On November 15, 2019, the Federalist Society's practice groups hosted a special session for the 2019 National Lawyers Convention at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. The panel discussed "Originalism, Populism, and the Second Amendment Right to Keep and Bear Arms".
The Second Amendment has again become a topic of national discussion in recent years. Mass shooting tragedies of this past year captured the attention of the national media and Americans at large. The Supreme Court in this upcoming term, for the first time in almost a decade, will be confronting the Second Amendment head-on in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York. Many will be expecting the Supreme Court to further develop its jurisprudence following the landmark cases of Heller v. District of Columbia, and McDonald v. City of Chicago. This panel will debate these issues and analyze the Second Amendment in this current political climate as well as through the lens of Originalism.
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As always, the Federalist Society takes no position on particular legal or public policy issues; all expressions of opinion are those of the speakers.
Featuring:

Prof. Renée Lettow Lerner, Donald Phillip Rothschild Research Professor, George Washington University Law School
Mr. Jonathan Lowy, Chief Counsel & Vice President, Legal, Brady
Mr. Mark W. Smith, Founding Partner, Smith Valliere PLLC
Mr. Jonathan Taylor, Principal, Gupta Wessler PLLC
Moderator: Hon. Andrew S. Oldham, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit