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[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Welcome to the Cato Institute. Its likely to receive wide because it speaks to divisions about gun control, immigration, affirmative action and so much more. But about the far more fundamental division we see in our understanding of our basic law, the constitution and what it authorizes. If we want to better understand and appreciate those service divisions, thats where we have to turn because thats where theyre grounded. And just to be clear, in speaking about republican constitution and the democratic constitution, professor barnett is not making partisan points; rather, as the books subtitle suggests, hes alluding to two fundamentally different understandings of the constitutions first three words, we the people. Profoundly different conceptions that have deep roots in our constitutional history and farreaching implications for our political order. Once we understand those basic differe ....
Last month, for the first time, a federal court found that a long-standing law banning gun possession by unauthorized immigrants violates the Second Amendment. As similar challenges play out around the country, the legal and political backdrop of the case has caught the attention of legal scholars, who see in the right to be armed a fundamental question about noncitizens’ belonging in the nation and their ability to exercise other constitutional rights. ....
Racial justice May 5, 2021 Twenty-seven percent of unarmed civilians killed by police began with a traffic stop. The Stanford Open Policing Project indicates that a significantly higher proportion of minority drivers than white drivers are stopped by police for traffic violations and are disproportionately frisked, searched, questioned, ticketed and arrested following traffic stops. And why is it that we need heavily armed police trained in military tactics to enforce most traffic violations? After all, civilian inspectors enforce violations and give out citations for things like restaurant hygiene, workplace health and safety, building codes, and, yes, parking tickets. And unlike traffic stops by armed cops, how often do you hear of civilian inspectors shooting people they’re giving citations to? ....