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Published: April 2, 2008
Court can serve cause of liberty
By Michael O’Shea
How often do we witness the restoration of a neglected constitutional right? Recently the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in District of Columbia v . Heller, a historic case involving the Second Amendment's "right of the people to keep and bear arms.” Though nothing is certain until the high court issues its decision this summer, the argument suggested that a majority of the justices agree that Americans have an indiv...
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