The Constitutionality of Firearms Bans for Domestic Violence Abusers

Run time: 1 hour, 3 minutes

Clark Neily and Jacob Charles join Jeffrey Rosen to break down the oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi, the case asking whether the federal government can ban firearm possession for people subject to domestic violence restraining orders. Listen now

From Founders to Politicians: Political Divisions at America’s Birth

Run time: 1 hour

Carol Berkin and H.W. Brands explore political partisanship and nationalism in early America, including some of the more contentious elections in U.S. history, for this Election Day program. Listen now

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November 9, 1953: Supreme Court Upholds Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 3 minutes

“On November 9, 1953, the United States Supreme Court upheld a prior, controversial decision that allowed Major League Baseball to operate outside of the Sherman Antitrust Act. ...” Read more

Supreme Court’s New Gun Test Gets Airing in a Domestic Violence Case

by Marcia Coyle | Read time: 5 minutes

“The U.S. Supreme Court’s new test for weighing the constitutionality of gun regulations comes face-to-face on Tuesday with the nation’s concern about domestic violence and the role that firearms play in it. ...” Read more

Live from the Museum: The 54th Massachusetts Regiment

Commemorate Veterans Day with a virtual tour from inside the Center’s Civil War and Reconstruction: The Battle for Freedom and Equality exhibit for a look at the experiences of the soldiers who served in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment and hear the stories of people central to the conflict over slavery. Watch now

The Second Amendment

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

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