
Heller at 10: A Symposium on the Last and Next Decade of the Modern Second Amendment
GIFFORDS Law Center held its 2019 Second Amendment Symposium, Heller at 10: A Symposium on the Last and Next Decade of the Modern Second Amendment, in San Francisco, CA, on January 18, 2019.
The event was hosted at University of California Hastings College of Law in collaboration with the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly.
For an overview of the event, see below, or check out the full symposium agenda.
AGENDA
- Panel 1 | Deciding How to Decide: Second Amendment Methodology, the Two-Part Test & the Supreme Court
- Deborah Beim, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University
- Joseph Blocher, Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
- Darrell Miller, Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
- Adam Winkler, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
- Moderator: Hannah Shearer, Second Amendment Litigation Director, GIFFORDS Law Center
- Panel 2 | Guns in Public: The Next Certiorari Grant & Beyond
- William Araiza, Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School
- Eric Ruben, Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU School of Law and Fellow, Brennan Center for Justice
- Jonathan Taylor, Principal, Gupta Wessler PLLC
- Moderator: Mariel Goetz, Counsel, Partnerships & Litigation, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
- Panel 3 | The Historical Scope of the Second Amendment
- Dennis Baron, Professor of English, emeritus, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
- Saul Cornell, Paul and Diane Guenther Chair in American History, Fordham University
- Mark Frassetto, Senior Counsel, Everytown for Gun Safety
- Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, Assistant Professor of History, Miami University
- Moderator: Jonathan Gienapp, Assistant Professor of History, Stanford University
- Panel 4 | A “Second-Class Right?” The Second Amendment and Other Constitutional Rights
- Jody Madeira, Professor of Law, Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington
- Gregory Magarian, Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
- George Mocsary, Associate Professor of Law, Southern Illinois University School of Law
- Timothy Zick, John Marshall Professor of Government and Citizenship, William & Mary Law School
- Moderator: Jonathan Lowy, Director, Legal Action Project, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Browse our full library of publications from 2019’s Second Amendment Symposium, Heller at 10: A Symposium on the Last and Next Decade of the Modern Second Amendment, published in the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly.
Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly Symposium Articles
| Title | Author | Issue Tags | Link | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Second Amendment as a Fundamental Right | Timothy Zick | 2A | Download PDF | Timothy Zick, The Second Amendment as a Fundamental Right, 46 HASTINGS CONST. L.Q. 621 (2019). |
| Reciprocal Concealed Carry: The Constitutional Issues | Araiza, William D. | Public Carry Licensing/Registration | Download PDF | William D. Araiza, Reciprocal Concealed Carry: The Constitutional Issues, 46 HASTINGS CONST. L.Q. 571 (2019). |
| Corpus Evidence Illuminates the Meaning of Bear Arms | Baron, Dennis | 2A | Download PDF | Dennis Baron, Corpus Evidence Illuminates the Meaning of Bear Arms, 46 HASTINGS CONST. L.Q. 509 (2019). |
| A Different Constitutionality for Gun Regulation | Schakenbach Regele, Lindsay | 2A | Download PDF | Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, A Different Constitutionality for Gun Regulation, 46 HASTINGS CONST. L.Q. 523 (2019). |
| Meritless Historical Arguments in Second Amendment Litigation | Frassetto, Mark Anthony | 2A Bruen History | Download PDF | Mark Anthony Frassetto, Meritless Historical Arguments in Second Amendment Litigation, 46 HASTINGS CONST. L.Q. 531 (2019). |

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