FSN: Forensic Science News » Supreme Court http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes and Opinion by a Real Forensic Scientist Sat, 14 Jan 2012 14:20:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Individual Gun Rights http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-individual-gun-rights/ http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-individual-gun-rights/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:27:06 +0000 Forensics Guy http://www.forensicsguy.com/benchnotes/?p=1185 Today the US Supreme Court ruled as expected in MacDonald v Chicago. In a 5–4 ruling, they reiterated their previous ruling (Heller v District of Columbia) that the Second Amendment guarantees individuals’ rights “to keep and bear arms.” They also stated, clearly, that the ruling does not prevent state and local

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In a community comment forum for forensic scientists, there was a comment from an analyst from another country, that stated they didn’t see what the big deal

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