UMass Law UMass Law: NAWL Podcast Discusses U.S. v. Rahimi with Professor Drew

The National Association of Woman Lawyers invited Professor Margaret Drew to participate in a discussion on the Supreme Court case, U.S. v. Rahimi on the NAWL podcast.

The National Association of Woman Lawyers (NAWL) recently invited Professor Margaret Drew to participate in a discussion on the Supreme Court case, U.S. v. Rahimi, on the NAWL podcast. The podcast was hosted by Advocacy Committee Members, Siobhan Barco, Princeton PhD Candidate, and Nicolette Sullivan, Milbank LLP Associate, as they interviewed a distinguished panel of historians and advocates for freedom from gender-based violence.

Joining Professor Drew were fellow participants Laura Edwards, Class of 1921 Bicentennial Professor in the History of American Law and Liberty in the History Department at Princeton University, and Sara Mayeux, Associate Professor of Law and History at Vanderbilt University. The podcast was a two-part series, which explored the circumstances of Supreme Court case, U.S. v. Rahimi, from different legal viewpoints.

United States v. Rahimi dealt with the Second Amendment and whether it grants the government the ability to prohibit firearm possession by a person with a civil domestic violence restraining order in the absence of a criminal domestic violence conviction or charge. The Supreme Court’s ruling upholds Congress’s longstanding prevention on the possession of firearms by people subject to domestic-violence restraining orders. The law aims to protect victims by keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous individuals who pose a threat to their intimate partners and children. Professor Drew wrote about the case on her Human Rights Blog as well, writing “Victories for intimate partner violence survivors are rare enough. Let’s take time to rejoice in this decision.”

NAWL Podcast United States v. Rahimi- Part One

NAWL Podcast United States v. Rahimi- Part Two