July 31: DC - The Second Amendment’s Past, Present & Future #MCLE

This year marks the 75th anniversary of United States v. Miller, a 1939 case in which the Supreme Court unanimously held that Congress could prohibit the possession of weapons that were not related to the “preservation or efficiency of a well regulated Militia.” For decades, this was the only consideration the Court gave the Second Amendment, and arguably, it was generally understood that the Amendment's scope was limited to the use of firearms in connection with military activities.
This changed in 2008 in District of Columbia v. Heller, and subsequently in 2010 in McDonald v. Chicago, when the Court declared that the Second Amendment provided an "individual right to possess a firearm.” The Court explained that they were not overturning Miller; that Miller only limited the type of weapon to which the individual right applies.
The symposium’s morning panel will consider if the Supreme Court got it right in Heller and McDonald. Following this discussion of how should the Second Amendment be interpreted, the symposium’s afternoon session will consider the legal and policy questions that now surround the Second Amendment and what this means for gun safety and violence prevention.
Title:

The Second Amendment’s Past, Present & Future
When/Where:
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 10:00am - 2:00pm
National Press Club - Holeman Lounge
529 14th Street NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
Speakers:

• Robert Raben, President and Founder, The Raben Group; ACS Board of Directors
• Adam Winkler, Professor of Law, UCLA School of Law
• Carol Berkin, Presidential Professor American Colonial and Revolutionary History; Women's History, Baruch College, City University of New York
• Joseph Blocher, Associate Professor of Law, Duke University School of Law
• Mark R. Killenbeck, Wylie H. Davis Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Arkansas School of Law
• Michael Waldman, President, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law
• Representative Mike Thompson (CA-5), Chair, House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force
• Moderator, Allison Brown, Special Advisor, Open Society Foundations
• Lori Haas, Virginia State Director, Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
• Megan Lewis, Deputy Executive Director, Mayors Against Illegal Guns & Everytown for Gun Safety
• Jonathan E. Lowy, Director, Legal Action Project of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
• Robyn Thomas, Executive Director, Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence.

By:
American Constitution Society
Credit:

• California: 4.0 hours of California CLE credit. 
• New York:  credit available in accordance with New York’s Approved Jurisdiction Policy.
• Other States: Check with that state’s CLE governing body. Many states permit self-application for credit.

Cost:
Free
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