Supreme Court to hear arguments on legality of gun bans for marijuana users

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 4 minutes

“Is it against the law for someone to possess a firearm who is considered an ‘unlawful user’ of any controlled substance, including marijuana? The exact definition of those terms is at the heart of one of the biggest Supreme Court decisions this term. ... ” Read more

The Supreme Court considers expanding gun possession guidelines

by Scott Bomboy | Read time: 5 minutes

“Among the major decisions expected this year from the Supreme Court is a case from Hawaii that would clarify when and where people with gun-ownership permits can possess firearms in publicly accessible private locations. ... ” Read more

The Declaration of Independence and the Push for Racial Equality

Run time: 1 hour

Scholars Lucas Morel and Melvin Rogers join to discuss how African American leaders and citizens, such as Prince Hall, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells, and Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. have invoked the ideas and principles of the Declaration of Independence throughout American history to push for a more free and equal America. Thomas Donnelly, chief scholar of the National Constitution Center, moderates. Listen on We the People or watch on America’s Town Hall

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Black Soldiers in the Revolution 

Celebrate Black History Month at the National Constitution Center with featured artifacts throughout the museum. 

This pay voucher for a Black soldier from 1782 promises Jack Little payment for his five years of wartime service, including several years in an all-Black company. In the Continental Army, Black soldiers served as free men, enslaved men fighting for independence, or substitutes for their enslaver. See this artifact in America’s Founding, a new permanent gallery opening at the National Constitution Center on Friday, February 13.

Pay voucher for a Black soldier, 1782. Courtesy of Angelo Scarlato.

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.

Read interpretations in the Interactive Constitution

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