Robert Leider

Dec 8, 2024 | thereload.com | Jake Fogleman |Stephen Gutowski |Robert Leider |politics. He

The man who murdered the CEO of UnitedHealthcare has created a media firestorm that’s likely to persist the longer he remains on the run. The gun he used has been plastered on every TV and phone out there since then. The NYPD has suggested the gun may be a B&T VP9, a modern replica of a famous British spy gun from WWII. However, as I explain in my piece and in my most recent CNN interview, the video of the killing proves otherwise.

Dec 6, 2024 | thereload.com | Stephen Gutowski |Robert Leider |Jake Fogleman |Danny Hakim

This week, we had a lot of news across a variety of topics. The biggest political story was President Biden wiping out the gun convictions against his son via a sweeping pardon. The biggest non-political story was the assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO in a brazen daylight shooting. I detail Biden’s reasoning and exactly how rare Hunter’s gun charges are.

Dec 4, 2024 | thereload.com | Robert Leider |Stephen Gutowski

President Donald Trump’s successful 2024 campaign has Second Amendment advocates facing a dilemma. They can either try to use their political capital to destroy the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), or they can work within the system to accomplish their preferred policy goals. At the top of some advocates’ wish lists is finding an ATF director who will shut down or otherwise cripple ATF.

Aug 15, 2024 | scholarship.law.nd.edu | William Baude |Robert Leider |George Mason

In this Article, we argue that Bruen's intended methodological shift has been widely misunderstood by the bench and bar. This has led to confusion and misapplication in the lower courts, as well as much scholarly criticism of the test that is, we think, misdirected. As we will explain, Bruen calls for a form of legal originalism, applying a classical view of fundamental rights as a form of unwritten customary law.