Andrew Cuomo; Clayton Cramer; and John Lott on Heller/Parker

Updated Jan. 14, 2008, 2:58 pm -- Scholar Dave Kopel has a piece about the meaning of the Second Amendment. It is also being published in today's edition of Legal Times.

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Addition reading on Heller/Parker before SCOTUS, and the Bush DOJ's Startling Brief:

-- Taking a different path than many of his anti-gun colleagues, Andrew Cuomo, attorney general of New York state, argues in a brief filed with the Supreme Court regarding the Heller/Parker case that the 2A does not limit the power of state governments to regulate gun ownership. A handful of state attorneys general, and a host of local district attorneys are terrified that that, indeed, the 2A does force limitations and that the very idea that the Supreme Court will be reviewing its meaning makes them nervous.

-- Clayton Cramer translates into English for all the difference between "strict scruitiny" and "intermediate scrutiny." Get used to it. Unfortunately, the legalese will be flowing strong on this case, so we all need to bone up on court-speak.

-- Renowned research scholar John Lott sums it up this way: "Bad Brief: The Bush DOJ shoots at the Second Amedment." He says the DOJ brief argues that since the government bans machine guns, it should also be able to ban handguns.