Scalia’s Death Jeopardizes Gun Rights Secured in SCOTUS Ruling in Heller Case
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Channel: One America News Network · 2016 · News & Politics
Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia’s death leaves open the possibility that his replacement on the high court will vote to undo his legal legacy, typifies by the 2008 Supreme Court ruling in the DC v. Heller case. Scalia wrote the majority opinion, which overturned the District of Columbia’s handgun ban and affirmed and individual right to keep and bear arms, irrespective of the militia. Dick Heller, the plaintiff told One America News reporter Neil W. McCabe what it was like in the courtroom the moment the Scalia read aloud the court’s ruling. Also interviewed: Hans Von Spakovsky, Heritage Foundation, and Roger Pilon, Cato Institute.
