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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 8h

I think it’s required to go for an outdoor run soon after spectating a marathon. Gorgeous MN October night.

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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What will SCOTUS’s 2026–27 term mean for constitutional law, individual rights, and the balance of power between states and the federal government? Join Minnesota Law on October 5 at 12:15 for a preview of the cases and issues poised to shape the Court’s upcoming term. z.umn.edu/scotuspreview2026

Image of the U.S. Supreme Court; maroon bar: U.S. Supreme Court Preview-2026-27 Term; Monday, October 5, 2026
12:15 to 1:15 pm, Walter F. Mondale Hall Lockhart Auditorium (Room 25); Moderator: Charlotte Garden
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Gray Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett Professor of Law; Panelists: Nadia Anguiano ’17
Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Federal Immigration Litigation Clinic; Rebecca Hollander-Blumoff Harlan Albert Rogers Professor in Law; Veronica Thronson
Visiting Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Human Rights and Immigration Clinic; Megan Walsh
Visiting Clinical Professor of Law, Director of the Gun Violence Prevention Clinic

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The GVP Clinic successfully defended MN’s extreme risk protection order statute against First, Second and Fourteenth Amendment challenges in Anoka County. Connor Smith (‘28) and Charlize Esquillo (‘28) led the brief with Connor handling oral argument. Jeffrey Searls (‘28) also appeared.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A speaker at the Clinical Writing Workshop said you can become a better writer by saying no to other things. I will reflect on that. But I had previously agreed to speak tonight at 6 p.m. at the ACS Minnesota chapter event: What Can Minnesota Do About Gun Violence? www.acslaw.org/event/acs-mi...

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ACS Minnesota Presents: What Can Minnesota Do About Gun Violence? | ACS

What can advocates, lawmakers, lawyers, and legal experts do now to reduce gun violence in Minnesota? Join the ACS Minnesota Lawyer Chapter, the University of Minnesota Law School ACS Student Chapter,...

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Had a great experience at my first Clinical Law Review Writers’ Workshop at NYU Law. So great to interact with so many clinician authors.

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Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Gift link to my @slate.com piece criticizing the assault weapon challengers' invocations of democracy. One response to the argument I make is that the Constn is the expression of We The People & so arguing to strike these laws isn't anti-democratic. Two points in reply 🧵 slate.com/news-and-pol...

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We Found the Most Galling Argument of the Upcoming Supreme Court Term (Gift Article)

This fall, the Supreme Court will entertain a Second Amendment challenge to the prohibition of assault weapons in Viramontes v. Cook County.

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Joe Dudek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

50 points to Gryffindor if you can identify the author of this paragraph without looking.

III.
Frankly, our court’s scorched-earth approach to the
Second Amendment is getting exhausting. I haven’t even
been on the bench for that long, and I’ve lost count of the
number of dissents that I’ve written in cases like this one,
which is just another verse of the same boring song. I highly
suspect that, before too long, the name of this case will have
a red flag next to it on Westlaw, just like so many of our
court’s other Second Amendment cases do. But hopefully
next time, when the Supreme Court plants that flag, it will
do so with a little more bite than it has before. Until then, I
will assiduously but wearily dissent.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Congratulations to GVP clinical fellow Christian and his crazy smart and beautiful bride.

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Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

This fall the Supreme Court will hear a case on whether the 2nd Amendment permits states & localities to ban assault weapons, like the AR-15. You'll hear a lot about how "only" 11 states have such bans. But their combined population is more than 115 million, subjecting 1 in 3 Americans to such laws.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Viramontes/Grant oral argument will be December 2.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Third Circuit also upholds federal machinegun ban and silencer registration requirement against 2A challenges. All federal appellate courts to have heard a challenge to the machinegun ban have upheld it. Sure seems like these judges don't think prevention of tyranny is a factor in 2A analysis.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Fed dist ct upholds Hawaii ban on 18-to-20 year olds owning firearms, continuing a recent pattern of courts upholding age limit laws on gun purchases. And a pattern of upholding such laws when courts use historical limits on minors' contracting rights at common law as evidence of constitutionality.

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Quinn Yeargain @yeargain.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm very happy to announce that I'm hosting the THIRD Annual Democracy and Public Law Works-in-Progress Conference at Michigan State from April 2–3, 2027. The registration portal is below, where there's additional information about the schedule and timing. msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Many outlets have been doing a good job giving voice to survivors this week. Tomorrow is the year mark of the Annunciation shooting. I will be spending the day with my daughters. GVP Clinic fellow Christian and our student will be moving their feet. Listen to survivors. That’s what you do tomorrow.

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Daniel Webster @daniel-webster.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is an important case. Demonstrates multiple ways that illegal straw purchasers signal their intentions to sell or transfer their guns to people who can’t legally purchase guns. Dealers can spot these, deny the sale and report it to law enforcement. Make the dealers pay if they don’t.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

GVP Clinic end of summer celebration after a lot of hard work. Lynx did not bring it home despite our enthusiastic participation in the Growl-o-meter. i‘m happy to see there are *a lot* more people attending Lynx games than there were ten years ago.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Standing up for the right to be safe shouldn’t put one’s own safety at risk. Wanting to end violence and build safer communities shouldn’t elicit a response of hateful abuse. Holding a community meeting after a shooting should be able to happen without fearing who will show up to cause trouble. 3/

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I am also no longer surprised and unbothered by attacks but that does not make it okay.

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Everytown for Gun Safety @everytown.org · 20/08/2026

Fleet Farm in Blaine, Minnesota sold a Mossberg MC2c pistol to a man who bought over two dozen guns from the store in just four months, including eight in a single week. The pistol was later used in a mass shooting that killed one woman and wounded 14 others.

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Court Records Reveal Fleet Farm’s Failure to Stop Straw Purchases

The Fleet Farm documents were unsealed as part of the company’s settlement with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The GVP Clinic got to stand with AG Ellison and our AGO colleagues on MN v. Fleet Farm today to tell the story of the case, what Fleet Farm knew and when they knew it. Summer student directors Connor Smith (‘28) and Charlize Esquillo (‘28) and fellow Christian Purnell joined the press conference.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The glory of zoom court. My summer student directors, Charlize Esquillo ('28) and Connor Smith ('28) appeared last week to defend the constitutionality of MN's extreme risk protection order law. Respondent is pro se and has motions pending at all 3 levels of Minnesota's court system.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I wrote a whole-ass law review article.

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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Believing survivors means understanding what they need to do to survive. Keep the peace and keep themselves safe. That includes making dinner. And I’d like to explain why. dot-connecting.ghost.io/on/

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On Max Miller’s dinner

Believing survivors means understanding that survivors do many things to keep themselves safe — including cook dinner for their abusers.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

first image in my head every time I read an opinion about the historical regulation of nunchucks. What a weird life I’ve stumbled into. And what a bizarre way to do con law.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Got a PR for my mile time at OTF this week. 💪This was after bombing my last one at a stressful time in the semester when I got in my head and started walking half way through. I love how OTF celebrates progress and not only the raw numbers.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This past term, Minnesota enacted laws to ensure those convicted of DV crimes or subject to DV protection orders surrender their firearms, as required under federal and state law. The new law mandates courts to hold compliance hearings to ensure surrender occurs. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

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New Minnesota laws tackle domestic violence response and prevention

New laws include expanding the window for warrantless arrests and adding more safeguards to keep guns out of offenders’ hands.

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Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Permit less carry rapidly spread over the last decade and a half. Because of its recency, there’s been little systemic research on its effects. This new paper finds that it makes society meaningfully worse off.

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Mark Anthony Frassetto @mark-frassetto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I recently wrote an article for the Alabama Law Review in which I argue that in the 18th and 19th century mass violence was generally not committed by individuals, but instead by armed groups who collectively would commit horrific acts of mass violence. law.ua.edu/wp-content/u...

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Chip Brownlee @bychipbrownlee.com · 08/07/2026

Gun violence has plummeted in Baltimore — along with other crimes. Yes, violence is falling nationwide. But Baltimore is outpacing the nation. And unlike other cities, it never had a COVID violence spike to begin with. So this is much more than a "return to normal." My latest for @thetrace.org

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Reupping my regular reminder that gun regulations and Second Amendment law affects lives and doctrine is not merely an intellectual exercise.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 30/06/2026

Moving Justice Jackson concurrence invoking Frederick Douglass on memory. "The distortion of historical facts—retellings that reimagine and repurpose past events to lend credence to misbegotten aims—may be an even greater threat."

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 26/06/2026

Good one this morning from @yeargain.bsky.social on Samuel Alito's invocation of the "Aloha spirit," which turns out to be (I know this will surprise you) him cracking a deep-cut inside joke for online conservatives who think it's hilarious to make fun of Hawaiian culture

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Samuel Alito’s Jab at Hawaiian Culture Is Red Meat For Online Conservatives

The justice’s reference to the “spirit of Aloha” betrays his contempt for the very idea of taking Hawaii’s history and legal traditions seriously.

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Jake Charles @jacobdcharles.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Okay, so now that I've finished all the opinions and thought about it more, here are some of my takeaways: 1) This opinion is a disaster. It changes a bunch of the Bruen methodology, sometimes in subtle ways, but all in ways that make it *much* more difficult for legislatures to regulate guns.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I think Alito tying Rahimi to the “nuanced“ Bruen approach because it regulated “distinctly modern conduct” creates some daylight for some of these on the second step. Technological development of weapons tied with the rise of mass shootings should allow for a higher level of generality.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Guess this means we need to look to Reconstruction-era history all the time! Wouldn't want to put history entirely out of our minds.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Not sure I can handle this Wolford opinion on the same day that the Wolves traded Naz Reid. The arc of the moral universe is not bending toward justice at the moment.

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Wolford: the one where Alito rewrites the prior Second Amendment cases. He claims Heller "emphatically rejected" interest balancing ... and yet 1500 lower court opinions and all of the federal Courts of Appeal applied interest balancing in the 12 years between Heller and Bruen.

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Minnesota Law @umnlawschool.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Our community continues to mourn the tragic loss of Minnesota House Speaker Emerita and DFL Leader Melissa Hortman ’95 and her husband, Mark. With her family’s permission, we have established the Representative Melissa Hortman ’95 Memorial Public Service Scholarship in her honor. z.umn.edu/be26

Melissa Hortman ’95 at the Minnesota Capitol

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Megan Walsh @meganwalshgvp.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

9-0 Hemani with an expressly stated narrow decision. "In many respects, this case is a narrow one. We do not address efforts to ban addicts, or those presently intoxicated, from possessing a firearm."

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