Podcasts

This conference addressed historical issues of the Second Amendment, including the relationship between the right to bear arms and the influence of the militia in early America. Saul Cornell of The Ohio State University spoke and led discussion about his recent book, A Well Regulated Militia: The Founding Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America. Other speakers included:

• Dennis W. Archer, Former Mayor of Detroit;
• Carl Bogus, Roger Williams Law School;
• Brannon Denning, Cumberland Law School;
• David Konig, Washington University in St. Louis;
• Leslie Goldstein, University of Delaware
• Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School;
• Richard Feldman, Pres. of MLS Communications LLC;
• Robert Spitzer, SUNY Cortland; and
• Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School

October 18, 2007 Recordings:

Opening remarks by Paul Finkleman and Margaret Dougherty (ed. of Albany Gov't Law Review)

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"Arms, Militias and Constitutional Design..." by Sandford Levinson

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"The Ironic Second Amendment" by Saul Cornell

"Cornell's Second Amendment: Why History Matters" by Robert Spitzer

"The Other Founders and the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms..." by David Konig

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"Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist" by Richard Feldman

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"Why the Constitution Won't End Our Fights Over Guns" by Mark Tushnet

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"Defending a Thin Second Amendment..." by Brannon Denning

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Hon. Richard Bartlett, Chief Administrative Judge (retired) of the State of New York and former Dean, Albany Law School was the guest speaker on October 17, 2007 at the Hon. Hugh R. Jones Memorial Lecture.

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