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U.S. v. Portillo-Munoz, No. 11-10086 (5th Cir.) (643 F.3d 437) (June 13, 2011) (Judge Will L. Garwood)

Loaded on July 11, 2011 published in Punch and Jurists July 11, 2011
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Illegal Aliens.

Here a divided panel held that illegal aliens don’t have Second Amendment rights because they’re not part of “the people,” as that phrase is used in the Second Amendment; and suggested that illegal aliens may also lack Fourth Amendment rights.

The Second Amendment states in part that “the right of …

 

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  2. U.S. v. Portillo-Munoz, No. 11-10086 (5th Cir.) (643 F.3d 437) (June 13, 2011) (Judge Will L. Garwood)
  3. U.S. v. Orocio, No. 10-1231 (3rd Cir.) (645 F.3d 630) (June 29, 2011) (Judge Louis H. Pollak)
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  5. U.S. v. Douglas, No. 10-2341 (1st Cir.) (644 F.3d 39) (May 31, 2011) (Judge Michael Boudin)
  6. U.S. v. Wells, No. CR 10-116 BDB (N.D.Okla.) (789 F.Supp.2d 1270) (May 12, 2011) (Judge Bruce D. Black)
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