To be clear, courts retain the responsibility to enforce the Second Amendment’s limits, but that is not the same as making the policy judgments the Constitution leaves open.
Dick Durbin: “To be clear, courts retain the responsibility to enforce the Second Amendment’s limits, but that is not the same as…”
On the recordNovember 10, 2026
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Clarifying the role of courts versus lawmakers in gun policy.
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