipal code oak park decided ban handguns local attorney shot death handgun assailant smuggled courtroom blanket brief oak park citizens committee handgun control amicus curiae hereinafter oak park brief citizens committee spent months gathering information handguns secured signatures community residents support ban village board enacted ban law subsequently urging ban opponents board held community referendum matter ibid citizens committee argued strongly favor ban pointed guns owned oak park handguns handguns misused often citizens used ban opponents argued strongly contrary ibid public decided keep ban vote ibid since time oak park tells us crime decreased community seen accidental handgun deaths given empirical local nature questions lie heart issue nation whose constitution foresees democratic decisionmaking fundamental matter require taking power people people know judge knows better sum police power superiority legislative decisionmaking need local decisionmaking comparative desirability democratic decisionmaking lack manageable judicial standard harm may flow striking regulations argue incorporation incorporation rights issue problems arisen instance problems present time likely present perhaps nearly cases constitutionality gun regulation issue time important factors favor incorporation instances protection broader constitutional objectives present upshot factors militate incorporation possible exception historical factors iii must return history plurality seeking justify incorporation asks whether interests second amendment protects rooted nation history tradition ante quoting glucksberg internal quotation marks omitted looks selected portions nation history answer finds affirmative reply made clear believe history pertinent consideration read history broadly majority particular since evaluating particular right namely right bear arms purposes private general historical references right keep bear arms always helpful depending upon context early historical sources may mean refer right matter considerable importance years ago majority points largely faded popular concern ante reason believe matters little contemporary importance play significant role answering incorporation question see apodaca incorporation inquiry must focus upon function served right question contemporary society wolf colorado incorporation must take account movements free society gradual empiric process inclusion exclusion internal quotation marks omitted cf art prohibiting federal officeholders accepting title kind whatever foreign state presumably matter considerable importance years ago said find much historical record shows americans places certain times thought important keep bear arms private instance reader see many constitutional provisions protecting gun possession far tell provisions typically guarantee gun regulation reasonable police power regulation see winkler scrutinizing second amendment rev courts every state consider question apply deferential regulation standard hereinafter winkler scrutinizing see also explaining difference standard ordinary review thus altogether unclear whether provisions prohibit cities chicago enacting laws law us banning handguns see majority however incorporate right likely inconsistent chicago law majority almost certainly strike law cf heller slip striking district columbia handgun ban thus specific question us whether references right bear arms throughout nation history course even whether incorporate simple constitutional requirement firearms regulations unreasonably burden right keep bear arms rather whether consensus substantial private right one described heller applies see glucksberg supra requiring careful description right issue deciding whether deeply rooted nation history tradition internal quotation marks omitted question reader make mind historical record describe part view record insufficient say right bear arms private explicated heller fundamental sense relevant incorporation inquiry evidence shows localities consistently enacted firearms regulations including regulations similar issue throughout nation history courts repeatedly upheld regulations least possible perhaps likely incorporation impose every nearly every state different right bear arms currently recognize right threatens destabilize settled state legal principles cf slip rejecting approach similar employed thus find historical consensus respect whether right described heller fundamental incorporation cases use term find sufficient historical support majority conclusion right deeply rooted nation history tradition instead find ambiguity uncertainty perhaps even expert historians find difficult penetrate historical record ambiguous provide adequate basis incorporating private right applying eighteenth century opinions heller collect much relevant evidence see slip stevens dissenting slip breyer dissenting slip respect relevant question deeply rooted nature right keep bear arms purposes private evidence inconclusive particularly augmented follows first noted earlier opinion justice stevens argued dissent history discussed heller shows second amendment enacted primarily purpose protecting rights see supra heller supra slip many scholars historians written subject apparently agree see supra second historians tell us right blackstone referred important link heller majority historical argument concerned right parliament representing people form militia oppose tyrant king threatening deprive people traditional liberties include unregulated right possess guns thus language referring right keep bear arms ipso facto refer private right certainly unambiguously see english historians brief see also supra third scholarly articles indicate firearms heavily regulated time framing perhaps heavily regulated heller believed example one scholar writes undreds individual statutes regulated possession use guns colonial early national america churchill gun regulation police power right keep arms law hist rev among statutes ban private firing weapons boston well comprehensive restrictions similar conduct philadelphia new york see acts laws massachusetts mitchell flanders statutes large pennsylvania pp colonial laws new york ch see also churchill supra discussing bans shooting guns pennsylvania new york fourth constitution adopted several continued regulate firearms possession example adopting rules prevented carrying loaded firearms city heller slip breyer dissenting see also slip scholars thus concluded primary revolutionary era limitation state police power regulate guns appears regulations aimed legitimate public purpose consistent reason cornell early american gun regulation second amendment law hist rev war nineteenth century also augment majority account period follows first additional began regulate discharge firearms public places see act reprinted statutes ohio northwestern territory chase ed act ch ccxcii priv acts second began regulate possession concealed weapons popular dangerous see cramer concealed weapon laws early republic collecting examples see also pub acts ch pp banning wearing sale giving bowie knives acts ch free person shall habitually carry person hidden common observation pistol dirk bowie knife weapon like kind use death person might probably ensue shall every offense punished fine exceed fifty dollars state courts repeatedly upheld validity laws finding even state constitution granted right bear arms legislature permitted abolish small inexpensive dangerous weapons entirely use even day state see also state jumel la ann upholding concealed weapon ban prohibited particular mode bearing arms found dangerous peace society state chandler la ann upholding concealed weapon ban describing law absolutely necessary counteract vicious state society growing habit carrying concealed weapons state reid war nineteenth century important read majority account following considerations mind first today properly declines revisit interpretation privileges immunities clause see ante case incorporation must thus rest conclusion right bear arms fundamental evidence advances support conclusion americans strongly supported private right shows equal force americans wanted citizens rights possess guns white citizens ante example congress said enacted fourteenth amendment predecessor second freedman bureau act wrote statute order secure constitutional right bear arms citizens assure citizen shall full equal benefit laws proceedings concerning personal liberty personal security acquisition enjoyment disposition estate real personal including constitutional right bear arms securing citizens every state district without respect race color previous condition slavery stat emphasis added sounds like antidiscrimination provision see rosenthal new originalism meets fourteenth amendment original public meaning problem incorporation contemp legal issues discussing evidence freedmen bureau focused discrimination another fourteenth amendment predecessor civil rights act also took aim discrimination see stat citizens every race color without regard previous condition slavery involuntary servitude shall right engage various activities full equal benefit laws enjoyed white citizens course fourteenth amendment insists guarantee citizens equal protection laws thus every reason believe fundamental concern reconstruction congress eradication discrimination provision new substantive right bear arms free reasonable state police power regulation see brief municipal respondents discussing congressional record evidence reconstruction congress concerned discrimination indeed wrote fourteenth amendment wanted give right southerners recently waged war north continued disarm oppress recently freed citizens cf act mar stat disbanding southern militias inter alia disarming freedmen second firearms regulation later part century common majority correct freedmen bureau points right bear arms stands reason majority points nonsensical congress guarantee equal benefit right exist ante majority points evidence existed period fundamental right bear arms private immune reasonable exercise state police power see emberton limits incorporation violence gun rights gun regulation reconstruction south stan rev noting history shows americans opposed idea state able control use firearms contrary latter half century number state constitutions adopted amended civil war explicitly recognized legislature general ability limit right bear arms see tex art protecting right keep bear arms regulations legislature may prescribe idaho art people right bear arms legislature shall regulate exercise right law utah art numerous state constitutional provisions adopted period explicitly granted legislature various types regulatory power firearms see brief professional historians et al amici curiae hereinafter legal historians brief moreover four largely banned possession nonmilitary handguns period see pub acts ch prohibiting citizens carrying publicly privately belt pocket pistol revolver kind pistol except army navy pistol usually used warfare shall carried openly hand wyo comp laws ch forbidding concealed ope bearing fire arm deadly weapon within limits city town village ark act apr ch prohibiting wear ing carry ng pistol except pistols used army navy except traveling home tex act apr ch prohibiting carrying pistols unless immediate pressing reasonable grounds fear immediate pressing attack militia service fifteen banned concealed carry pistols deadly weapons see legal historians brief individual municipalities enacted stringent gun controls often response local conditions dodge city kansas example joined many western cattle towns banning carrying pistols dangerous weapons response violence accompanying western cattle drives see brief municipal respondents citing dodge city ordinance courtwright cowboy subculture guns america reader dizard et al eds discussing western cattle towns required cowboys check guns upon entering town much period civil war state courts routinely upheld restrictions see english state tex hill state fife state ark state workman tennessee upholding ban possession nonmilitary handguns certain weapons summarized reconstruction understanding police power regulate firearms admitting right broadest sense still sound principle every good citizen bound yield preference means used demands public good certain weapons forbidden kept used law land order prevention sic crime great public end man permitted disregard general end demand community right order gratify whim willful desire use particular weapon particular law allows ample means without use weapons held may rightfully prescribed statute object banish weapons community absolute prohibition prevention crime man particular safety case exist allowed defeat end andrews state emphasis added twentieth centuries although majority discuss evidence concerning second amendment length think essential consider recent history right bear arms private considering whether right fundamental end many provide state constitutional protection individual right keep bear arms see volokh state constitutional rights keep bear arms tex rev pol identifying determining importance fact keep following considerations mind first end century every state many local communities highly detailed complicated regulatory schemes governed continue govern nearly every aspect firearm ownership may sell guns must sold may purchase guns type guns may purchased firearms must stored may used see generally legal community violence regulating guns america available http asp internet materials visited june available clerk case file detailing various arms regulations every state particular relevance municipalities ban handguns even constitutionally protect right bear arms see chicago municipal code oak park municipal code toledo ohio municipal code ch moreover least seven puerto rico ban assault weapons semiautomatic weapons see cal penal code ann west supp stat ann haw rev stat md crim law code ann lexis mass laws ch west stat ann west supp penal law ann west supp laws ann supp see also federal machinegun ban thirteen municipalities see albany city code aurora code ordinances buffalo city code chicago municipal code cincinnati ohio municipal code cleveland ohio codified ordinances columbus ohio city code denver municipal code morton grove village code admin code oak park village code rochester city code toledo ohio municipal code two maryland hawaii ban assault pistols see haw rev stat ann md crim law code ann lexis second stated earlier state courts constitutions provide gun rights almost uniformly interpreted rights providing protection unreasonable regulation guns see winkler scrutinizing courts every state consider gun regulation apply approach state mcadams wyo robertson city county denver determining reasonableness courts normally adopted highly deferential attitude towards legislative determinations see winkler scrutinizing identifying six cases years article publication striking gun control laws three banned transportation firearms purpose whatsoever single permitting law two challenges unusual circumstances hence evidenced breadth existing regulations local governments maintain substantial flexibility regulate firearms much seemingly throughout nation history even arms right constitutions although one scholar implies state courts less willing permit total gun prohibitions see volokh implementing right keep bear arms analytical framework research agenda ucla rev aware instances past years state struck unconstitutional law banning particular class firearms see winkler scrutinizing indeed state courts specifically upheld constitutional state constitutions firearms regulations included handgun bans see kalodimos village morton grove upholding handgun ban arms right merely right possess form weapon suitable recreation cleveland turner wl ohio ct handgun ban absolutely interfere right people bear arms rather proscribes possession specifically defined category handguns state bolin ban handgun possession persons infringe arms right posses types guns thus majority decision incorporate private right recognized heller threatens alter state regulatory regimes least pertain handguns third plurality correctly points state courts paucity state courts specifically upheld handgun bans ante state courts struck absence supporting information help majority find support cf wells noting treacherous find congressional silence alone adoption controlling rule law internal quotation marks omitted silence show tend show consensus private right strong enough strike handgun ban deeply rooted nation history tradition sum framers write second amendment order protect private right armed consensus right fundamental broader constitutional interest principle supports legal treatment right fundamental contrary broader constitutional concerns institutional nature argue strongly treatment moreover nothing history shows consensus right private armed described heller deeply rooted nation history tradition otherwise fundamental indeed incorporating right recognized heller may change law many read majority favor historical evidence ambiguous absence support conclusion ambiguous history show fourteenth amendment incorporates private right respect dissent appendix sources supporting data part popular consensus please see following sources support paragraph popular opinion pages filed case argue incorporation include brief conference mayors amicus curiae organization representing cities populations brief american cities et al amici curiae brief filed behalf many cities philadelphia seattle san francisco oakland cleveland brief representative carolyn mccarthy et al amici curiae brief state illinois et al amici curiae guns abortions unraveling rule law rev discussing divided public opinion correct level gun control data gun violence please see following sources support sentences concerning gun violence page justice bureau justice statistics zawitz strom firearm injury death crime deaths injuries caused firearms year et risk factors femicide abusive relationships results multisite case control study pub health noting abusive partner access firearm increases risk homicide eightfold women physically abusive relationship academy pediatrics injuries affecting pediatric population pediatrics noting deaths accounted injury deaths individuals justice federal bureau investigation law enforcement officers killed assaulted table noting firearms killed law enforcement officers feloniously killed line duty online http justice bureau justice statistics duhart urban suburban rural victimization pp live urban areas particularly risk firearm violence future firearm violence prevention jama half homicides occurred cities nation population data effectiveness regulation please see following sources support sentences concerning effectiveness regulation page brief professors criminal justice amici curiae noting chicago handgun ban saved several hundred lives perhaps close since enacted association prosecuting attorneys et al amici curiae arguing stringent gun regulations help protect police officers operating front lines gun violence reduced homicide rates washington baltimore conference mayors amici curiae arguing gun regulations helped lower new york crime homicide rates data handguns home please see following sources referenced sentences discussing studies concerning handguns home pages organizations committed protecting public health safety amici curiae support respondents discussing studies show handgun ownership home associated increased risk homicide firearms us homes risk factor unintentional gunshot fatality accident analysis prevention showing die firearms accidents nearly four times likely average gun home et suicide home relation gun ownership new england medicine demonstrating homes one handguns associated risk suicide almost twice high homes containing long guns data regional views conditions please see following sources referenced section diversity regional views conditions page et prevalence household firearms practices district columbia findings behavioral risk factor surveillance system pediatrics presenting data firearm ownership state breyer dissenting slip discussing various sources showing gun violence varies state including wintemute future firearm violence prevention jama supra breyer dissenting slip citing branas nance elliott richmond schwab shifts intentional firearm death public health discussing fact urban centers face significantly greater levels firearm crime homicide rural communities proportionately greater problems nonhomicide gun deaths suicides accidents justice federal bureau investigation crime tbl noting murder rate times higher new orleans lincoln nebraska footnotes see brief heartland institute amicus curiae noting handgun murder rate brief buckeye firearms foundation et al amici curiae chicago murders city including much larger los angeles new york internal quotation marks omitted see also brief international law enforcement educators trainers association et al amici curiae app providing comparisons chicago rates assault murder robbery average crime rates large cities brief women state legislators et al amici curiae illinois state rifle association second amendment foundation first sentence fourteenth amendment makes persons born naturalized subject jurisdiction thereof citizens state wherein reside emphasis added privileges immunities clause article iv provides citizens state shall entitled privileges immunities citizens several emphasis added see lane day freedom died see also brief naacp legal defense education fund amicus curiae see lane supra cruikshank statement case opinion lawrence civil rights criminal wrongs mens rea federal civil rights crimes tulane rev senator jacob howard spoke behalf joint committee reconstruction sponsored amendment senate stated amendment protected personal rights guarantied secured first eight amendments constitution cong globe hereinafter cong globe representative john bingham principal author text said amendment arm congress power enforce bill rights stands constitution today see also amar bill rights creation reconstruction hereinafter amar bill rights ratification amendment bingham maintained view rights guaranteed fourteenth amendment chiefly defined first eight amendments constitution cong globe app finally representative thaddeus stevens political leader house acting chairman joint committee reconstruction stated debates amendment constitution limits action congress limitation amendment supplies defect allows congress correct unjust legislation cong globe see also curtis state shall abridge fourteenth amendment bill rights counting least statements debates congress interpreting incorporate bill rights brief constitutional law professors amici curiae collecting authorities stating ot single senator representative disputed incorporationist understanding fourteenth amendment municipal respondents amici dispute significance statements contend phrase privileges immunities naturally read mean rights set first eight amendments see brief historians et al amici curiae legislative history fewer four interpretations privileges immunities clause brief municipal respondents quoting currie reconstruction congress chi rev brackets omitted question whether sound evidence strong public awareness nationalizing entire bill rights brief municipal respondents quoting wildenthal nationalizing bill rights revisiting original understanding fourteenth amendment ohio scholars also disputed total incorporation theory see fairman fourteenth amendment incorporate bill rights stan rev berger incorporation bill rights fourteenth amendment cat ohio proponents view fourteenth amendment makes provisions bill rights applicable respond terms privileges immunities rights used interchangeably time see curtis supra position taken leading congressional proponents amendment widely publicized understood see wildenthal supra hardy original popular understanding fourteenth amendment reflected print media whittier rev number scholars found support total incorporation bill rights see curtis supra aynes misreading john bingham fourteenth amendment yale see also amar bill rights take position respect academic debate contrast never retreated proposition privileges immunities clause due process clause present different questions recent cases addressing unenumerated rights required right also implicit concept ordered liberty see washington glucksberg internal quotation marks omitted respect first amendment see everson board ed ewing establishment clause cantwell connecticut free exercise clause de jonge oregon freedom assembly gitlow new york free speech near minnesota ex rel olson freedom press respect fourth amendment see aguilar texas warrant requirement mapp ohio exclusionary rule wolf colorado freedom unreasonable searches seizures respect fifth amendment see benton maryland double jeopardy clause malloy hogan privilege chicago chicago compensation clause respect sixth amendment see duncan louisiana trial jury criminal cases washington texas compulsory process klopfer north carolina speedy trial pointer texas right confront adverse witness gideon wainwright assistance counsel oliver right public trial respect eighth amendment see robinson california cruel unusual punishment schilb kuebel prohibition excessive bail addition right keep bear arms sixth amendment right unanimous jury verdict see infra rights fully incorporated third amendment protection quartering soldiers fifth amendment grand jury indictment requirement seventh amendment right jury trial civil cases eighth amendment prohibition excessive fines never decided whether third amendment eighth amendment prohibition excessive fines applies due process clause see industries kelco disposal declining decide whether protection applies see also engblom carey holding matter first impression third amendment incorporated fourteenth amendment application governing decisions regarding grand jury clause fifth amendment seventh amendment civil jury requirement long predate era selective incorporation one exception general rule held although sixth amendment right trial jury requires unanimous jury verdict federal criminal trials require unanimous jury verdict state criminal trials see apodaca oregon see also johnson louisiana holding due process clause require unanimous jury verdicts state criminal trials ruling result unusual division among justices endorsement approach incorporation apodaca eight justices agreed sixth amendment applies identically federal government see johnson supra brennan dissenting nonetheless among eight four justices took view sixth amendment require unanimous jury verdicts either federal state criminal trials apodaca plurality opinion four justices took view sixth amendment requires unanimous jury verdicts federal state criminal trials stewart dissenting johnson supra douglas dissenting justice powell concurrence judgment broke tie concluded sixth amendment requires juror unanimity federal state cases apodaca therefore undermine rule incorporated bill rights protections apply identically federal government see johnson supra brennan dissenting omitted event affirmance must obscure majority remains view case every specific bill rights extends sixth amendment jury trial guarantee however construed identical application state federal governments citing jewish greek roman law blackstone wrote person killed attacker slayer kind fault whatsoever even minutest degree therefore totally acquitted discharged commendation rather blame blackstone commentaries laws england reprint example article boston evening post stated certainly beyond human art sophistry prove british subjects privilege possessing arms expressly recognized bill rights live province law requires equip arms guilty illegal act calling upon one another provided law directs boston evening post boston military rule emphasis deleted abolitionists republicans alone believing right keep bear arms fundamental right democratic party platform complained confiscation firearms union troops occupying parts south constituted interference denial right people bear arms defense national party platforms south carolina prominent black citizens held convention address state black code drafted memorial congress included plea protection constitutional right keep bear arms ask inasmuch constitution explicitly declares right keep bear arms shall infringed late efforts legislature state pass act deprive us arms forbidden plain violation constitution halbrook freedmen fourteenth amendment right bear arms hereinafter halbrook freedmen quoting proceedings black state conventions foner walker eds senator charles sumner relayed memorial senate described memorial request black citizens constitutional protection keeping arms cong globe see kendrick journal joint committee fifteen reconstruction adamson california appendix dissenting opinion black disarmament bands former confederate soldiers eventually gave way attacks ku klux klan debates later enacted enforcement act senator john pool observed klan order colored men give arms saying everybody kukluxed whose house found cong globe see also exec doc example occupying union commander south carolina issued order stating constitutional rights loyal well disposed inhabitants bear arms infringed general order department south carolina january documentary history reconstruction fleming ed union officials georgia issued similar order declaring men without distinction color right keep arms defend homes families cramer right allowed governments afraid people public meaning second amendment fourteenth amendment ratified geo mason rev hereinafter cramer quoting right bear arms christian recorder pp addition made aware attempts armed parties disarm blacks head freedmen bureau alabama made public determination maintain right negro keep bear arms disposition send armed force neighborhood right systematically interfered joint committee reconstruction pt freedmen bureau bill amended include express reference right keep bear arms see cong globe thomas eliot even though least members believed unamended version alone protected right see lyman trumbull doubt principal proponents civil rights act meant end disarmament african americans south introducing bill senator trumbull described purpose securing blacks privileges essential freemen pointed previously described mississippi law prohibit ed negro mulatto explained bill destroy laws ibid similarly representative sidney clarke cited disarmament freedmen alabama mississippi reason support civil rights act continue deny alabama mississippi representation congress regret sir justice compels say disgrace federal government state authorities mississippi allowed rob disarm veteran soldiers arm rebels fresh field treasonable strife sir disarmed loyalists alabama mississippi louisiana powerless oppressed pardoned encouraged rebels appeal american congress protection response appeal shall vote every measure protection intend among treacherous violators solemn pledge nation example least one southern held civil rights act unconstitutional moreover course upholding conviction man violating mississippi law firearm possession freedmen see decision chief justice handy declaring civil rights bill unconstitutional times members congress stressed importance right keep bear arms discussing measures speaking generally reconstruction representative roswell hart listed people keep bear among rights necessary republican form government cong globe similarly objecting bill designed disarm southern militias senator willard saulsbury argued measure violate second amendment indeed bill ultimately passed form disbanded militias maintained right individuals private firearms cramer generally worded provisions constitutions seven may also encompassed right bear arms see calabresi agudo texas state constitutional protections often reflected lack law enforcement many sections country frontier towns effective police force law enforcement often pursue criminals beyond town borders see brief rocky mountain gun owners et al amici curiae settlers west elsewhere therefore left repe force force intervention society late prevent injury district columbia heller slip internal quotation marks omitted settlers dependence game food economic livelihood moreover undoubtedly undergirded state constitutional guarantees see slip op example affords criminal jury trials far broadly countries see van kessel adversary excesses american criminal trial notre dame rev leib comparison criminal jury decision rules democratic countries ohio crim henderson wrongs victim rights stan rev see also roper simmons scalia dissenting many significant respects laws countries differ law including explicit provisions constitution right jury trial similarly rules governing pretrial interrogation differ countries sharing similar legal heritage see dept justice office legal policy report attorney general law pretrial interrogation truth criminal justice report reprinted ref comparing system envisioned miranda arizona rights afforded england scotland canada india france germany exclusionary rule distinctively american roper supra scalia dissenting citing bivens six unknown fed narcotics agents burger dissenting noting exclusionary rule unique american jurisprudence internal quotation marks omitted see also sklansky harv rev discussing differences american european confrontation rules england denmark state churches see torke english religious establishment law religion describing legal status church england constitutional act denmark pt evangelical lutheran church shall established church denmark evangelical lutheran church finland attributes state church see christensen lutheran church still state church analysis relations finland rev describing status church finnish law web site evangelical lutheran church finland church may usefully described state church folk church see seppo current condition relations finland online http opendocument internet materials visited june available clerk case file noted see supra cases predate era selective incorporation held grand jury clause fifth amendment seventh amendment civil jury requirement apply see hurtado california indictment minneapolis louis bombolis civil jury result hurtado require grand jury indictment felony cases many grand juries see dept justice office justice programs bureau justice statistics state organization pp table online http result bombolis cases otherwise fall within seventh amendment tried without jury state small claims courts see cheung eighth judicial dist right jury trial small claims nevada constitution see mack burnette lawmakers quinn send guard chicago chicago tribune apr janssen knowles send troops chicago apr see also brief naacp legal defense education fund amicus curiae stating almost three every four homicide victims chicago african americans noting year chicago many times african americans murdered assailants wielding guns killed colfax massacre omitted see brief women state legislators et al amici curiae brief jews preservation firearms ownership amicus curiae see also brief pink pistols et al amici curiae district columbia heller pp footnotes entirely understand justice stevens renaming due process clause call course change clause says shorthand obscure says accepting argument sake shift emphasis avoiding certain deprivations without process due avoiding deprivations clause applies deprivations liberty also deprivations life even property justice stevens insists make courts sole interpreters liberty clause graciously invites americans ponder clause means today post problem approach people ponderings matter since whatever people decide courts last word justice breyer worried prospect interpretive approach applied incorporation second amendment includes consideration factors extent incorporation perhaps basic constitutional aims extent incorporation advance hinder constitution structural aims whether recognizing particular right constitution effort ensure government treats individual equal respect help maintain democratic form government whether inconsistent constitution efforts create governmental institutions well suited carrying constitutional promises whether fits framers basic reason believing power judicial review courts comparative advantage answering empirical questions may involved applying right whether strong offsetting justification removing decision democratic process post dissenting opinion defending criterion justice stevens quickly retreats cautions courts apply stringently post describing right specifically risks robbing universal valence moral force might otherwise loads dice recognition post internal quotation marks omitted must avoided since endangers rights justice stevens like see ibid discussing lawrence texas make sure rights get must leave leeway description right recognized fundamental ride coattails one justice stevens claims mischaracterize argument referring second amendment right keep bear arms instead interest keeping firearm one choosing home right says petitioners assert post precisely second amendment right keep bear arms petitioners argue incorporated due process clause see pet cert justice stevens approach end matter see post must pay close attention precise liberty interest litigants asked us vindicate event demise incorporation see ante means longer subdivide bill rights guarantees theoretical components apply first amendment freedom speech incorporated freedom speak fridays speak philosophy justice stevens goes step farther still suggesting right keep bear arms protected liberty clause really liberty property right post never mind right bear arms sounds mighty like liberty never mind liberty clause really due process clause explicitly protects property see carlton scalia concurring judgment justice stevens theory explain takings clause unquestionably protects property incorporated see chicago chicago decision appears accept post justice stevens notes see post accept matter stare decisis requirement fundamental purposes due process clause right must implicit concept ordered liberty lawrence supra scalia dissenting internal quotation marks omitted inquiry provides infinitely less scope judicial invention conducted approach since field candidates immensely narrowed prior requirement right rooted country traditions justice stevens hand free scan universe rights thinks implicit concept etc point justice stevens makes merely one example demand historical approach constitution prove merely much better restraining judicial invention utterly perfect see part iii infra justice stevens also asserts approach faithful nation constitutional history values commitments american people stand today post asserts proof approach aligns surprise cases approves dubs canonical cases disfavors discarded hardly bind ing excesses post less enduring post proven moreover whatever relevance justice stevens ascribes current values commitments american people unclear see post hard see shows fidelity disapproves different subset old cases say every historical question room debate indeterminate every question historians disagree equally balanced cf post example historical analysis principal dissent heller valid world conflates length depth way justice stevens greatly magnifies difficulty historical approach suggesting burden lawrence show ancient roots proscriptions sodomy post internal quotation marks omitted au contraire burden opinion joined show ancient roots right sodomy footnotes two decades cruikshank decided twice reaffirmed holding privileges immunities clause apply second amendment presser illinois miller texas see also richardson new dictionary english language defining privilege appropriate peculiar law rule right peculiar immunity liberty franchise defining immunity reedom exemption duties liberty privilege philadelphia school dictionary expositor english language ed defining privilege peculiar advantage defining immunity privilege exemption royal standard english dictionary defining privilege public right peculiar advantage see also charter reprinted federal state constitutions colonial charters organic laws thorpe ed hereinafter thorpe declar ing every persons subjects shall enjoy liberties franchises immunities abiding born within realm england emphasis original charter new england every persons beinge subjects shall enjoy liberties ffranchizes immunities free denizens naturall subjects abidinge born within kingdome england charter mass bay id guaranteeing every subjects us shall enjoy liberties immunities free naturall subjects yf everie borne within realme england grant province guaranteeing liberties francheses immunityes belonging naturall borne subjects kingdome england charter carolina guaranteeing subjects liberties franchises priviledges kingdom england charter providence plantations every subjects us shall enjoye libertyes immunityes ffree naturall subjects within dominions us heires successours every borne within realme england charter every persons shall happen born within said province shall enjoy liberties franchises immunities free denizens natural born subjects within dominions intents purposes abiding born within kingdom see also howard road runnymede magna carta constitutionalism america quoting georgia resolution declaring colony inhabitants entitled rights privileges immunities great emphasis original virginia resolves resolutions printed journal house burgesses reprinted prologue revolution sources documents stamp act crisis colonists aforesaid declared entitled liberties privileges immunities denizens natural subjects intents purposes abiding born within realm england emphasis original see also va declaration rights reprinted schwartz pa declaration rights del declaration rights md declaration rights declaration rights justice washington complete list follows protection government enjoyment life liberty right acquire possess property every kind pursue obtain happiness safety subject nevertheless restraints government may justly prescribe general good whole right citizen one state pass reside state purposes trade agriculture professional pursuits otherwise claim benefit writ habeas corpus institute maintain actions kind courts state take hold dispose property either real personal exemption higher taxes impositions paid citizens state may mentioned particular privileges immunities citizens clearly embraced general description privileges deemed fundamental may added elective franchise regulated established laws constitution state exercised fed see also treaty america ottawa indians blanchard fork roche de boeuf june stat ottawa indians bands blanchard fork roche de boeuf become sufficiently advanced civilization desirous becoming citizens five years ratification treaty shall deemed declared citizens intents purposes shall entitled rights privileges immunities citizens emphasis added treaty america different tribes sioux indians art vi april stat ny indian indians receiving patent land foregoing provisions shall thereby thenceforth become citizen entitled privileges immunities citizens emphasis added subsequent treaties contained similar guarantees inhabitants newly acquired territories enjoy freedom exercise certain constitutional rights see treaty peace friendship limits settlement republic mexico art ix stat cession texas declaring inhabitants territory entitled enjoyment rights citizens according principles constitution mean time shall maintained protected free enjoyment liberty property secured free exercise religion without restriction treaty concerning cession russian possessions north america majesty emperor russians america art iii mar stat june cession alaska inhabitants ceded territory prefer remain ceded territory exception uncivilized native tribes shall admitted enjoyment rights advantages immunities citizens shall maintained protected free enjoyment liberty property religion see speech joseph hemphill missouri question house representatives published pamphlet form reprinted moore pamphlets right hold slaves federal right attached merely citizenship slavery maintain state authority principle owner might take slaves state pleased defiance state laws contrary constitution see also lash origins privileges immunities clause part privileges immunities antebellum term art geo collecting examples one country one constitution one people speech hon john bingham ohio house representatives february support proposed amendment enforce bill rights cong globe pamphlet published official reporter congressional debates distributed presumably pursuant congressional franking privilege see wildenthal nationalizing bill rights revisiting original understanding fourteenth amendment ohio hereinafter wildenthal full text bingham first draft provided follows congress shall power make laws shall necessary proper secure citizens state privileges immunities citizens several persons several equal protection rights life liberty property cong globe separate article day paper expounded upon hale arguments even detail omitting bingham chief rebuttals times unbalanced nature new york times coverage unsurprising scholars noted ost papers time reconstruction frank partisan slant times exception wildenthal paper still defending president johnson resistance republican reform measures exemplified fact supported johnson veto civil rights act ibid papers covered howard speech include following baltimore gazette may boston daily journal may boston daily advertiser may daily national intelligencer may springfield daily republican may charleston daily courier may charleston daily courier may chicago tribune may philadelphia inquirer may see pomeroy introduction constitutional law bennett ed describing country still considering needed remedy barron ex rel tiernan mayor baltimore pet held bill rights enforceable farrar manual constitution america reprint ed describing fourteenth amendment swept away decisions many courts popular rights guaranteed constitution secured federal government municipal respondents justice breyer dissent raise unusual argument prohibits discriminatory laws affecting right keep bear arms offers substantive protection rights enumerated constitution freedom speech see post others however made comprehensive internally consistent argument bars discrimination alone afford protection substantive rights see berger government judiciary transformation fourteenth amendment address coverage privileges immunities clause applies second amendment right presented understanding conclusion may implications broader argument see raleigh gaston davis right compensation government taking property rohan swain mass right secure unreasonable government searches seizures state buzzard ark right keep bear arms state jumel la ann cockrum state tex see people goodwin johns cas sup rhinehart schulyer see black code ch la acts pp prohibiting slaves using firearms unless authorized master hunt within boundaries plantation act acts pp act concerning slaves tex laws pp making unlawful slave firearms description conclude right keep bear arms applies privileges immunities clause recognizes rights citizens plurality concludes right applies due process clause covers person case involve claim brought noncitizen express view difference conclusion plurality respect extent may regulate firearm possession noncitizens note however see reason assume constitutionally enumerated rights protected privileges immunities clause consist rights recognized bill rights others constitutional provisions outside bill rights protect individual rights see art cl granting privilege writ habeas corpus obvious evidence framers privileges immunities clause meant exclude addition certain bill rights provisions prevent federal interference state affairs readily construed protecting rights belong individuals ninth tenth amendments obvious examples first amendment establishment clause purport protect individual rights elk grove unified school dist newdow thomas concurring judgment see amar extent justice stevens concerned reliance privileges immunities clause may invite judges write personal views appropriate public policy constitution post internal quotation marks omitted celebration alternative flexibility transcend ence dynamism substantive due process speaks post tillman went long career south carolina governor later senator tillman contributions campaign finance law discussed recent cases subject see citizens federal election stevens dissenting slip discussing length tillman act stat contributions culture terrorism grew wake cruikshank even dramatic tragic effect effort enforce fourteenth amendment halt violence congress enacted series civil rights statutes including force acts see act may stat act stat ku klux klan act see act apr stat footnotes see cruikshank presser illinois miller texas say agree aspects decisions currie reconstruction congress chi rev finding support legislative history fewer four interpretations privileges immunities clause two contradict petitioners submission green original sense equal protection clause subsequent interpretation application geo mason civ rights providing evidence clause originally conceived antidiscrimination measure guaranteeing equal rights black citizens rosenthal new originalism meets fourteenth amendment original public meaning problem incorporation contemporary legal issues detailing reasons doubt clause originally understood apply bill rights hamburger privileges immunities nw rev forthcoming online http visited june available clerk case file arguing clause meant ensure freed slaves afforded privileges immunities specified article iv cl constitution although urges elevation doctrine justice thomas acknowledged seeking ascertain original meaning privileges immunities clause egal scholars agree little beyond conclusion clause mean said meant saenz roe dissenting opinion accord ante plurality opinion secret desire displace major portions equal protection substantive due process jurisprudence animates passion attends interpretive issue saenz thomas dissenting wilkinson fourteenth amendment privileges immunities clause harv pub judge wilkinson point broader privileges immunities debate observes may structure imposed provisions subject generations elaboration refinement provision pristine state fortuities uneven constitutional development must respected cast aside illusion reordering landscape anew see also washington glucksberg souter concurring judgment acknowledging degree decision may led look due process clause source substantive rights see ely oxymoron reconsidered myth reality origins substantive due process const commentary concluding american statesmen accustomed viewing due process lens sir edward coke william blackstone failed understand due process encompassing substantive well procedural terms gedicks originalist defense substantive due process magna carta constitutionalism fifth amendment emory arguing one widely shared understanding due process clause fifth amendment late eighteenth century encompassed judicial recognition enforcement unenumerated substantive rights maltz fourteenth amendment concepts antebellum era legal hist explaining antebellum era substantial number well antislavery advocates imbued constitutions respective due process clauses substantive content tribe taking text structure seriously reflections method constitutional interpretation harv rev historical evidence points strongly toward conclusion least even state legislature voting ratify constitutional rule banning government deprivations liberty property without due process law understood ban substantive well procedural content given era premise qualify enactment meet substantive requirements rationality evenhandedness see also stevens third branch liberty miami rev view number cases given substantive content term liberty burden demonstrating consistent course decision unfaithful intent framers surely heavy one tribe american constitutional law ed ninth amendment provides enumeration constitution certain rights shall construed deny disparage others retained people stevens bill rights century progress chi rev see fitzgerald stevens miami see also greene right privacy rev see also gitlow holmes dissenting general principle free speech seems must taken included fourteenth amendment view scope given word used although perhaps may accepted somewhat larger latitude interpretation allowed congress sweeping language governs govern laws subsequent decisions repeatedly reaffirmed persons hold free speech rights account fourteenth amendment liberty clause first amendment per se see naacp alabama ex rel patterson cantwell connecticut thornhill alabama see also mcintyre ohio elections term fourteenth amendment constitution makes first amendment applicable classic opinions written justice cardozo justice frankfurter endorsed basic approach incorporation fourteenth amendment taken distinct source rights independent first eight amendments palko connecticut opinion cardozo adamson california frankfurter concurring see also wolf colorado notion process law guaranteed fourteenth amendment shorthand first eight amendments constitution rejected impressive consideration issue closed wolf holding exclusionary rule overruled mapp ohio principle quoted never disturbed notable mapp case launched modern doctrine ad hoc incorporation williams florida harlan concurring result expressly held exclusionary rule essential part fourth fourteenth amendments emphasis added hardly improve upon many passionate defenses position justice harlan penned tenure see williams opinion concurring result cataloguing opinions see pet cert bowen oregon cert denied request overrule apodaca pet cert lee louisiana cert denied pet cert logan florida pp cert denied request overrule williams vast majority already recognize right keep bear arms constitutions see volokh state constitutional rights keep bear arms tex rev pol cataloguing provisions brief petitioners observing hese second amendment analogs effective consequential vary widely regulatory schemes traditions cultures firearm use problems relating gun violence federal state courts must harmonize review laws second amendment resulting jurisprudence may prove significantly deferential laws status quo ante established single legal standard must govern nationwide federal courts face profound pressure reconcile standard diverse interests long history regulating sensitive area cf williams harlan concurring result noting potential incorporation grant felix frankfurter dissenting opinion ucla rev reduce requirements fourteenth amendment federal gloss overlays bill rights reduce gloss point live amici argue persuasively incorporation federal courts little choice fix highly flexible standard review avoid leaving federalism separation powers mention gun policy shambles see brief brady center prevent gun violence et al amici curiae hereinafter brady center brief justice cardozo test built upon older line decisions see chicago chicago discussing limitations state power grow essential nature free governments implied reservations individual rights respected governments entitled name internal quotation marks omitted see palko see also lawrence texas glucksberg acknowledge read opinion glucksberg attempt move substantive due process analysis purposes toward exclusively historical methodology thereby debilitate doctrine ever glucksberg aspiration lawrence plainly renounced glucksberg lawrence little doubt prove enduring precedent almost never asked whether guarantee question deeply rooted practice see brief respondent city chicago et al hereinafter municipal respondents brief noting two opinions extensively discussed history cf robinson california invalidating state statute criminalizing narcotics addiction cruel unusual punishment violation fourteenth amendment based nature alleged without historical analysis brief respondent national rifle association america et al noting lynchpin incorporation test always importance right question system government mean denigrate function imply new rights whatever one takes term mean get substantive due process door ante scalia concurring see bowers hardwick blackmun dissenting like justice holmes believe revolting better reason rule law laid time henry iv still revolting grounds upon laid vanished long since rule simply persists blind imitation quoting holmes path law harv rev justice kennedy made point movingly drew ratified due process clauses fifth amendment fourteenth amendment known components liberty manifold possibilities might specific presume insight knew times blind us certain truths later generations see laws thought necessary proper fact serve oppress constitution endures persons every generation invoke principles search greater freedom lawrence contrary justice scalia suggestion emphatically believe judges interpret fourteenth amendment ante constitutional provision americans americans emphatically believe judges must exercise indeed help exercise reasoned judgment justice scalia common ground maintaining courts guided american people throughout history thought ibid part ways view courts guided historical considerations moreover tension justice scalia concern courts last word constitutional questions ante one hand touting constitution article amendment process ante american people course reverse rulings process assessing concerns ness area law collins one well keep view malleability deeply rooted standard also substantive due process constitutional cousin equal protection analysis substantive due process sometimes accused entailing insufficiently restrained methodology glucksberg yet word due process clause seems provide least much meaningful guidance word equal protection clause post term foreword fashioning legal constitution culture courts law harv rev objection text due process clause warrants providing protections process rather protections substance striking even justices theoretically opposed substantive due process like scalia rehnquist also nonetheless enthusiastic applying equal protection component due process clause fifth amendment federal government ibid citing adarand constructors pe one eschews comprehensive theory liberty pace justice scalia mean one lacks coherent theory due process clause ante means one lacks hubris adopt rigid definition constitutional guarantee deliberately framed terms notion define liberty claims specific level available one justice scalia signal contributions theory substantive due process see michael gerald opinion scalia ante opinion scalia narrowing asserted right approach loads dice recognition roosevelt forget fundamentals fixing substantive due process const one defines liberty interest issue lawrence freedom perform specific sex acts ante interest starts look less compelling today follow justice scalia particularizing method katzenbach morgan relies general historical references keeping bearing arms without close study practice regulating especially dangerous weapons district columbia heller slip concluded dissent second amendment confers individual right keep bear arms disconnected militia service conclusion wrong petitioners incorporation claim clearly fail hold right federal government free regulations ones challenge cf post understand petitioners amici dispute point yet even heller never decided indeed even second amendment exist still obligation address petitioners fourteenth amendment claim village oak park imposes stringent restrictions may raise additional complications see ante majority opinion quoting oak park municipal code however declined grant certiorari national rifle association challenge oak park restrictions chicago defendant case extent petitioners contend city chicago registration requirements firearm possessors also separately violate constitution claim borders frivolous petitioners make effort demonstrate requirements unreasonable impose severe burden underlying right asserted members generation least recall many passionate statements view made distinguished actor charlton heston see municipal respondents brief stating least second amendment challenges brought time heller issuance brief filing brady center brief stating second amendment challenges brought first months since heller brief villages winnetka skokie illinois et al amici curiae stating wake heller municipalities repealed longstanding handgun laws avoid costly litigation see brief professors philosophy criminology law fields amici curiae brief international law enforcement educators trainers association et al amici curiae brief california district attorneys et al amici curiae argument establish right however faces steep hurdles already recognize defense criminal prosecution see robinson criminal law defenses supp hardly interest democratic process insensitive always diverged exactly implement interest wide variety across nation types amounts force may used necessity retreat rights aggressors availability castle doctrine forth see brief oak park citizens committee handgun control amicus curiae brief american cities et al amici curiae lafave substantive criminal law pp ed variation presumed healthy part federalist system localities select different rules light different priorities customs conditions historical theoretical matter moreover legal status far complicated might first appear generally understood fourteenth amendment liberty something one holds direct state interference whereas personal right runs primarily individuals absent government tyranny state failed interfere violent private conduct becomes potentially necessary moreover basic tenet political philosophy entering civil society gaining advantages mutual commerce protections rule law one relinquish significant degree wild savage liberty one possessed state nature blackstone commentaries see also locke second treatise civil government pp gough ed state nature man power whatever thinks fit preservation others gives joins particular political society green biddle wheat trite maxim man gives part natural liberty enters civil society price blessings state may said truth liberty well exchanged advantages flow law justice strains thought took narrow view right armed see brief historians early american legal constitutional pennsylvania history amici curiae discussing whig quaker theories may natural right measure hardly follows may place substantial restrictions exercise recognize constitutional right second amendment right identified heller likewise clearly distinct right protect oneself view badly misconstrued second amendment linking value personal beyond functioning state militias enacted second amendment concerned tyrants invaders paradigmatically federal military criminals intruders even still made clear plays limited role determining scope substance amendment guarantee struck district columbia handgun ban utility handguns lawful rather popularity purpose see slip gloss second amendment right see slip well discussion permissible limitations right slip little brady center brief extrapolating government statistics see also brief american public health association et al amici curiae reporting estimated social cost violence billion per year bogus gun control america cities public policy politics albany govt rev drawing fbi data see also heller slip breyer dissenting providing additional statistics handgun violence municipal respondents brief justice scalia worries objective way decide essential existence better ignore messy considerations interest actually affects people lives ante constitutional text cases use term liberty however liberty purely objective concept substantive due process analysis require political judgment ibid require amount practical normative judgment way assess essential fulfilling constitution guarantee liberty present day provide reasons apply present day provided many justice scalia provided virtually none justice scalia also misstates argument refers right keep bear arms without qualification ante second amendment protects federal government infringement taken pains show fourteenth amendment liberty interest asserted petitioners interest keeping firearm one choosing home necessarily coextensive second amendment right escaped attention due process clause refers property well liberty cf ante opinion scalia indeed moore east cleveland plurality opinion alone viewed critical question whether east cleveland housing ordinance permissible restriction appellant right use property sees fit opinion concurring judgment case unlike case asserted property right coextensive right organize one family life find precedent ordinance issue exclude owner relatives group persons may occupy residence permanent basis open property claims fourteenth amendment case involves weak one ever since incorporated specific property protections takings clause see chicago substantive due process doctrine focused liberty cf planned parenthood southeastern casey stevens concurring part dissenting part second amendment provides well regulated militia necessary security free state right people keep bear arms shall infringed contrary justice scalia suggestion point perfectly compatible opinion elk grove unified school dist newdow cf ante like never agreed justice thomas view establishment clause federalism provision agree underlying logic clause bill rights exists safeguard federalism interests makes little sense incorporate justice scalia suggestion revisited establishment clause debate opinion simply bizarre see post municipal respondents brief brief professional historians legal historians amici curiae rosenthal second amendment plumbing heller standards scrutiny incorporation militias criminal street gangs urb law plurality insists evidence shows right bear arms regarded substantive guarantee prohibition ignored long legislated evenhanded manner ante may resolve question whether fourteenth amendment due process clause originally understood encompass right keep bear arms whether construed unclear plurality means refers paucity precedent sustaining bans comparable issue ante one ban issue city chicago handgun prohibition municipal respondents cite far one case period see municipal respondents brief evidence adduced respondents amici easily establishes contentions consensus recognize firearms right arms possession even home subject practice anning weapons routinely used deemed necessary public welfare ample historical pedigree petitioners even try challenge contentions agree justice scalia history regulation hardly proves right fundamental character ante unbroken history extremely intensive carefully considered regulation however tend suggest heller majority asserted adjective second amendment preamble implies nothing imposition proper discipline training slip far clear assertion correct see art cl cls cl art cl art cl cl using regulate regulation manner suggestive broad discretionary governmental authority art cl invoking powers disciplining training militia manner suggestive narrower authority heller slip investigating constitution separate references people clue term meaning second amendment cf cornell dedino well regulated right early american origins gun control fordham rev authors curious interpretation second amendment constructed fantasy world words mean opposite regulation really even assertion correct point remain preamble envisions active state role overseeing right keep bear arms utilized ensuring channeled toward productive ends cf heller slip breyer dissenting detailing evidence showing disproportionate amount violent property crimes occur urban areas urban criminals likely offenders use firearm commission violent crime fact chicago handgun murder rate may actually increased since ban enacted ante majority opinion means virtually nothing countless factors unrelated policy may contributed trend without sophisticated regression analysis even begin speculate efficacy effects handgun ban even analysis never certain determinants city murder rate sense doubt true best solution elusive many serious social problems ante opinion scalia yet social problems raised heated empirical controversy problem gun violence liberty interests recognized due process clause raised many complications judicial oversight interest recognized today see post agree plurality right eligible substantive due process recognition need consensus right fundamental ante remarkably diverse pluralistic society almost never uniformity opinion extent popular consensus relevant agree amicus brief filed case numerous state attorneys general constitutes evidence thereof ante puzzling many state lawmakers asked us limit option regulate dangerous item cf post likewise one contends interested personal every american presumably face particular disadvantage political process recognize defense criminal prosecution see supra see heller slip stevens dissenting although gives short shrift drafting history second amendment dwells length four sources english bill rights blackstone commentaries laws england postenactment commentary second amendment war legislative history see also post discussing professional historians criticisms heller indeed truly one deeply rooted legal traditions