EMERSON APPEAL NEWS COVERAGE
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HOT: EMERSON WAS CONVICTED AT TRIAL IN TEXAS FOLLOWING A DENIAL OF HIS APPEAL BY THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT OF ACQUITTAL WERE FILED AND APPEALS ARE EXPECTED! ! !
HOT: EMERSON DEFENSE FUND CONTINUES! ! ! (8/05/02)
1. Media Coverage of New Trial.
Abilene Reporter-News (10/08/02)
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (10/08/02)
San Angelo Standard-Times (8/03/02)
Abline Reporter-News (8/03/02)Gun Control Groups Worry About Justice Department Rule. (ABC News 6/24/02)
Emerson Supreme Court Denial Coverage:
NEW! A Gutless Supreme Court Decision by Tanya Metaksa. (FrontPageMagazine.com, 6/18/02)
NEW! High Court Won't Hear Test of Bush Gun Stance. (The Washington Post 6/10/02)
NEW! Justices Reject Cases on Right to Bear Arms. (The New York Times 6/10/02)
NEW! Court Rejects Gun Appeals Cases. (AP Story on Miami.com 6/10/02)
NEW! VPC Gloats. But the Fifth's Decision Stands! (USnewswire.com 6/10/02)
NEW! Brady Gloats. But the Fifth's Decision Stands! (USnewswire.com 6/10/02)
Other Recent Media Coverage:
NEW! Making the case: The lawlessness of today's racial quota and gun control liberals may be coming under serious challenge.
(U.S. News 5/24/02)
Ashcroft Decision Coverage:NEW! Ashcroft's view might test gun laws: 2d Amendment interpretation sparks debate. (Boston Globe 8/18/02)
NEW! Anti-Gun Groups Contest Individual Right to Own Firearms (CNSNews.com 5/15/02)
NEW! Pro-Individual Rights Letters to the Editor on the Second Amendment (Seattle P-I 5/15/02)
NEW! Democrats Face New Political Reality on Guns (CNSNews.com 5/15/02)
NEW! Great Poll!!! America: It's Our Right to Bear Arms. ABCNEWS.com Poll Finds Most Support Individuals' Right to Own Guns. (ABC News 5/14/02)
NEW! NPR Radio Interview. A 48 minute audio file discussing Second Amendment. (NPR Ram file 5/10/02)
NEW! Base Politics (The Washington Post 5/14/02)
NEW! DOJ Takes Aim at the Second Amendment (American Lawyer Media
5/13/02)NEW! Bush Gets Chance to Balance Books on Guns (L.A. Times 5/13/02)
NEW! Experts doubt shift in federal gun laws: New U.S. position not seen as radical (The Chicago Tribune 5/09/02)
NEW! Schumer Fumes At Gun Reversal: U.S. argues for wider ownership (NewsDay 5/09/02)
NEW! Impact of altered gun policy uncertain (The Washington Times 5/09/02)
NEW! U.S. reverses stance on constitutional right to bear arms (AP Story on CNN 5/09/02)
HOT! International Reaction! Alarm as US law officer restores right to own guns (UK Guardian 5/09/02)
NEW! SCHUMER CRITICIZES NEW DOJ DECISION TO CHANGE CONSTITUTIONAL DEFINITION OF GUN OWNERS. But he claims that he supports the individual right interpretation as well???????!!!!!!! (Sen. Schumer Press Release 5/08/02)
NEW! U.S. Backs a Right to Bear Arms (L.A. Times 5/08/02)
NEW! Government reverses policy on gun rights: Justice Department declares that Constitution guarantees individuals right to own firearms (L.A. Times Story in Akron Beacon Journal 5/08/02)
NEW! Gun Ownership -- New, Old View: U.S. Adopts 'Individual Rights' Theory of 2nd Amendment (Washington Post 5/08/02)
NEW! US says individuals have right to bear arms: Embraces broader interpretation of Constitution (Boston Globe 5/08/02)
NEW! Justice Dept. seeks broader gun rights: Administration is first to seek 'private' interpretation of Second Amendment (Boston Globe story in Seattle P-I 5/08/02)
NEW! Bush Administration Stands By Individual's Right to Bear Arms (CNSNews.com 5/08/02)
NEW! Gun Control Groups Blast U.S. Policy on Guns (Reuters.com 5/08/02)
NEW! Justice Dept. Reverses Stance on Constitution Including Right to Bear Arms (Fox News 5/08/02)
NEW! Justice Dept: Gun Rights Protected: Justice Department Reverses Stance on Whether Constitution Includes Individual Right to Bear Arms (AP Story on ABCnews.com 5/08/02)
NEW! DOJ change on guns rights shows conservative pull (AP Story on CNN 5/08/02)
NEW! U.S. Argues For Wider Gun Rights: Supreme Court Filing Reverses Past Policy (Washington Post 5/07/02)
NEW! Bush Administration Backs Individual Right to Bear Arms (NewsMax.com 5/07/02)
NEW! U.S., in a Shift, Tells Justices Citizens Have a Right to Guns (New York Times 5/07/02)
NEW! Individual gun rights get administration's support (USA Today 5/07/02)
NEW! Justice Dept.: Gun Rights Protected (AP Story in New York Times 5/07/02)
NEW! Justice Dept. backs 'right to bear arms' (AP Story on CNN 5/07/02)
NEW! Bush Backs Individual’s Right to Guns: Administration Reverses 2nd Amendment Interpretation (AP Story on ABCnews.com 5/07/02)
NEW! U.S. Argues For Wider Gun Rights: Supreme Court Filing Reverses Past Policy (Washington Post 5/07/02)
NEW! Justice Dept. Reverses Gun Stance (Las Vegas Sun 5/07/02)
NEW! Gun Control Group Brady Campaign Attacks DOJ position (5/07/02)
NEW! Violence Policy Center failed to change Justice Department's Decision
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Exit gun control. (William F. Buckley Jr. 4/10/02)
A Wrong Turn on Second Amendment Rights. (Letter to Editor, Law.com 1/21/02)
Emerson ruling is a mixed bag for gun rights. (Buffalo News 1/06/02)
SUPREME COURT Q & A: Second Amendment, Court History and Recent Cases. (New York Times 1/02/02)
Sheldon Richman: Half a Win Is Better than None. (The Future of Freedom Foundation December 2001)
Whose right on bearing arms? Second Amendment means what it says. (Glenn Harlan Reynolds 11/25/01)
Decision in gun owner's favor fans 2nd Amendment debate: Appellate court affirms individual right of possession (Copley News Service 11/18/01)
Stephen P. Halbrook, Ph.D. Responds to Prof. Dorf on Emerson (11/20/01)
Bummer for Sarah Brady: It's been a great year for gun rights. Mentions Emerson case. (Wall Street Journal 11/15/01)
Armed Against Terrorism by George F. Will. Interesting column as he has written on the other side of the Second Amendment issue in the past! (11/04/01)
Terrorists Attacked Gun Control Movement. Fox News Article mentions Emerson! (11/04/01)
GUNS AND THE CONSTITUTION: Telling The Right Second Amendment Story by Akhil & Vikram Amar. Supports individual right under Second Amendment ONLY because of the Fourteenth Amendment. This would INCORPORATE the Second Amendment as binding on the states! (11/02/01)
Collective Rights View's Michael Dorf on Emerson (10/31/01)
Phyllis Schlafly on Emerson (10/31/01)
Anti-Individual Rights Prof. on Emerson (11/01/01)
Commentary: Right to bear arms goes to the individual (10/29/01)
David Kopel & Glenn Reynolds on Emerson (10/25/01)
Tanya Metaksa on Emerson (10/26/01)
About.com Emerson Analysis (10/24/01)
San Angelo Standard-Times (10/24/01)
www.law.com article with key quotes (10/22/01)
Tampa Tribune Editorial "Unprecedented Federal Court Decision On Gun Ownership" (10/22/01)
Jacob Sullum's Emerson Opinion Piece (10/23/01)
Anti-Gun Rant from the Austin Statesman (10/22/01)
NY Post Editorial - A Good One! ! (10/22/01)
Baltimore Sun Article (10/22/01)
Claremont Institute (10/19/01)
U.S. News (10/19/01)
FOX News (10/17/01)
A. Washington Post (10/17/01)
B. Washington Times (10/18/01)
C. L.A. Times (10/17/01)
D. New York Times (10/17/01)
E. New York Times/AP story (10/17/01)
F. National Review (10/18/01)
G. Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web (10/17/01)
H. Neal Knox on Emerson decision (10/16/01)
I. World Net Daily (10/17/01)
J. NRA on Emerson (10/17/01)
K. Houston Chronicle (10/17/01)
L. Dallas News/AP (10/16/01)
Anti-Emerson Press Conference on C-SPAN (8/29/01)
Ashcroft takes steps to make his stance on Second Amendment official policy (07/20/01)
John Ashcroft's Constitution: The attorney general offers an interpretation of the Second Amendment. Article mentions Emerson several times. From The Weekly Standard (06/25/01)
Laurence H. Tribe Supports Second Amendment As an Individual Right! (05/24/01)
Second Amendment debate intensifies (Kansas City Star 05/17/01)
EMERSON ARTICLE: Ashcroft Defends Individual Right, But Emerson Prosecutor Holds To Collective (03/07/01)
1. Article on Emerson's Not Guilty Verdict in State Court! ! !
2. Deconstructing the Second Amendment by Stephen P. Halbrook
3. EMERSON IN THE NY TIMES TWICE IN ONE WEEK! ! ! !
A. WORD FOR WORD / The Second Amendment Debate... from the NY Times (09/24/00). A balanced piece quoting from Amicus briefs on both sides of the Emerson Case.
B. Dueling Scholars Join Fray... from the NY Times (09/21/00). A biased piece that mentions the Emerson Case.
4. San Angelo Standard-Times Emerson articles:
A. Is it his [Emerson's] right to own a gun? (07/23/00).
B. Angelo gun case being debated in appeals court (06/14/00).
5. Taking the Second Amendment Seriously. Great Article by Nelson Lund in the Weekly Standard (7/24/00).
KEY QUOTE: "This particular case we feel really excited about," said Alan Gottlieb, head of the Second Amendment Foundation [SAF], a Washington state group that supports gun rights. "Since [SAF’s founding in] 1974, this is the single best case supporting our position."
7. Christian Science Monitor article (6/20/00).
8. CNN article.
9. USA Today articles.
10. Houston Chronicle article.
11. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
12. About.com (Another Good Internet Source on the Second Amendment)
13. Firearms and Freedom (From the New American Magazine).
14. Anti-Gun Editorial: Apologies Moses, NRA; no stone tablet this time
15. Another Anti-Gun Editorial: High court could clarify gun issue via Texas case
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Articles Arising from the Original Emerson Ruling
(Oldies but Goodies)1. Liberals Have Second Thoughts on the Second Amendment in WSJ (November 22, 1999)
Bonus: Letters to Editor in Response (December 7, 1999)
2. Article on Emerson in the Seattle P-I (Sept 8, 1999)
3. Article on Emerson in Abilene Reporter-News (variation of 2., Sept 7, 1999)
4. Article on Emerson in U.S. News (June 7, 1999)
5. Right to Bear Arms: A Second Look in NY Times (May 30, 1999)
6. Article on Emerson in the LawNewsNetwork.com (April 12, 1999)
7. Guns and the Constitution by Prof. Eugene Volokh, UCLA Law School in WSJ. (April 12, 1999)
8. Second Amendment rising? in Washigton Times (April 10, 1999)
9. That every man be armed in Washigton Times (April 9, 1999)
10. Article on Emerson in About.com (April 4, 1999)
11. Article on Emerson in Associated Press1 (April 3, 1999)
12. Article on Emerson in Associated Press2 (April 3, 1999)
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