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A State Supreme Court Just Issued Another Devastating Rebuke of the U.S. Supreme Court

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The decision rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment.

A State Supreme Court Just Issued Another Devastating Rebuke of the U.S. Supreme Court

The Hawaii Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion on Wednesday declaring that its state constitution grants individuals absolutely no right to keep and bear arms outside the context of military service. Its decision rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment, refusing to interpolate SCOTUS’ shoddy historical analysis into Hawaii law. Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed the ruling on this week’s Slate Plus segment of Amicus; their conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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