“The Second Amendment does protect the right to people to possess weapons for self-defense in the home. That's what the Supreme Court said.” PeopleDoeSaidSelfHomeProtectWeaponsCourtDefenseSupremeAmendmentsSupreme CourtSelf DefenseSecond Amendment Author:Laurence Tribe
“One of the most extraordinary examples in recent decades [of unitary visions of constitutional enterprise] is found in a book called "Takings"... Epstein makes an extremely clever but stunningly reductionist argument that the whole Constitution is really designed to protect private property... Can a constitution reflecting as diverse an array of visions and aspirations as ours really be reducible to such as sadly single-minded vision as that?” BookWholeFoundVisionExampleProtectArgumentConstitutionPropertyExtraordinaryLibertarianDecadesCleverAspirationEnterpriseDiverseReflectingPrivate Property Author:Laurence Tribe
“[The Bill of Rights is] designed to protect individuals and minorities against the tyranny of the majority, but it's also designed to protect the people against bureaucracy, against the government.” PeopleGovernmentIndividualRightsProtectBillsMajorityTyrannyMinoritiesBureaucracyBill Of RightsTyranny Of The Majority Author:Laurence Tribe