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Robert Leider

@LeiderRob

Professor of Law, GMU, Antonin Scalia Law School. Interests include the right of self-defense, gun laws, and the Second Amendment.

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Joined March 2022
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Virginia legal gun owners, We heard you and we’ve acted. As of today, every Form 1 & Form 4 submitted by Virginians was processed before the anticipated July 1 change to Virginia law that would prohibit the import, sale, manufacture, purchase & transfer of certain firearms. 1/2
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William Baude@WilliamBaude3 Mar 2025
Fear of Balancing, by me, forthcoming in the Supreme Court Review:
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The Reload@TheReloadSite4 Dec 2024
Analysis: Gun-Rights Advocates Would Benefit More From ATF Reform Than the Agency’s Elimination (By @LeiderRob) Link: thereload.com/analysis-gun-r…
Analysis: Gun-Rights Advocates Would Benefit More From ATF Reform Than the Agency’s Elimination

Analysis: Gun-Rights Advocates Would Benefit More From ATF Reform Than the Agency’s Elimination

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,...

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Honored to have provoked this response by Nelson Lund papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.… (responding to The General Law Right to Bear Arms with @LeiderRob)
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“There was a lot of disagreement in the lower courts before Rahimi,” Prof. @WilliamBaude told @BLaw. “And a lot of the same disagreements are continuing after Rahimi, and will continue until the Court decides some more Second Amendment cases.” buff.ly/47pPKIF
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Volokh Conspiracy@VolokhC6 Sep 2024
[Eugene Volokh] Prof. Robert Leider (GMU): Are Parents Responsible for School Shootings Committed by their Children? ift.tt/ONmax5G

Prof. Robert Leider (GMU): Are Parents Responsible for School Shootings Committed by their Children?

I'm delighted to be able to pass along this item by Prof. Leider, who is an expert on criminal law:...

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@lsolum23 Jun 2024
1/8 There are many differences between communication via majority judicial opinion versus communication via constitutional text. Here are two:
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Volokh Conspiracy@VolokhC2 Apr 2024
[Samuel Bray] Advisory Opinions and Military Jurisdiction: New Light on Sackville's Case (1760) ift.tt/j3gK4i1
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Panel 2 next Friday, April 5! We’re excited to be joined by Professors @LeiderRob of @georgemasonlaw, @adityabamzai, and Joy Milligan. They’ll speak on “Post-Ratification History and Liquidation” 🇺🇸📜 Breakfast from Cou Cou Rachou. Lunch from Mezeh. Be sure to RSVP!
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"What is General Common Law and How do Originalist/Textualist Judges Use It?" Experts discuss now at the Tenth Annual Florida Chapters Conference. #FedSocEvents Ft. Prof. Akhil Reed Amar, Prof. @emilysbremer, Prof. @LeiderRob, Hon. Amul Thapar, Hon. Barbara Lagoa
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It's Not So Hard to Write an Opinion Following Bruen and Reversing in Rahimi dlvr.it/SzBb7d
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Scholarship Highlight: General Law, Empirical Data, and Enforcement under Bruen firearmslaw.duke.edu/2023/11…
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My latest, The General Law Right to Bear Arms, with @LeiderRob, is now on SSRN. A defense of Bruen, with insight from the general law rights of citizenship: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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The real story is that the ideological orientation of the rest of the legal academy has created an opportunity for two especially excellent law schools (Notre Dame and George Mason) to thrive.
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Richard M. Re@RichardMRe4 Apr 2022
This piece by @adamliptak thoughtfully discusses my new paper, with great critical thoughts by Prof Allison Orr Larsen: "Problem of ‘Personal Precedents’ of Supreme Court Justices" nytimes.com/2022/04/04/us/po…
The Problem of ‘Personal Precedents’ of Supreme Court Justices (Published 2022)

The Problem of ‘Personal Precedents’ of Supreme Court Justices (Published 2022)

Their efforts to seem consistent can clash with respect for precedent in the usual sense. But a new article argues that personal precedents have a role to play as legal building blocks.

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