Authors

Kindaka Sanders

Let My People Go, Part Two: The Second Amendment Political Necessity Defense and the Storming of Capital Hill

Abstract

The Article examines the traditional political necessity defense, extracting elements that are compatible with the Second Amendment and discarding elements that are not. The Article also explores the historical and legal background of the right to rebel and then uses the right to rebel to define the contours of the Second Amendment political necessity defense. Finally, the Article applies the Second Amendment political necessity defense to the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2020.

Part I of this Article discusses the constitutional basis for the political necessity defense. Part II articulates the political necessity doctrine refined by its Second Amendment underpinnings. Part III applies the Second Amendment political necessity defense to the storming of Capitol Hill.

This abstract has been taken from the author's introduction.

Comments

Part one of this article was published in William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal (vol. 31, no. 3).

Repository Citation

Kindaka Sanders, Let My People Go, Part Two: The Second Amendment Political Necessity Defense and the Storming of Capital Hill, 31 Wm. & Mary Bill Rts. J. 1135 (2023), https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmborj/vol31/iss4/4