Sentence examples for scope of the second from inspiring English sources
Now we are all seeing the scope of the second.
Since the Heller and McDonald cases, the supreme court has dodged several opportunities to further clarify the scope of the second amendment, prompting questions among legal observers about whether the court had become gun-shy.
"In light of our nation's extensive practice of restricting citizen's freedom to carry firearms in a concealed manner, we hold that this activity does not fall within the scope of the Second Amendment's protections," the judges ruled.
Position Is Cited by Gun Defendants Scores of criminal defendants have asked federal courts to dismiss gun charges against them based on the Justice Department's recently revised position on the scope of the Second Amendment, that the Constitution broadly protects the rights of individuals to own guns.
If the Roberts court continues on the course suggested by its first five years, it is likely to allow a greater role for religion in public life, to permit more participation by unions and corporations in elections and to elaborate further on the scope of the Second Amendment's right to bear arms.
Scope of the second phase of the activity, which is currently running, is the validation of the developed material in simulated operative conditions, by demonstrative components testing in a PWT (plasma wind tunnel) facility.
The case raises fundamental questions about the scope of the First Amendment.
There is hope that the Supreme Court may be prepared to narrow the scope of the third-party doctrine.
Deputy attorney general James Cole defended the bulk collection of Americans' phone records as outside the scope of the fourth amendment's protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
But he said the Supreme Court had no "freewheeling authority to declare new categories of speech outside the scope of the First Amendment".
Mr. Risen's case could provide clarity — one way or the other — about the scope of the First Amendment's protections to reporters.
