United States Supreme Court Releases Decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago

On June 28, 2010, the United States Supreme Court released its much-anticipated decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago, ruling 5-4 that the right to keep and bear arms under the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution is applicable to the States. Marc James Ayers, a partner in Bradley Arant’s Appellate Litigation Group, was asked to file an amicus curiae brief on behalf of a group of national scholars on what proved to be the winning side in this landmark constitutional rights case.

The Court’s decision can be found here and the amicus curiae brief can be found here.