The 5th Amendment states: "nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." So how can Red Flag laws then take away a person's guns ("property") without Due Process? Under the plain reading of the text, the provision doesn't allow people to...
Court Case
Third Circuit reinstates most of New Jersey’s New Restrictive Concealed Handgun Law, The Importance of Who Appointed the Judges
U.S. District Judge Renée Marie Bumb, a George W. Bush nominated judge, originally suspended most of New Jersey's new restrictive concealed handgun law. But a three-judge federal appeals panel for the Third Circuit in a 2-to-1 split paused that preliminary injunction....
Richmond, Virginia, US District Court Judge Finds that the Federal Law Ban the Sale of Handguns to 18 to 20-year-olds Unconstitutional
On May 10, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Payne has a decision striking down the Federal ban on handgun sales. A copy of his decision is available here. “Commonsense and logic tell us that, unless one is a maker of guns, the right to “keep”/have a gun...
Powerful decision out of Illinois, Federal Court Declares Illinois Assault Weapon and Magazine bans to be Unconstitutional, showing how important Republican-appointed judges are.
In a powerfully written decision, Judge Stephen P. McGlynn of the Southern District of Illinois said Illinois' new assault weapon ban known as the Protect Illinois Communities Act, or PICA, is likely to be found unconstitutional when the case goes to trial, and the...
The CPRC forces Missoula County to keep a list of the number of people voting in the November 2022 election and a copy of the video of the vote count
The CPRC has done extensive research with the America First Policy Institute showing that there very few counties keep a list of the number of people who voted in the November 2020 election and that the few that do show a large gap of about 2.9% between the number of...