Nullifying Rights

Definition: Judges abolish the protection of established rights to which they are personally opposed.

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Nullifying Rights

Heritage Analysis of Maloney v. Cuomo

In a per curiam opinion, the Second Circuit upheld a New York statute which completely prohibited the possession of certain specified weapons based upon the conclusion that the Second Amendment only applies to the federal government and not to the states. The Court also asserted that a statute banning weapons—that is, one that would otherwise raise serious Second Amendmen...

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