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Santa Clara Law Review


BRACE FOR IMPACT: CASTLEMAN, BRUEN, RAHIMI, AND THE COLLISION COURSE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND GUN VIOLENCE JURISPRUDENCE
Abstract : In June 2022, the Supreme Court articulated a new standard of judicial review for Second Amendment cases in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen. Though the Court claimed that Bruen’s “history and tradition” standard was consistent with previous Second Amendment analyses, lower courts struggled to apply it. Two years later, the Court revisited Bruen for the first time in United States v. Rahimi. However, Rahimi came with a unique set of facts –
Colleen Gill
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