Halbrook

To call a Halbrook brief sloppy is lower than poppycock.

The Volokh Conspiracy » NRA brief in McDonald v. Chicago 2009

Next up are former NRA President Sandy Froman, along with David Kopel and Stephen Halbrook, both of whom work on Second Amendment issues for the right-wing Independence Institute.

Wonk Room » What The GOP Witness List Reveals About Their Anti-Sotomayor Strategy 2009

However, as someone who has 20 years of experience reading Halbrook briefs, I am certain that the notion that this, or any other brief he has written, is “sloppy” is nonsense.

The Volokh Conspiracy » NRA brief in McDonald v. Chicago 2009

Unlike any other country in Europe, Halbrook says, Switzerland proclaimed that any reports that the federal council or army high command had agreed to surrender were to be ignored as inventions of enemy propaganda.

Shameless Self-promotion Sunday #45 2009

Halbrook the NRA lawyer covers the history of this well established interpretation during the founding era in his great little book That Every Man be Armed.

The Volokh Conspiracy » NRA brief in McDonald v. Chicago 2009

Yes, Halbrook discussed the ancient origins of the second amendment.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Sotomayor vs. the Second Amendment, Part II: 2009

What an embarrassment of riches Halbrook had to draw upon when writing that petition.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Well, That Was Quick: 2009

Halbrook traces the origins of the Second Amendment back to ancient Greece and Rome, and then through the David M. NieporentQuote

The Volokh Conspiracy » Sotomayor vs. the Second Amendment, Part II: 2009

Interesting Halbrook does not mention the fact that Congress considered the Freedmen right to bare arms was restored after temporary governments in former rebel states allowed blacks to form armed militias and train to protect themselves.

The Volokh Conspiracy » NRA brief in McDonald v. Chicago 2009

Unfortunately, these writings receive little or no attention from Halbrook....

Spitzer on Halbrook, The Founders' Second Amendment Mary L. Dudziak 2008