Kopel's new book
Firearms Law & the Second Amendment; Regulation, Rights, and
Policy has just been published. It is the first law
school textbook on the Second Amendment.
Buy from Amazon.
Publisher webpage for book.
Authors' website
for book; includes Table of Contents, and Preface.
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Great website:JerryKopel.com. My
father's essays on Colorado and national politics, based on his 22
years of service as a Colorado State Representative.
President Obama versus the Constitution. Obama attacks
judicial review, says that it would be "unprecedented" for Court
to rule against a congressional statute. Volokh.com, Apr. 3,
2012.
Florida's Self-Defense Laws. Explains why the "Stand
your ground" and "Castle Doctrine" laws are irrelevant to the
Martin/Zimmerman case. Volokh Conspiracy. Mar. 27, 2012.
The AR-15
And The Second Amendment: No Respect. It’s the
best-selling type of rifle in America today, yet the gun
prohibition lobbies want to make it a crime for you to own one.
America's 1st Freedom. April 2012.
Who
Rules Who? On what the Scottish people are really
voting for. The Scottish independence referendum. Holyrood.
Mar. 11, 2012.
Holder Must Go. Attorney General Eric Holder's lies and
half-truths in the "Fast and Furious" aftermath are nothign new.
A look at the past shows a long history of dishonesty and
disdain for the truth and the law.
America's 1st Freedom.
Mar. 2012.
Kopel on CNN: In Zimmerman/Martin case, trial by media is wrong. Stand Your
Ground law is clear, and does not apply to the case. March 30, 2012.
Part 1.
Part 2.
Independence Institute on Obamacare: It’s not about the Commerce Clause.
Research Director Kopel adds two ‘blockbuster briefs’ to wave of material
swamping high court for historic case. Colorado Independent. By John Tomasic.
Mar. 26, 2012.
Victory in the Colorado Supreme Court! The Court
unanimously rules that the University of Colorado may not
segregate itself from persons who under Colorado state law are
licensed to carry a handgun for lawful defense "everywhere in
the state."
Kopel's
amicus brief
for the County Sheriffs of Colorado in Students for
Concealed Carry on Campus v. Regents of the University of of
Colorado.
Individual mandate: Independence Institute
amicus brief in HHS v. Florida Supreme Court case.
Argues that the individual mandate cannot be justified by the
Necessary and Proper clause.
Medicaid mandate:
Independence Institute
amicusbrief in Florida v. HHS, before the
US Supreme Court. Argues that the Obamacare Medicaid mandate
(states must drastically expand Medicaid eligibility, or lose
all federal matching funds for Medicaid) violates the
Constitution.
Amicus brief
in People v. Aguilar, currently before the Supreme
Court of Illinois. Professors Michael O'Shea, Nicholas Johnson,
and Kopel argue that Illinois's complete prohibition of
defensive carry in public places violates the Second Amendment.
Amicus brief for the Independence Institute in Kerr v.
Hickenlooper (D. Colo.). Rebuts plaintiffs' claim that
direct democracy, such as referenda and initiatives, is contrary
to the Republican Form of Government clause of the U.S.
Constitution.
Podcast
by II Senior Fellow Rob Natelson on the brief.
Amicus brief for the International Law Enforcement Educators
and Trainers Association, and the Independence Institute, in
Peruta v. San Diego (9th Circuit). Details why the carrying
of an unloaded handgun--which can only be loaded under
"imminent" threat--is insufficient to effectuate the
constitutional right of armed self-defense. Also details police
interests in encouraging concealed carry rather than open carry.
Includes numerous short videos to illustrate the brief's
descriptions of how guns are loaded, and how they are deployed
in an emergency.
Bad News for John Marshall.
121 Yale Law Journal Online 529
(2012).With Gary S. Lawson. Why Obamacare advocates are
wrong to claim that finding the mandate unconstitutional will
wreck modern constitutional law.
Colombia's National Law of Firearms and Explosives.
Full translation of the Colombian statutes, along with
historical and narrative explanation. Independence Institute
Issue Paper no. 3-2011. By Jonathan Edward Shaw.
Bad News for Professor Koppelman: The Incidental
Unconstitutionality of the Individual Mandate. 121 Yale Law
Journal Online 267 (2011). With Gary Lawson.
HTML. PDF.
“Health
Laws of Every Description”: John Marshall’s Ruling on a Federal Health Care
Law. 12 Engage (no. 1, June
2011): 49-54. With
Robert G. Natelson.
How Many Global Deaths from
Arms? Reasons to Question the 740,000 Factoid being used to Promote
the Arms Trade Treaty.5 NYU Journal of Law & Liberty
672
(2010). With Paul Gallant & Joanne D. Eisen.
Commerce in the Commerce Clause: A Response to Jack Balkin.
109 Michigan Law Review First Impressions 55 (2010). With Robert G.
Natelson.
Latest Television, Radio, Podcasts,
Print Media
Firearms Law and the Second Amendment.
Law school textbook.
Chapter 3. The Colonies and the Revolution. iVoices.org, May 9, 2012.
Colorado Inside Out.
May 4, 2012.
Same-sex civil unions, Denver camping ban, Lower North Fork
Fire, & I-70 plan.
Postgame:
Sales tax holiday for school supplies.
Firearms Law and the Second Amendment.
Chapter 2.
Antecedents of the Second Amendment: From Confucius to the British Whigs.
iVoices.org, Apr. 16, 2012.
Colorado Inside Out.
April 6, 2012.
North Fork Fire, disgraced former Sheriff Pat Sullivan, mail-in
ballots, proposed camping ban in Denver.
Postgame:
Romney and the 2012 primaries.
Firearms Law and the Second Amendment.
Chapter 1. First in
a podcast series on Kopel's new law school textbook. iVoices.org, Apr. 4, 2012.
Colorado Inside Out. Mar. 23,
2012. Layoffs at Denver Post, Broncos toss away Tebow,
Denver Police Department reforms, racists attack Denver Public
School reforms, RTD negotiates on its broken promises.
Postgame:
More on Tebow and Manning.
Colorado Inside Out. Mar. 16,
2012. Abortion pill mandate rallies, medical marijuana dispensaries, City
Council redistricting in Denver.
Postgame: Denver Police
Commander committee.
When did the Independence Institute explain that Obamacare
was probably unconstitutional? Senior Fellow Rob Natelson on
Jan. 23, 2010. Research Director Dave Kopel on
March 22, 2010 (tax power), and
April 2, 2010 (commerce power, constitutional
structure). Here is the
video
of Kopel's April 28, 2010, debate with former Colorado
Supreme Court Justice Jean Dubofsky, who had
announced, "I
believe that the lawsuit stands little chance of success,”
and "The mechanism chosen by Congress to enforce the
requirement of health insurance is not unusual."
Testimony
on D.C. Council's proposed revision to the District's gun
control laws. Kopel argues against a provision which
excessively discriminates against people with visual
impairments. The testimony also critiques D.C.'s unusual
system of long gun registration. Feb. 13, 2012.
Kopel testified on Nov. 17 before the U.S. Senate
subcommittee
on Crime and Terrorism regarding S. 463, SenatorSchumer's
bill to vastly expand the number of people prohibited from
owning or temporarily possessing a firearm. 29-page
written testimony.
Video of subcommittee hearing. Kopel's 5 minute prepared
remarks begin at 72:41. At 103:40, there is a Q&A with
Senator Grassley, with leads to follow-up questions with
Senator Schumer, in which Kopel explains to Schumer what the
Schumer bill actually does. Kopel
discusses the bill on NRA News. Media coverage:
NPR,
ABC,
Governing, Albany
Times Union.
Kopel testified on Sept. 13 before the U.S. House
subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security,
regarding H.R. 822, which would set up a national system of
interstate reciprocity for concealed handgun carry permits.
Kopel's 24-page written
testimony.
Video of the subcommittee hearing. Cato Institute
podcast with Kopel on the issue.
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