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Will gun-control case prompt a Constitutional reawakening?

The case is McDonald v. City of Chicago, for which the court granted cert on Sept. 30. The petitioners in the case, a group challenging a gun control ordinance in Chicago, filed their brief with the court earlier this week. Were the court to adopt their position -- something well within the realm of possibility -- we could be looking at a significant shift in the way the justices view the Constitution and individual rights.

Read About It: Wall Street Journal Law blog

Posted: 11/20/2009 10:22:16 AM

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