@meganwalshgvp
Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Gun Violence Prevention Law Clinic, University of Minnesota Law School. Mom. Duke fan. Trying to do a little writing but all my cases get in the way.
@jacobdcharles.bsky.social shared his thoughts on how arguments went in Hemani and explained how, based on the justices' questions, the decision may come down.
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An exceptional civil rights job, comparably decent pay, for junior attorneys.
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A major theme of yesterday's Hemani 2A arg: under Bruen can courts *ever* weigh the govt's leg judgment that certain groups (like drug users) are too dangerous to have guns. I've argued these assessments are inevitable even w/history-focused approaches...
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Yesterday SCOTUS heard oral argument in another 2d Amendment case and once again descended into madness occasioned by its "history & tradition" test, this time parsing what made someone in the framers' generation a "drunkard." On the blog, @espinsegall.bsky.social has the receipts. 👇
My biggest takeaways from oral argument in Hemani is that none of the Justices agree on how Bruen works, the arg showcased why it is a terrible test to evaluate government regulation of a constitutional right, and that trying to align Bruen, Rahimi, Wolford, and Hemani will be a mess.
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Second Amendment adventures with the GVP Clinic. D.C., here we come!
Far from being deterred by the 5th circuit, federal judges in Texas appear to be ordering the release of more ICE detainees than before on due process/constitutional grounds. Here is Judge Jason Pulliam, a Trump appointee, joining their ranks. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Too many times, we have seen gun violence inflict immense heartbreak and loss in Minnesota.
It’s time for us to come together to take real, actionable steps toward common sense gun laws.
It’s time for our legislators to take a lesson in courage from eighth graders like Lydia and stand up to the gun lobby.
Those who have been harmed by gun violence and those who live in fear of gun violence deserve accountability, and the GVP Clinic is proud to have contributed to the State's meaningful result in this case.
Clinic students Will Roberts, Arielle Hugel and Callan Showers ('25) were instrumental in obtaining a summary judgment ruling in our favor, which led to this result. Lola Brown and Heather Lea ('27) joined the team this year and their important work helped get us to settlement.
AG Ellison announced today a settlement with Fleet Farm, a gun seller who sold many firearms to straw purchasers despite glaring warning signs. We secured significant policy changes, a $1 million payment, and will be releasing documents demonstrating Fleet Farm's disregard of warning signs.
On behalf of the people of Minnesota, we are holding them to account for that callous behavior. Today’s settlement forces the company to significantly change their internal policies to protect the people of Minnesota and imposes a substantial financial penalty on them.
I sued Fleet Farm after they endangered Minnesotans by ignoring clear warning signs and selling guns to straw buyers. The warning signs that Fleet Farm ignored were so clear that Fleet Farm went on to use those sales as examples of obvious red flags in internal trainings.
NY AG, Everytown and Giffords announce a $1.75 million settlement with Mean Arms, who sold and advertised an accessory that allowed the shooter in the Buffalo Tops shooting to easily remove a magazine lock. Also prevents direct sales of the product to NY consumers. ag.ny.gov/press-releas...
Sen. John Hoffman walked into the Senate chamber to thunderous applause that lasted for a full minute on Tuesday.
Read the latest from the legislative session: bit.ly/3ZKq6vh
Interesting Feb 20 CLE on the law of making firearms by my colleague, friend, and ATF alum, Tom Chittum. firearmsresearchcenter.org/events/firea...
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
So fun to see my Second Amendment colleagues and friends listed as the scholars with the most amicus briefs cited by SCOTUS in the last ten years. Darrell A.H. Miller #1 and Joseph Blocher and Eric Ruben tied for second. www.scotusblog.com/2026/02/how-...
“The Constitution does not permit the government to arrest thousands of individuals and then disregard their constitutional rights because it would be too challenging to honor those rights.”
Thrilled that my article Private Governance and Originalism will be published in the Stanford Law Review @stanlrev.bsky.social! The article explains why private groups including schools, corps & other orgs create unique challenges (and opportunities) under originalist "history & tradition" tests
This is a super smart take on Bruen. SCOTUS has essentially declared that because a state declined to enact a particular gun regulation in the past, it’s constitutionally barred from enacting that regulation today. Impossible to square with the 10th Amendment.
GVP Clinic at Friday’s hearing in our case, State v. Glock.
Schascheck on Heller’s Second Amendment Exception and Bruen
Kevin Schascheck II (Independent; Tulane University School of Law) has posted Second Amendment Exceptions on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The Second Amendment guarantees the individual right to keep and bear firearms. But that right has…
