The justices were trying to figure out what James madison was talking about when he said the militia ded all the people. The net result, according to adam winkler, was the four liberals seemed to want to emphasize the militia part of the sentence. This goes on well over an hour, the justices sort of grilling the lawyers and arguing amongst themselves.
It wasn’t until 2008 that the US Supreme Court established what a confusing sentence in the Constitution really meant for gun ownership.
Sean Rameswaram reported on District of Columbia v. Heller for Radiolab’s More Perfect.
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