Eric Ruben
@ericmruben
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Associate Professor @SMULawSchool, Fellow @BrennanCenter. Writing on violence, guns, the 2A, and criminal law. Views are my own. RTs aren’t endorsements.
Dallas, TX
Joined January 2015
New draft alert! "Scientific Context, Suicide Prevention, and the Second Amendment," forthcoming in @MinnesotaLawRev, reveals challenges of applying Bruen in an area of immense scientific progress, suicide-prevention laws. Comments welcome! https://t.co/dNaYliPcOW
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What role do scholars play in shaping constitutional law? In a new essay, Professor @ericmruben and @AndrewWillinger, executive director of @DukeFirearmsLaw, examine how legal scholarship is driving the Supreme Court’s approach to the Second Amendment. Read:
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Professor @ericmruben was quoted in @ByChipBrownlee's "Supreme Court Blocks Mexico’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Gunmakers." 🔗 Read:
thetrace.org
The decision marks a major setback for Mexico’s yearslong effort to stop the American gun industry from allegedly stoking cartel violence.
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In a new guest post today, @ericmruben considers whether state constitutional "strict scrutiny" amendments for gun rights - which have been enacted or proposed in a number of states since Bruen - are still relevant. https://t.co/wecftUp7Bt
firearmslaw.duke.edu
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Professor @ericmruben recently spoke with @NPR's @NinaTotenberg regarding a SCOTUS case about the regulation of 'ghost guns.' 🔗 Read or listen here:
npr.org
The government contends that ghost guns kits count as a firearm under a 1968 law. But those challenging the rule contend "a kit of parts is not a weapon."
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Rahimi demonstrated for courts how they should be operating at a higher level of generality than the nitpicking historical analysis we’ve seen since Bruen. That’s good, but how much will it really rein in courts that are adrift after Bruen? Not a lot, explains @JacobDCharles 👇
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NEW: SCOTUS's Rahimi decision leaves LOTS of open questions for state courts, which are where the bulk of 2nd Amendment litigation actually takes place. @ericmruben writes for @StateCourtRpt about this new landscape. @BrennanCenter @SMULawSchool
statecourtreport.org
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the disarmament of a domestic abuser in United States v. Rahimi, but litigation over where to draw the line will continue.
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Overlooked: state cts resolve more 2A claims than fed cts and are extremely burdened by SCOTUS's ambiguous recent guidance. I highlight that burden and how Rahimi does little to resolve it (even in DV cases) @statecourtrept @BrennanCenter @SMULawSchool
https://t.co/gevaAjJ89v
statecourtreport.org
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the disarmament of a domestic abuser in United States v. Rahimi, but litigation over where to draw the line will continue.
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Exciting to see Justice Jackson citing my work with Joseph in her concurrence. The opinions -- 103 pages' worth -- reflect an effort to climb out of the hole Bruen created. Ultimately, lower courts will still be adrift, and SCOTUS will have a lot more clean-up work to do.
Justice Jackson cited Brennan Center Fellow @ericmruben in her concurrence in U.S. v. Rahimi, repudiating some of the damage from Justice Thomas's disastrous decision in Bruen.
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SCOTUS’s opinion in Vidal v. Elster = rich text for the Court’s originalist turn. Lots of scuffling about how/if to use history. Barrett with scorching anti-originalist commentary. Sotomayor tag-teaming. All told, more signs of rifts in the originalist consensus. 👇🧵
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After this morning's "bump stock" ruling came down from the Supreme Court, our fellow and 2nd Amendment expert @ericmruben told @MSNBC, "the outcome of this opinion means that those bump stocks are now back in civilian hands until Congress acts."
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Important article alert 🚨@ericmruben recently published the first article to assess Bruen as it applies to suicide-prevention laws. Article linked below⤵️
Professor @ericmruben's article, "Scientific Context, Suicide Prevention, and the Second Amendment After Bruen," was published in the @MinnesotaLawRev. "This Article is the first to assess Bruen as it applies to suicide prevention laws, and, in doing so, illuminates another form
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Professor @ericmruben's article, "Scientific Context, Suicide Prevention, and the Second Amendment After Bruen," was published in the @MinnesotaLawRev. "This Article is the first to assess Bruen as it applies to suicide prevention laws, and, in doing so, illuminates another form
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This paper examines how the #SupremeCourt's ruling in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. #Bruen applies to #suicideprevention laws & the challenges posed by scientific progress. Read: https://t.co/2IVoOszWGE Subscribe: https://t.co/2YDg3t6B4p
@SMULawSchool @ericmruben
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Bruen is having a big impact on policing illegal gun carrying. See how it’s unfolding in NYC 👇
NY courts are struggling to interpret gun laws in light of the Supreme Court's Bruen decision - my latest with comments from @adamwinkler @ericmruben et al
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NY courts are struggling to interpret gun laws in light of the Supreme Court's Bruen decision - my latest with comments from @adamwinkler @ericmruben et al
nytimes.com
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could allow more New Yorkers to carry guns is raising thorny questions and has jeopardized at least one case so far.
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Keeping with the theme of constitutional interpretation (and related methodological shortcomings), my article, "History as Precedent: Common Law Reasoning in Historical Investigation" is forthcoming in the @PennJCL! https://t.co/pbELjlPlSR
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Texas is too big, too interesting, and too important to surrender its history to nostalgia and whitewashing. I'm proud to be a charter member of the Alliance for Texas History. https://t.co/ZkDSMj21MZ
alliancefortexashistory.org
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Excited to share my new article, Stereotypes as Evidence, forthcoming in @StanLRev. A draft is now up on SSRN: https://t.co/zam6j3NyuS. Comments much appreciated!
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#newlawrevarticles My paper, "Privacy Law's Role in an Information Economy," is available on @SSRN for any interested readers. https://t.co/Vo9OVbdUC4
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