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  2. District of Columbia v. Heller - Wikipedia

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    District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008), is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States.It ruled that the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms for traditionally lawful purposes such as self-defense within the home, and that the District of Columbia's handgun ban and requirement that lawfully owned rifles ...

  3. Heller v. New York - Wikipedia

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    Heller also argued that films shown exclusively to consenting adults in private are free speech protected by the constitution. The defendant was found guilty by the New York City Criminal Court, a decision that was upheld on appeal by both the Supreme Court of the State of New York and the New York Court of Appeals. [6]

  4. Second Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    Heller and McDonald supported the individual rights model, under which the Second Amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms much as the First Amendment protects the right to free speech. Under this model, the militia is composed of members who supply their own arms and ammunition.

  5. Supreme Court Overturns Chicago Handgun Ban - AOL

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    The case, in which the conservatives outvoted the liberals 5-4, followed in the path of a decision a two years ago in the case District of Columbia v. Heller that interpreted the Second Amendment ...

  6. List of landmark court decisions in the United States

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    This was the first case in which the Supreme Court struck down a state law as unconstitutional. Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. 304 (1816) Federal courts may review state court decisions when they rest on federal law or the federal Constitution. This decision provides for the uniform interpretation of federal law throughout the states ...

  7. List of United States Supreme Court cases involving the First ...

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    Cases that consider the First Amendment implications of payments mandated by the state going to use in part for speech by third parties Abood v. Detroit Board of Education (1977) Communications Workers of America v. Beck (1978) Chicago Local Teachers Union v. Hudson (1986) Keller v. State Bar of California (1990) Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Ass'n ...

  8. Don Heller, Squeaky Fromme prosecutor, prominent Sacramento ...

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    Heller was a respected member of the Anthony M. Kennedy Inn of Court, which promotes ethics in the law, and Shubb said Heller was sought out by younger members for advice.

  9. Uber Technologies Inc v Heller - Wikipedia

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    Uber Technologies Inc v Heller, 2020 SCC 16, is a 2020 decision of the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court held 8–1 that an arbitration clause in a contract the plaintiff David Heller had signed with Uber was unconscionable, and hence unenforceable. As a result, it held that Heller's proposed class action lawsuit against Uber could go forward.