"History and tradition confirm common sense," she said in closing remarks. "Congress can disarm armed domestic abusers." The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 9, 2023.

He treated history in Roe as “a resource, not a command,” as Jack Balkin, a Yale law professor, has written in his new book, “Memory and Authority,” describing how lawyers often use ...

This theory is consistent with the statutory text, the Court’s precedents, and, most of all, a lengthy common law history. The Barrett majority opinion and Gorsuch concurrence are particularly ...