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Gun Battle in the US Supreme Court
Today the Supreme Court hears arguments in the case of a Washington, DC security guard that could re-define America's relationship to guns. Guest host Lawrence O'Donnell explores whether the Second Amendment grants each of us an absolute individual right to bear arms and how likely it is that the court will find all gun control laws unconstitutional and return the country to an unfettered free market in guns.
By Lawrence O'Donnell • • 30m ListenToday the Supreme Court hears arguments in the case of a Washington, DC security guard that could re-define America's relationship to guns. Guest host Lawrence O'Donnell explores whether the Second Amendment grants each of us an absolute individual right to bear arms and how likely it is that the court will find all gun control laws unconstitutional and return the country to an unfettered free market in guns.
Today's WWLA is an edited version of this morning's To The Point.
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Today in Philadelphia, Senator Barack Obama repeated his objections to the controversial sermons delivered by Rev. Jeremiah Wright , the former pastor of his Chicago church. In a campaign speech, Obama said it was time for America to "move beyond some of our old racial wounds." New York Times reporter Jeff Zeleny was at the speech.
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Today the US Supreme Court heard arguments that have been percolating for more than 200 years on the meaning of these 27 words: "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."
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