WASHINGTON (October 21 , 2025) – The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will hear a new Second Amendment challenge on the federal law that bars drug users from owning guns.
Two legal experts at the George Washington University can offer context to your reporting on this news.
Paul Schiff Berman, Walter S. Cox Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School. Berman is one of the world’s foremost theorists on the interactions among legal systems and an expert on the constitution and administrative law.
Robert Cottrol, Harold Paul Green Research Professor of Law, is a renowned legal historian whose work on gun control and race (Gun Control and the Constitution, The Long, Lingering Shadow) has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court.
If you would like to schedule an interview with Professor Berman or Cottrol, please contact Claire Sabin at claire [dot] sabin
gwu [dot] edu (claire[dot]sabin[at]gwu[dot]edu).
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