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Today's rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in the final three undecided argued cases from this Term

Today's rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in the final three undecided argued cases from this Term: "SCOTUSblog" is live-blogging this morning's developments in a post you can access here.

1. Today's first ruling issued in Davis v. Federal Election Comm'n, No. 07-320. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court. You can access the opinion at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link.

2. Today's second ruling issued in Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Utility Distr. No. 1 of Snohomish Cty., No. 06-1457. You can access the opinion at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link. Justice Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. This means that either he, Justice John Paul Stevens, or the Chief Justice is the author of the Court's only remaining decision, involving the Second Amendment.

3. Today's third and final ruling issued in District of Columbia v. Heller, No. 07-290. The Court has affirmed the D.C. Circuit's ruling, which invalidated the District of Columbia's gun ban under an individual rights view of the Second Amendment. Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court, which decided the case by a 5-4 margin. Justices John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen G. Breyer joined in lengthy dissents that both Justice Stevens and Justice Breyer wrote. You can access the opinion at this link and the oral argument transcript at this link. Justice Scalia's majority opinion contains citations to three articles about the Second Amendment written by Law Professor Eugene Volokh, whose blog you can access here.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that "Court rules in favor of Second Amendment gun right" and "Supreme Court strikes down 'millionaire's amendment'."

And at "SCOTUSblog," Lyle Denniston has a post titled "Court: A constitutional right to a gun."

Full post as published by How Appealing on June 26, 2008 (boomark / email).